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Definition of divorcé noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

divorcé

noun
 
/dɪˌvɔːˈsiː/
 
/dɪˌvɔːrˈseɪ/
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  1. a man whose marriage has been legally endedTopics Family and relationshipsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • amicable
    • uncontested
    • no-fault
    • …
    verb + divorce
    • want
    • apply for
    • ask for
    • …
    divorce + verb
    • come through
    divorce + noun
    • court
    • case
    • proceedings
    • …
    preposition
    • divorce from
    • divorce on the grounds of
    phrases
    • grounds for divorce
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    Word Originlate Middle English: the noun from Old French divorce, from Latin divortium, based on divertere, from di- ‘aside’ + vertere ‘to turn’; the verb from Old French divorcer, from late Latin divortiare, from divortium.
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