different between divorcee vs divorcer

English

Alternative forms

• divorcée

Etymology

Borrowed from French divorcée.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?v???si?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Noun

divorcee (plural divorcees)

1. A person divorced.

Antonyms

• spouse

Hyponyms

• divorcé (male), divorcée (female)

Translations

Further reading

• divorcee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• iced-over, revoiced

English

Etymology

divorce +? -er

Noun

divorcer (plural divorcers)

1. The person or cause that produces or effects a divorce.

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Antonyms

• divorcee

Anagrams

• codriver

French

Etymology

divorce +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.v??.se/

Verb

divorcer

1. (transitive) to divorce (to legally dissolve a marriage)
2. (reflexive, se divorcer) to get divorced, to divorce one another

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.

Related terms

• divorce

Further reading

• “divorcer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Etymology

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Verb

divorcer

1. (Jersey) to divorce
2. (Jersey, reflexive, s'divorcer) to get divorced

Synonyms

• dêmathier