Meanings
verbdivide and rule (third-person singular simple present divides and rules, present participle dividing and ruling, simple past and past participle divided and ruled)
present singular third person divides and rules · participle present dividing and ruling · participle past divided and ruled · past divided and ruled
Synonyms & antonyms
verbSynonym of divide and conquer.
Also see
Origin
- Latindivide et impera
- Englishdivide and rule
Calque of Latin divide et impera.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic فَرِّقْ تَسُدْ
- فَرِّقْ تَسُدْ (farriq tasud)Divide and conquer
Chinese Mandarin 分而治之
- 分而治之 (fēn'érzhìzhī)Divide and conquer
Czech rozděl a panuj
- rozděl a panujDivide and conquer
Dutch deel en heers, verdeel en heers
- deel en heersDivide and conquer
- verdeel en heersDivide and conquer
Estonian jaga ja valitse
- jaga ja valitseDivide and conquer
Finnish hajota ja hallitse
- hajota ja hallitseDivide and conquer
French diviser pour régner, diviser pour mieux régner
- diviser pour régnerDivide and conquer
- diviser pour mieux régnerDivide and conquer
German teile und herrsche
- teile und herrscheDivide and conquer
Greek διαίρει και βασίλευε
- διαίρει και βασίλευε (diaírei kai vasíleve)Divide and conquer
Icelandic deila og drottna
- deila og drottnaDivide and conquer
Korean 분열시켜 지배하다
- 분열시켜 지배하다 (bunyeolsikyeo jibaehada)Divide and conquer
Latin divide et impera
- divide et imperaDivide and conquer
Lithuanian skaldyk ir valdyk
- skaldyk ir valdykDivide and conquer
Persian تفرقه بینداز و حکومت کن
- تفرقه بینداز و حکومت کن (tafraqe biyandâz o hokumat kon)Divide and conquer
Polish dzielić i rządzić
- dzielić i rządzićDivide and conquer
Portuguese dividir e governar
- dividir e governarDivide and conquer
Russian разделя́й и вла́ствуй
- разделя́й и вла́ствуй (razdeljáj i vlástvuj)Divide and conquer
Spanish divide y reinarás, divide y vencerás
- divide y reinarásDivide and conquer
- divide y vencerásDivide and conquer
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