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de·tach    Audio Help   [di-tach] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to unfasten and separate; disengage; disunite.
2.Military. to send away (a regiment, ship, etc.) on a special mission.

[Origin: 1470–80; < MF détacher, OF destachier; see dis-1, attach]

de·tach·a·ble, adjective
de·tach·a·bil·i·ty, noun
de·tach·a·bly, adverb
de·tach·er, noun
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de·tach    Audio Help   (dĭ-tāch')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   de·tached, de·tach·ing, de·tach·es
  1. To separate or unfasten; disconnect: detach a check from the checkbook; detach burs from one's coat.
  2. To remove from association or union with something: detach a calf from its mother; detached herself from the group.
  3. To send (troops or ships, for example) on a special mission.


[French détacher, from Old French destachier : des-, de- + attachier, to attach; see attach.]

de·tach'a·bil'i·ty n., de·tach'a·ble adj., de·tach'a·bly adv.
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detachable

adjective
designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage; "shirts with detachable collars" [ant: attachable

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
deˈtachable adjective
able to be detached
Arabic: مُمْكِن فَصْلُهـا
Chinese (Simplified): 可分开的
Chinese (Traditional): 可分開的
Czech: oddělitelný
Danish: aftagelig
Dutch: afneembaar
Estonian: eemaldatav
Finnish: irrotettava
French: détachable
German: abnehmbar
Greek: αποσπώμενος, κινητός
Hungarian: levehető
Icelandic: laus, sem hægt er að losa frá
Indonesian: bisa dilepaskan
Italian: staccabile
Japanese: 分離できる
Korean: 분리할 수 있는
Latvian: atdalāms; atšķirams
Lithuanian: atskiriamas, nuimamas
Norwegian: løs, avtakbar, til å ta av
Polish: do odłączania, zdejmowany
Portuguese (Brazil): destacável
Portuguese (Portugal): destacável
Romanian: de­­ta­­şabil
Russian: отделяемый; отрывной
Slovak: oddeliteľný
Slovenian: ločljiv
Spanish: separable
Swedish: löstagbar, avtagbar, lös
Turkish: ayrılabilir
See also: detached, detachment, detach, "detachable" in any language

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