divorcee

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /dɪˌvɔrˈseɪ/ UK /dɪˌvɔːˈsiː/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person who is divorced

As a young divorcee, she rebuilt her career from scratch.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who is divorced divorcédivorcée

Opposites

spouse

Word family

Related forms divorce divorcement divorced

Etymology

From French divorcée ('a divorced woman'), feminine past participle of divorcer, from divorce, from Latin divortium ('separation'), from divertere ('to turn aside').

divorcée French divortium Latin divertere Latin vertere Latin

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# divorcee

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /dɪˌvɔrˈseɪ/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˌvɔːˈsiː/

## Meanings
1. a person who is divorced

## Examples
- As a young divorcee, she rebuilt her career from scratch.

## Synonyms
- divorcé
- divorcée

## Antonyms
- spouse

## Related Forms
- divorce
- divorcement
- divorced

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: divorcée
- Root: divortium
- Root: divertere
- Root: vertere

## Etymology
From French divorcée ('a divorced woman'), feminine past participle of divorcer, from divorce, from Latin divortium ('separation'), from divertere ('to turn aside').

## AI Etymology
Divorcee is from French divorcée ('a divorced woman'), feminine past participle of divorcer, from divorce, from Latin divortium ('separation'), from divertere ('to turn aside'). The ancestry passes through French divorcée, Latin divortium, Latin divertere, and Latin vertere. In present use as a noun, it means "a person who is divorced", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include divorce, divorcement, and divorced. Its contrast set includes spouse, which clarifies the semantic boundary of the modern word.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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