"bifurcate" meaning in English

See bifurcate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈbaɪfəˌkeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbaɪfɚˌkeɪt/ [General-American], /baɪˈfɛːkɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /baɪˈfɛːkeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /baɪˈfɚkət/ [General-American], /baɪˈfɚkeɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bifurcate1.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-عُثمان (Middle river exports)-bifurcate.wav
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kɪt Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin bifurcātus. Surface Analysis bi- + furcate. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|ML.|bifurcātus}} Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin bifurcātus, {{prefix|en|bi|furcate}} bi- + furcate Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} bifurcate (not comparable)
  1. Divided or forked into two; bifurcated. Tags: not-comparable Translations (Divided or forked into two; bifurcated): haarautunut (Finnish), kahtia haarautunut (Finnish), kahtiajakoinen (Finnish), kahtiajakautunut (Finnish), bifurkaatti [rare] (Finnish), zweizackig (German)
    Sense id: en-bifurcate-en-adj-Dv5Rs46q Categories (other): English terms prefixed with bi-, Two Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bi-: 43 37 16 4 Disambiguation of Two: 50 19 31 0 Disambiguation of 'Divided or forked into two; bifurcated': 99 1
  2. Having bifurcations. Tags: not-comparable Translations (Having bifurcations.): kahtia jakautuva (Finnish), jakautuva (Finnish), gegabelt (German)
    Sense id: en-bifurcate-en-adj-xJd81LiI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with bi-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 79 6 2 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 22 71 7 0 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bi-: 43 37 16 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 72 10 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 13 79 8 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 88 5 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 72 10 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 72 10 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 75 8 0 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 72 10 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 17 75 8 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 13 72 10 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 18 69 9 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 72 10 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 13 72 10 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 69 9 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 13 72 10 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 81 6 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 79 6 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 13 72 9 5 Disambiguation of 'Having bifurcations.': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: biforked Derived forms: bifurcately

Verb

IPA: /ˈbaɪfəˌkeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbaɪfɚˌkeɪt/ [General-American], /baɪˈfɛːkɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /baɪˈfɛːkeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /baɪˈfɚkət/ [General-American], /baɪˈfɚkeɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bifurcate1.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-عُثمان (Middle river exports)-bifurcate.wav Forms: bifurcates [present, singular, third-person], bifurcating [participle, present], bifurcated [participle, past], bifurcated [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kɪt Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin bifurcātus. Surface Analysis bi- + furcate. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|ML.|bifurcātus}} Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin bifurcātus, {{prefix|en|bi|furcate}} bi- + furcate Head templates: {{en-verb}} bifurcate (third-person singular simple present bifurcates, present participle bifurcating, simple past and past participle bifurcated)
  1. (intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches. Tags: intransitive Translations (divide into two): разклонявам се (razklonjavam se) (Bulgarian), раздвоявам се (razdvojavam se) (Bulgarian), 分叉 (fēnchā) (Chinese Mandarin), haaroittaa (Finnish), jakaa kahtia (Finnish), bifurquer (French), διακλαδώνομαι (diakladónomai) (Greek), kettéágazik (Hungarian), biforcare (Italian), bifurkere (Norwegian), bifurcar (Portuguese), bifurca (Romanian), раздваивать (razdvaivatʹ) (Russian), bifurcar (Spanish), dela sig (Swedish), klyva sig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bifurcate-en-verb-jCbNlQ31 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with bi- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bi-: 43 37 16 4 Disambiguation of 'divide into two': 100 0
  2. (transitive) To cause to bifurcate. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bifurcate-en-verb-VMMn7pc6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: branch, fork Derived forms: bifurcated [adjective], bifurcation, bifurcative, bifurcator, nonbifurcating, rebifurcate Related terms: confurcate, furcate, quadfurcated, trifurcate

Inflected forms

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