apart

See also: a part and à part

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈpɑː(ɹ)t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈpɑɹt/, enPR: ə-pärt′

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t

Etymology 1

From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”).

Adverb

apart (comparative more apart or further apart, superlative most apart or furthest apart)

1. Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
   • 2015, Johnny Rogan, Ray Davies: A Complicated Life:

     We had a large bus and I had two of them at the front and two at the back, and I had to sit in the middle and keep them apart.

   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:

     Others apart sat on a hill retired.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 4:3:

     But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself.

2. separately, exclusively, not together

   Consider the two propositions apart.

   Synonyms: independently, separately see also Thesaurus:individually

3. In or into two or more parts.

   Synonyms: asunder, in twain see also Thesaurus:asunder

   We took the computer apart and put it back together.

   • 1980, Joy Division (lyrics and music), “Love Will Tear Us Apart”:

     Love, love will tear us apart, again.

4. To the side; aside.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, James 1:21:

     Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

   • 1827, John Keble, “The Snow-Drop”, in The Christian Year:

     Let Pleasure go, put Care apart.

6. (used following a noun) Excluded from consideration.

   Joking apart, what do you think?

   Synonym: aside

Antonyms

• together

Derived terms

terms derived from apart (adverb)

• apart from
• apartness
• blow apart
• break apart
• come apart
• drift apart
• fall apart
• fly apart
• grow apart
• pick apart
• poles apart
• pull apart
• pull-apart
• rip apart
• set apart
• stand apart
• take apart
• tear apart
• tease apart
• tell apart
• worlds apart

Translations

separately, in regard to space or company

• Bulgarian: настрана (bg) (nastrana), отделно (bg) (otdelno)
• Catalan: a part (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 分離地／分离地 (zh) (fēnlí de), 分別／分别 (zh) (fēnbié), 四分五裂 (zh) (sìfēnwǔliè)

• Dutch: apart (nl)
• Finnish: syrjässä (fi), syrjään
• French: séparé (fr), séparément (fr), à part (fr)
• German: getrennt (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: (Epic) νόσφι (nósphi)

• Hungarian: külön (hu), elkülönülve/elkülönülten (hu)
• Indonesian: terlepas (id)
• Irish: ar leith
• Italian: separatamente (it)
• Japanese: 別々に (ja) (べつべつに, betsubetsu ni)
• Kashubian: apart
• Latin: seorsum, segregatim
• Macedonian: одделно (oddelno)
• Maori: tātahi
• Plautdietsch: enaunda, uteneen
• Polish: osobno (pl)
• Portuguese: à parte (pt)
• Russian: отде́льно (ru) (otdélʹno), врозь (ru) (vrozʹ), по́рознь (ru) (póroznʹ), разде́льно (ru) (razdélʹno)
• Scottish Gaelic: air leth
• Sicilian: sparti
• Spanish: aparte (es), separadamente (es)
• Tocharian B: waiptār,
• Ukrainian: окре́мо (okrémo), осторонь (ostoronʹ)

in a state of separation

• Bulgarian: поотделно (pootdelno)
• Esperanto: aparte
• Finnish: erillään (fi), erilleen (fi), erikseen (fi)
• Hungarian: külön-külön (hu), különválasztva (hu), elkülönítve (hu), egyenként (hu)
• Indonesian: terlepas (id)
• Italian: separatamente (it)
• Kashubian: apart
• Latin: seorsum, segregatim
• Portuguese: à parte (pt), afastado (pt)
• Russian: отде́льно (ru) (otdélʹno), обосо́бленно (ru) (obosóblenno)
• Scottish Gaelic: air leth
• Sicilian: sparti
• Ukrainian: окре́мо (okrémo)

aside; away

• Bulgarian: настрана (bg) (nastrana)
• Catalan: a part (ca)
• Finnish: syrjässä (fi), syrjään
• German: beiseite (de)
• Hungarian: félretéve (hu), félre (hu)
• Kashubian: apart
• Latin: segregatim
• Portuguese: à parte (pt), de lado (pt), distante (pt)
• Russian: прочь (ru) (pročʹ), вон (ru) (von), доло́й (ru) (dolój), в сто́рону (v stóronu)
• Scottish Gaelic: air leth
• Sicilian: sparti, di latu
• Spanish: aparte (es)

in two or more parts; asunder

• Finnish: erillään (fi), erilleen (fi)
• French: en morceaux, en pièces (fr)
• German: entzwei (de), in Stücke
• Hungarian: szét- (hu)
• Italian: a pezzi
• Japanese: ばらばらに (ja) (barabara ni)
• Latin: segregatim
• Russian: на ча́сти (na části), на куски́ (na kuskí)
• Sanskrit: वि (sa) (vi)
• Sicilian: 'n 'ui, a pizzuḍḍi
• Swedish: isär (sv)

Adjective

apart (not comparable)

1. (after a noun or in the predicate) Exceptional, distinct.

   in a class apart

2. Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.
3. Separate, on the side.
   • 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 172:

     The young lover was in waiting, to hand them out of the large substantial carriage, and the first quiet moment that he could find for an apart whisper, said, "What can be the reason that your mother has never taken the slightest notice of my letter?"

