sever

sever

See also: Sever, sèver, and śever

English

Etymology

From Middle English severen, from Old French sevrer, from Latin separāre (“to separate”), from se- (“apart”) + parāre (“provide, arrange”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛv.ɚ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛvə(ɹ)

Verb

sever (third-person singular simple present severs, present participle severing, simple past and past participle severed)

1. (transitive) To cut free.

   After he graduated, he severed all links to his family.

   to sever the head from the body

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Matthew 13:49:

     The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.

   • 1999, Eminem, Role Model

     That I just severed the main vein with a chainsaw and I'm in pain?

2. (intransitive) To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
   • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene v]:

     No more can I be seuered from your side

   • 1918, Rudyard Kipling, “A Retired Gentleman”, in The Eyes of Asia, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, OCLC 561613113, page 4:

     How great then was my anguish at being severed from my Regiment after thirty-three years!

3. (intransitive) To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Exodus 9:4:

     The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt.

   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 17, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:

     They claimed the right of severing in their challenges.

4. (law) To disconnect; to disunite; to terminate.
   • 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, OCLC 65350522:

     sever an estate in joint tenancy

Synonyms

• becut
• cut off

Derived terms

• severable
• severally

Related terms

• separate

Translations

to cut free

Azerbaijani: qırmaq (az) Bulgarian: откъсвам (bg) (otkǎsvam), отрязвам (bg) (otrjazvam) Catalan: tallar (ca), seccionar (ca), separar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 斷絕／断绝 (zh) (duànjué) Dutch: lossnijden (nl), scheiden (nl) Dyirbal: nudin (guwal) Egyptian: (dn) Finnish: katkaista (fi); kitkeä (fi) French: rompre (fr), trancher (fr), sectionner (fr) German: abtrennen (de), durchtrennen (de), abbrechen (de), trennen (de) Hungarian: elvág (hu) Italian: recidere (it), troncare (it), tagliare (it) Japanese: 切断する (ja) (せつだんする, setsudan suru), 断つ (ja) (たつ, tatsu), 断ち切る (たちきる, tachikiru) Korean: 절단하다 (ko) (jeoldanhada) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: پەڕاندن‎ (perrandin) Latin: praecīdō, dēsecō Latvian: saraut (ties), nogriezt (body part) Maori: momotu, hāparapara Occitan: copar (oc), rompre (oc), talhar (oc) Portuguese: cortar (pt) Russian: отреза́ть (ru) impf (otrezátʹ), отре́зать (ru) pf (otrézatʹ) (impf. and pf. differ in the word stress only), разрыва́ть (ru) impf (razryvátʹ), разорва́ть (ru) pf (razorvátʹ) (relationship) Spanish: cortar (es), tallar (es) (dated)), tajar (es), truncar (es), separar (es) Swedish: kapa (sv), klippa av (sv), hugga av (sv) ǃXóõ: gǂqháa

to be parted or separated

Bulgarian: откъсвам се (otkǎsvam se) Finnish: joutua eroon Occitan: èsser separat

to make a separation or distinction

Bulgarian: разделям (bg) (razdeljam) Finnish: erottaa (fi), tehdä ero Occitan: distinguir (oc), diferenciar, separar (oc)

legal: to disunite; to disconnect; to terminate

Bulgarian: разделям (bg) (razdeljam) Finnish: erottaa (fi), eriyttää (to disunite or disconnect); lopettaa (fi) (to terminate) Italian: separare (it), distaccare (it), rescindere Occitan: separar (oc), desunir

Further reading

• sever in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• sever in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• sever at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• 'verse, -verse, reves, serve, veers, verse

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin sevērus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /səˈve/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /səˈbe/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /seˈveɾ/

Adjective

sever (feminine severa, masculine plural severs, feminine plural severes)

1. strict, severe

Derived terms

• severament

Related terms

• severitat

Further reading

• “sever” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sever”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “sever” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sever” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ. See also German Schauer or English shower (originally) ("Cold Rain").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛvɛr]

• audio

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Noun

sever m

1. north

   Antonym: jih

Declension

Declension of sever

	singular	plural
nominative	sever	severy
genitive	severu	severů
dative	severu	severům
accusative	sever	severy
vocative	severe	severy
locative	severu	severech
instrumental	severem	severy

Coordinate termffs

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Derived terms

• severák
• Severka
• severní
• severovýchod
• severozápad
• seveřan

 

Further reading

• sever in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• sever in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• sever in Internetová jazyková příručka

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Interlingua

Adjective

sever (comparative plus sever, superlative le plus sever)

1. severe

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *sēfar, from Proto-West Germanic *saifr.

Noun

sêver n

1. drool, saliva

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• sêveren

Descendants

• Dutch: zever
• Limburgish: zeiver

Further reading

• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “sever”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Old Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseːfer/, [ˈsɛːfer]
• (Late Old Frisian) IPA^(key): /ˈseːwer/, [ˈsɛːwer]

Noun

sēver m

1. Alternative form of sāver

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28

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Romanian

Etymology

From French sévère, from Latin severus.

Adjective

sever m or n (feminine singular severă, masculine plural severi, feminine and neuter plural severe)

1. strict

Declension

Declension of sever

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	sever		severă	severi	severe
	definite	severul		severa	severii	severele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	sever		severe	severi	severe
	definite	severului		severei	severilor	severelor

Related terms

• severitate

Further reading

• sever in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• sjȅver (Ijekavian)
• śȅver (Ekavian)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sêʋer/
• Hyphenation: se‧ver

Noun

sȅver m (Cyrillic spelling се̏вер)

1. (uncountable) north

   Antonym: jȕg

Declension

Declension of sever

	singular
nominative	sever
genitive	severa
dative	severu
accusative	sever
vocative	severe
locative	severu
instrumental	severom

Related terms

• severni

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsever]

Noun

sever m (genitive singular severu, nominative plural severy, declension pattern of dub)

1. North

   na sever ― to the north

   na severe ― in the north

   na sever od Ontaria ― (moving) north of Ontario

Derived terms

• severák
• Severan
• severne
• severný
• severovýchod
• severozápad

 

Further reading

• sever in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sèːʋɛr/

Noun

sẹ́ver m inan

1. north

Inflection

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	séver
gen. sing.	sévera
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	séver	sévera	séveri
genitive (rodȋlnik)	sévera	séverov	séverov
dative (dajȃlnik)	séveru	séveroma	séverom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	sévera	sévera	sévere
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	séveru	séverih	séverih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	séverom	séveroma	séveri

Derived terms

• séveren

Further reading

• “sever”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Turkish

Verb

sever

1. third-person singular indicative aorist of sevmek