Split

Etymology
c. 1567, from splitten, from  (compare Frisian/ splitte,  spleißen:), from  'to split, splice' (compare  speld: 'splinter',  spaltan: 'to split',  sliss: 'splinter', Latin spolium 'stripped hide',  spaliai 'flax shives', Old Church Slavonic rasplatiti 'to cleave, split', Ancient Greek aspalon 'skin, hide', spólas 'flayed skin', Sanskrit sphaṭati 'it bursts').

Adjective

 * 1) See split.
 * 2)  Having the middle group equal to the direct product of the others.
 * 3) Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.

Derived terms

 * split-shot

Noun

 * 1)  The acrobatic feat of spreading the legs flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to the body or with one leg in front and one behind.
 * 2)  A split-finger fastball.
 * He’s got a nasty split.
 * 1)  A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down.
 * 2) A dessert or confection resembling a banana split.
 * 3) A unit of measure used for champagne or other spirits: 18.75 centiliter or 1/4 quarter of a standard .75 liter bottle. Commercially comparable to 1/20th 🇺🇸 gallon, which is 1/2 of a fifth.
 * 4) A bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters, 1/2 the volume of a standard .75 liter bottle; a demi.
 * 5)  The elapsed time at specific intermediate point(s) in a race.
 * In the 3000m race, his 800m split was 1:45.32
 * 1)  A tear resulting from tensile stresses.

Translations

 * Dutch:, ,
 * French: le grand écart ; to do the splits: faire le grand écart
 * German: Spagat ; to do the splits: Spagat machen
 * Italian: la spaccata ; to do the splits: fare la spaccata


 * Japanese: 開脚
 * Russian: шпагат (špagát) ; to do the splits: сесть на шпагат
 * Spanish: espagat
 * Swedish: spagat
 * Turkish: split


 * see specific entry


 * Japanese: スプリット


 * Japanese: 小瓶;  ハーフボトル

Verb

 * 1)  Of something solid, to divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
 * He has split his lip.
 * 1)  To share; to divide.
 * We split the money among three people
 * 1)  To leave.
 * Let's split this scene and see if we can find a real party.
 * 1) to separate or break up.
 * Did you hear Dick and Jane split? They'll probably get a divorce.
 * Republicans appear split on the centerpiece of Mr. Obama's economic recovery plan.

Derived terms

 * side-splitting
 * split up (verb)

Translations

 * Arabic: قسم
 * Catalan: partir, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 裂開, 裂开,  分裂,
 * Dutch: splitsen, opsplitsen
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:, ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew: פיצל, חילק
 * Hungarian: hasít


 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese:
 * Latin:, , findo,
 * Old English:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, , cindir
 * Romanian:, diviza,  ,
 * Romansch: sfender, ,
 * Russian: расщеплять (rasščeplját’), расщепить (rasščepít’)
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: dela, söndra, splittra


 * Catalan: repartir,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: ,
 * German: verteilen, aufteilen
 * Hebrew: התחלק, חילק
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 分ける;  分離する, 分断する;  ,


 * Latin:, dispartior,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: repartiza, diviza
 * Romansch: reparter,
 * Russian: делить (d'elít’), разделить (razd'elít’) , поделить (pod'elít’)
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: dela


 * Hebrew:
 * Portuguese: partir, deixar, cair fora


 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: skiljas


 * Catalan:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Hebrew: נפרד
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin:


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: separà
 * Russian: разделяться (razd'el'át's'a), разделиться (razd'elít’s'a) , расходиться (rasχodít's'a) , разойтись (razojtís')
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: skiljas, flytta isär


 * : jagunema, lõhenema
 * : memisah, membagi, memecah, membelah

Anagrams

 * slipt
 * spilt

Noun

 * 1) discord, strife, dissension
 * Det blir avunden och splitet, som blir Sveriges fördärv.
 * It is the envy and the strife, that will be Sweden's demise.
 * 1) a split (of shares in a company)
 * 2) a side split, a straddle split (in gymnastics)