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Origin
- Frenchdivorcée
- Englishdivorcee
Borrowed from French divorcée, equivalent to divorce + -ee.
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Arabic طَلِيق, طَلِيقَة
- طَلِيق (ṭalīq)divorced person
- طَلِيقَة (ṭalīqa)divorced person
Bulgarian разве́ден, разве́дена
- разве́ден (razvéden)divorced person
- разве́дена (razvédena)divorced person
Chinese Mandarin 離婚者 /离婚者
- 離婚者 /离婚者 (líhūnzhě)divorced person
Czech rozvedený, rozvedená
- rozvedenýdivorced person
- rozvedenádivorced person
Finnish eronnut
- eronnutdivorced person
French divorcé, divorcée
- divorcédivorced person
- divorcéedivorced person
German Geschiedener, Geschiedene
- Geschiedenerdivorced person
- Geschiedenedivorced person
Greek διαζευγμένος, διαζευγμένη
- διαζευγμένος (diazevgménos)divorced person
- διαζευγμένη (diazevgméni)divorced person
Hebrew גרוש \ גָּרוּשׁ, גרושה \ גְּרוּשָׁה
- גרוש \ גָּרוּשׁ (garúsh)divorced person
- גרושה \ גְּרוּשָׁה (grushá)divorced person
Hungarian elvált személy
- elvált személydivorced person
Icelandic fráskilinn karlmaður
- fráskilinn karlmaðurdivorced person
Italian divorziato, divorziata
- divorziatodivorced person
- divorziatadivorced person
Japanese 離婚した男, 離婚した女
- 離婚した男 (rikon shita otoko)divorced person
- 離婚した女 (rikon shita onna)divorced person
Korean 이혼남, 리혼남
- 이혼남 (ihonnam)divorced person
- 리혼남 (rihonnam)divorced person
- 이혼녀 (ihonnyeo)divorced person
- 리혼녀 (rihonnyeo)divorced person
Latin divortiatus, divortiata
- divortiatusdivorced person
- divortiatadivorced person
Polish rozwodnik, rozwódka
- rozwodnikdivorced person
- rozwódkadivorced person
Portuguese divorciado, divorciada
- divorciadodivorced person
- divorciadadivorced person
Russian разведённый, разведённая
- разведённый (razvedjónnyj)divorced person
- разведённая (razvedjónnaja)divorced person
Slovak rozvedený, rozvedená
- rozvedenýdivorced person
- rozvedenádivorced person
Spanish divorciado, divorciada
- divorciadodivorced person
- divorciadadivorced person
Swahili mtalaka
- mtalakadivorced person
Ukrainian розлу́чений, розлу́чена
- розлу́чений (rozlúčenyj)divorced person
- розлу́чена (rozlúčena)divorced person
- розве́дений (rozvédenyj)divorced person
- розве́дена (rozvédena)divorced person
Vietnamese người ly dị vợ, người ly dị chồng
- người ly dị vợdivorced person
- người ly dị chồngdivorced person
Yiddish גרוש, גרושה
- גרוש (goresh)divorced person
- גרושה (grushe)divorced person
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with divorcee
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APA
divorcee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divorcee
MLA
“divorcee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divorcee. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “divorcee,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divorcee.
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