English
Etymology
English sever + -ance, from Middle English severaunce, from Anglo-Norman, Old French sevrance, from sevrer.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɛv.ɹəns/, /ˈsɛv.ɜː(ɹ)n̩s/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈsɛv.ɚ.əns/, /ˈsɛv.ɹəns/
- Rhymes: -ɛvɹəns
Noun
severance (countable and uncountable, plural severances)
- The act of severing or the state of being severed.
- A separation.
- A severance payment.
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Translations
act of severing
- Bulgarian: отделяне (bg) (otdeljane), откъсване (bg) n (otkǎsvane)
- Dutch: scheiding (nl) f, (het) lossnijden (nl), (het) los (nl) zijn (nl)
- Finnish: irrottaminen (fi), katkaiseminen (fi)
- German: Scheidung (de) f, Trennung (de) f
- Greek: αποκοπή (el) f (apokopí)
- Hungarian: elvágás (hu), levágás (hu), szétvágás, szétmetszés
- Japanese: 切断 (ja) (setsudan)
- Polish: oddzielenie (pl) n, rozdzielenie (pl) n
- Russian: отделе́ние (ru) n (otdelénije)
- Spanish: truncamiento (es) m, cercenadura f, cercenamiento m
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separation
- Bulgarian: разделяне (bg) (razdeljane)
- Dutch: scheiding (nl) f
- Finnish: ero (fi)
- Gallurese: mutzatura
- German: Trennung (de) f
- Greek: αποκοπή (el) f (apokopí), διαχωρισμός (el) m (diachorismós)
- Hungarian: (act) elválasztás (hu), szétválasztás (hu), különválasztás (hu), elkülönítés (hu), megszakítás (hu), (occurrence) elszakadás (hu), különválás (hu), kettéválás (hu), elkülönülés (hu)
- Italian: separazione (it)
- Japanese: 分離 (ja) (bunri)
- Polish: separacja (pl) f, odseparowanie (pl) n
- Russian: отделе́ние (ru) n (otdelénije), разрыв (ru) (razrýv)
- Sardinian:
- Campidanese: truncamentu
- Logudorese: truncadura
- Turkish: ayrılma (tr)
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