French word

divorcer

Pronunciation

IPA/divɔʁse/

Meaning

  • verbget divorced

Example

Je ne veux pas divorcer.

I don't want to get divorced.

Illustration for divorcer (get divorced)

More examples

Ils ont décidé de divorcer à l'amiable.

They decided to divorce amicably.

Core concept

A legal marriage bond cut apart, leaving the spouses no longer married.

Common phrases

  • divorcer de quelqu'un

    divorce ___

  • divorcer à l'amiable

    divorce amicably

Similar words

se séparer: To stop living together as a couple and separate.
rompre: To end a romantic relationship or engagement.
se quitter: To leave each other and go separate ways.

Definition in French

Rompre légalement le lien du mariage et cesser d'être marié.

Word origin

Divorcer comes through Old French from Latin divortium, meaning separation, which is related to divertere, meaning to turn aside.

Usage tips

  • Divorcer refers to ending a marriage legally, while rompre or se séparer can describe ending a relationship without a legal marriage.

Opposites

  • se marierget marriedverb

Related words

  • divorcedivorcenoun
  • divorcédivorcedadjective

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