French word

scinder

Pronunciation

IPA/sɛ̃de/

Meaning

  • verbsplit

Example

Nous allons scinder le groupe en deux pour l'exercice.

We are going to split the group in two for the exercise.

Illustration for scinder (split)

More examples

Le manager va scinder les tâches cette semaine.

The manager will divide the tasks this week.

Core concept

A whole marked with clean cuts into separate workable sections.

Common phrases

  • scinder les tâches

    divide the tasks

  • scinder le groupe

    split up the group

  • scinder une équipe

    split a team

Similar words

diviser: To divide one whole into several manageable parts.
séparer: To separate neighboring things so they become distinct.
répartir: To distribute items or roles among people or locations.

Definition in French

Diviser un groupe, un projet ou un document en plusieurs parties pour faciliter la gestion ou l'analyse.

Word origin

Scinder is a learned French borrowing from Latin scindere, meaning 'to split', with the same basic sense retained.

Usage tips

  • Scinder is usually transitive and commonly takes en plus the result, as in scinder le groupe en deux.

Other meanings

  • separateverb

Opposites

Related words

  • scindédividedadjective

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