divider

English

Etymology

divide +‎ -er

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈvaɪdə(ɹ)/

Noun

divider (plural dividers)

An object that separates.
- 1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 58:
  It is perfectly possible to separate one area of a room from another, or even to create an entirely new room, with a lightweight room divider that assembles with a minimum of fuss.
1. A piece of card placed in a ring binder to separate groups of documents.
A device resembling a drawing compass and used to transfer measurements of length.
(Britain, US) The median (US) or central reservation (Britain) of a highway or other road where traffic in opposite directions are kept separated.
A person who divides or separates.

Translations

object that separates

Bulgarian: разделител m (razdelitel), сепаратор m (separator)
French: séparateur (fr) m, intercalaire (fr) m (separator used to divide sheets of paper)
German: Trennwand (de) f, Teiler (de) m
Italian: divisore (it) m

Malay: pembahagi
Romanian: ro n
Spanish: separador m
Turkish: pergel (tr)

median of a highway

French: terre-plein (fr) m
Italian: spartitraffico (it)

Malay: pembahagi

person who separates

Italian: divisore (it)

Malay: pembahagi

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

divider

imperative of dividere

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