Etymology 2

Noun

apart

1. Misspelling of a part.
   • 2016, Jasmine Railey, Carter and Ayanna 2: A Hood Love‎^[1] (Fiction), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 231:

     I killed a man. This was never apart^{[sic – meaning a part]} of the plan, Tracy was supposed to do all of the dirty work.

References

“apart”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• prata, rap at

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch apart, from Middle French a part.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpart/

Adjective

apart (attributive aparte, comparative aparter, superlative apartste)

1. separate

Derived terms

• apartheid

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French a part.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːˈpɑrt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: apart
• Rhymes: -ɑrt

Adjective

apart (comparative aparter, superlative apartst)

1. separate

   Over het algemeen vindt men vier kleuren in een inkjetprinter. Zwart zit bijna altijd in een aparte cartridge, de andere kleuren kunnen ook in één cartridge zitten.

   In general one finds four colors in an inkjet printer. Black is almost always in a separate cartridge, the other colors can also be in a single cartridge.

2. unusual

   Hij draagt zeer aparte hoeden.

   He wears very unusual hats.

Declension

Declension of apart
uninflected	apart
inflected	aparte
comparative	aparter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		apart	aparter	het apartst het apartste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	aparte	apartere	apartste
	n. sing.	apart	aparter	apartste
	plural	aparte	apartere	apartste
definite		aparte	apartere	apartste
partitive		aparts	aparters	—

Derived terms

• apartheid

Descendants

• Afrikaans: apart
• Berbice Creole Dutch: apati
• Negerhollands: apart
• → Papiamentu: apart
• → Sranan Tongo: apart, aparti

Anagrams

• praat, raapt

German

Etymology

16th century, from Middle French à part (“separately”). The modern sense follows the French attributive use as in une chose à part (“something of its kind, something exceptional”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpaʁt/

• Audio:

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Adjective

apart (strong nominative masculine singular aparter, comparative aparter, superlative am apartesten)

1. unusual and distinctive in an appealing way; featuring an exciting mixture of traits or influences

   Synonyms: reizvoll, aufregend

2. (archaic) apart, separate

   Synonyms: einzeln, gesondert, separat, getrennt, abgetrennt

Declension

Positive forms of apart

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist apart	sie ist apart	es ist apart	sie sind apart
strong declension (without article)	nominative	aparter	aparte	apartes	aparte
	genitive	aparten	aparter	aparten	aparter
	dative	apartem	aparter	apartem	aparten
	accusative	aparten	aparte	apartes	aparte
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der aparte	die aparte	das aparte	die aparten
	genitive	des aparten	der aparten	des aparten	der aparten
	dative	dem aparten	der aparten	dem aparten	den aparten
	accusative	den aparten	die aparte	das aparte	die aparten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein aparter	eine aparte	ein apartes	(keine) aparten
	genitive	eines aparten	einer aparten	eines aparten	(keiner) aparten
	dative	einem aparten	einer aparten	einem aparten	(keinen) aparten
	accusative	einen aparten	eine aparte	ein apartes	(keine) aparten

Comparative forms of apart

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist aparter	sie ist aparter	es ist aparter	sie sind aparter
strong declension (without article)	nominative	aparterer	apartere	aparteres	apartere
	genitive	aparteren	aparterer	aparteren	aparterer
	dative	aparterem	aparterer	aparterem	aparteren
	accusative	aparteren	apartere	aparteres	apartere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der apartere	die apartere	das apartere	die aparteren
	genitive	des aparteren	der aparteren	des aparteren	der aparteren
	dative	dem aparteren	der aparteren	dem aparteren	den aparteren
	accusative	den aparteren	die apartere	das apartere	die aparteren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein aparterer	eine apartere	ein aparteres	(keine) aparteren
	genitive	eines aparteren	einer aparteren	eines aparteren	(keiner) aparteren
	dative	einem aparteren	einer aparteren	einem aparteren	(keinen) aparteren
	accusative	einen aparteren	eine apartere	ein aparteres	(keine) aparteren

Superlative forms of apart

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am apartesten	sie ist am apartesten	es ist am apartesten	sie sind am apartesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	apartester	aparteste	apartestes	aparteste
	genitive	apartesten	apartester	apartesten	apartester
	dative	apartestem	apartester	apartestem	apartesten
	accusative	apartesten	aparteste	apartestes	aparteste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der aparteste	die aparteste	das aparteste	die apartesten
	genitive	des apartesten	der apartesten	des apartesten	der apartesten
	dative	dem apartesten	der apartesten	dem apartesten	den apartesten
	accusative	den apartesten	die aparteste	das aparteste	die apartesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein apartester	eine aparteste	ein apartestes	(keine) apartesten
	genitive	eines apartesten	einer apartesten	eines apartesten	(keiner) apartesten
	dative	einem apartesten	einer apartesten	einem apartesten	(keinen) apartesten
	accusative	einen apartesten	eine aparteste	ein apartestes	(keine) apartesten

