disconnect

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ connect

Pronunciation

(verb) IPA^(key): /dɪskəˈnɛkt/
(noun) IPA^(key): /dɪskəˈnɛkt/, /ˈdɪskənɛkt/
Hyphenation: dis‧con‧nect
Rhymes: -ɛkt

Verb

disconnect (third-person singular simple present disconnects, present participle disconnecting, simple past and past participle disconnected)

(transitive) To sever or interrupt a connection.
(intransitive) Of a person, to become detached or withdrawn.
(transitive) To remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source.

Translations

to sever or interrupt a connection

Armenian: անջատել (hy) (anǰatel)
Bulgarian: разединявам (bg) (razedinjavam), разделям (bg) (razdeljam), прекъсвам (bg) (prekǎsvam)
Catalan: desconnectar (ca)
Czech: odpojit
Finnish: katkaista (fi), katkaista yhteys, kytkeä irti
German: ausblenden aus

Greek: αποσυνδέω (el) (aposyndéo)
Hebrew: ניתק‎ (niték)
Romanian: deconecta (ro)
Russian: отключа́ть (ru) impf (otključátʹ), отключи́ть (ru) pf (otključítʹ)
Spanish: desconectar (es)
Swedish: koppla från

to become detached or withdrawn

Finnish: eristäytyä (fi), vetäytyä kuoreensa

Greek: αποκόβομαι (el) (apokóvomai), αποσύρομαι (el) (aposýromai)

to remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source

Armenian: անջատել (hy) (anǰatel)
Bulgarian: откачам (bg) (otkačam), прекъсвам (bg) (prekǎsvam)
Catalan: desconnectar (ca)
Finnish: kytkeä irti, katkaista virta

Greek: αποσυνδέω (el) (aposyndéo), κλείνω (el) (kleíno)
Persian: ^{(please verify)} دیسکانکت شدن، دیسکانکت کردن‎
Swedish: koppla bort, koppla från

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Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} malkonekti

Noun

disconnect (plural disconnects)

A break or interruption in an existing connection, continuum, or process; disconnection.
A switch used to isolate a portion of an electrical circuit.
A lack of connection or accord; a mismatch.
There's a disconnect between what they think is happening and what is really going on.
- 2012 October 23, David Leonhardt, "," New York Times (retrieved 24 October 2012):
  Some of the disconnect between the economy’s problems and the solutions offered by Washington stem from the nature of the current political debate.
(Scientology) The deliberate severing of ties with family, friends, etc. considered antagonistic towards Scientology.

Usage notes

Some object to the use of disconnect to mean “disconnection” or “a break or interruption in an existing connection, continuum, or process”, noting the lack of a corresponding sense of connect.

Synonyms

(switch): disconnector

Antonyms

connect

Translations

break in an existing connection

Chinese:
Mandarin: 斷開 (zh), 断开 (zh) (duànkāi)
Finnish: katkos, katkaisu (fi)
French: déconnecter (fr)
German: abklemmen (de), unterbrechen (de), ausschalten (de)
Greek: αποσύνδεση (el) f (aposýndesi)

Hungarian: kapcsolat bontása
Japanese: 切る (ja) (きる, kiru), 切断する (ja) (せつだんする, setsudan suru)
Romanian: deconectare (ro) f
Russian: разъединя́ть (ru) impf (razʺjedinjátʹ), разъедини́ть (ru) pf (razʺjedinítʹ), отсоединя́ть (ru) impf (otsojedinjátʹ), отсоедини́ть (ru) pf (otsojedinítʹ), отключа́ть (ru) impf (otključátʹ), отключи́ть (ru) pf (otključítʹ)
Swedish: frånkoppling c

switch used to isolate a portion of an electrical circuit — see disconnector

lack of connection or accord — see mismatch

scientology: deliberate severing of ties with family and friends

Finnish: siteiden katkaisu