Related terms

• Apartheid, Apartheit
• Apartment

Descendants

• → Kashubian: apart

Further reading

• “apart” in Duden online
• “apart” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German apart. Compare dialectal Polish apart.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.part/
• Rhymes: -apart
• Syllabification: a‧part

Adverb

apart (not comparable)

1. separately

Derived terms

adjective

• apartny

 

adverb

• apartno

 

noun

• apartnik
• apartnosc
• apartnota

 

Descendants

• >? Lithuanian: apart

Further reading

• Sychta, Bernard (1967) “apart”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 6
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “osobno”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “osobno”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[2]
• “apart”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Latvian

Etymology

From ap- +‎ art (“to plow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [apâɾt]

• Audio:

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Verb

apart (transitive or intransitive, 1st conjugation, present aparu, apar, apar, past aparu)

1. (perfective) to till (land, field) by plowing

   apart laukumu, tīrumu ― to plow, till the field

   apart platu joslu ap dārzu ― to plow, till a wide zone around the garden

2. to overturn (an obstacle) while plowing; to overturn (an obstacle) and plow

   apart velēnas, rugājus ― to plow the turf, stubble (after turning it over)

   traktorists ar krūmu arklu apar alkšņus, sīkstus kārklus ― the tractor driver plows through alder bushes and tough osiers with the bush plow

3. to cover (e.g., planted potatoes) with earth by plowing around, by deepening the furrows; to furrow

   bija jāapar kartupeļi, tie zaļoja kā mežs; lai neiznāktu tikai laksti vien, vajadēja lakstus apmest nedaudz ar zemi - to izdarīja spīļu arkls ― it was time to plow around the potatoes, they had grown like a forest; so that not only leaves and stems would come out, it was necessary to throw some earth around them - the jaw plow does that

4. (perfective) to plow around (to change direction around something while plowing; to plow the area around something)

   apart ap dārzu ― to plow around the garden

   art, apart akmenim apkārt ― to plow around the stone, rock

Conjugation

conjugation of apart

	INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme)				IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme)
		Present (tagadne)	Past (pagātne)	Future (nākotne)
1st pers. sg.	es	aparu	aparu	aparšu	—
2nd pers. sg.	tu	apar	apari	aparsi	apar
3rd pers. sg.	viņš, viņa	apar	apara	apars	lai apar
1st pers. pl.	mēs	aparam	aparām	aparsim	aparsim
2nd pers. pl.	jūs	aparat	aparāt	aparsiet, aparsit	apariet
3rd pers. pl.	viņi, viņas	apar	apara	apars	lai apar
RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme)			PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present	aparot		Present Active 1 (Adj.)		aparošs
Past	esot aparis		Present Active 2 (Adv.)		apardams
Future	aparšot		Present Active 3 (Adv.)		aparot
Imperative	lai aparot		Present Active 4 (Obj.)		aparam
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme)			Past Active		aparis
Present	apartu		Present Passive		aparams
Past	būtu aparis		Past Passive		aparts
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme)			NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative	(būt) jāapar		Infinitive (nenoteiksme)		apart
Conjunctive 1	esot jāapar		Negative Infinitive		neapart
Conjunctive 2	jāaparot		Verbal noun		aparšana

Synonyms

• (till land): uzart
• (plow around): art
• noart
• uzart

Lithuanian

Etymology

Adverbial sense ultimately from German apart, possibly via Kashubian apart and/or dialectal Polish apart (“separately”). Prepositional sense most likely borrowed from English apart.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐˈpa(ː)ɾt/

Preposition

apárt / apar̃t (with genitive) (slang, proscribed)

1. apart from, besides, except

   Synonyms: be, išskyrus

   Apart valgio, tu nieko daugiau nežinai!

   Apart from food, you don't know anything else!

   Apart jo, dar buvo du

   Apart from him, there were two more

Usage notes

• Considered incorrect by the VLKK. It is nonetheless used colloquially.

Adverb

apart

1. (obsolete) separately

   Synonym: skyrium

Further reading

• “apart”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French à part.

Adjective

apart (comparative apartare, superlative apartast)

1. clearly deviating from the norm, peculiar, unique

Usage notes

Often but not always derogatory, like peculiar.

Declension

Inflection of apart

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	apart	apartare	apartast
neuter singular	apart	apartare	apartast
plural	aparta	apartare	apartast
masculine plural2	aparte	apartare	apartast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	aparte	apartare	apartaste
all	aparta	apartare	apartaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

• apart in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• apart in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• apart in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)