# apart
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /əˈpɑː(ɹ)t/
* (General American) IPA: /əˈpɑɹt/, enPR: ə-pärt′
* Audio (US):(file)
* 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)
* 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.
* Separately, exclusively, not together.
    Synonyms: independently, separately; see also Thesaurus:individually
    Consider the two propositions apart.
* 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.
* 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.
* (used following a noun) Excluded from consideration.
    Synonym: aside
    Joking apart, what do you think?

##### Antonyms

* together

##### Derived terms

* 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
#### Adjective

apart (not comparable)
* (after a noun or in the predicate) Exceptional, distinct.
    in a class apart
* Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.
* 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
* Misspelling of a part.
** 2016, Jasmine Railey, Carter and Ayanna 2: A Hood Love‎ (Fiction), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 231:I killed a man. This was never apart 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: /aˈpart/

### Adjective

apart (attributive aparte, comparative aparter, superlative apartste)
* separate

#### Derived terms

* apartheid

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French a part.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aːˈpɑrt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: apart
* Rhymes: -ɑrt

### Adjective

apart (comparative aparter, superlative apartst)
* 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.
* unusual
    Hij draagt zeer aparte hoeden.He wears very unusual hats.

#### 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: /aˈpaʁt/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

apart (strong nominative masculine singular aparter, comparative aparter, superlative am apartesten)
* unusual and distinctive in an appealing way; featuring an exciting mixture of traits or influences
    Synonyms: reizvoll, aufregend
* (archaic) apart, separate
    Synonyms: einzeln, gesondert, separat, getrennt, abgetrennt

#### 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: /ˈa.part/
* Rhymes: -apart
* Syllabification: a‧part

### Adverb

apart (not comparable)
* separately

#### Derived terms

* apartny
* apartno
* 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
* “apart”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Latvian
### Etymology

From ap- +‎ art (“to plow”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [apâɾt]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

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

#### 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: /ɐˈpa(ː)ɾt/

### Preposition

apárt / apar̃t (with genitive) (slang, proscribed)
* 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 duApart from him, there were two more

#### Usage notes

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

### Adverb

apart
* (obsolete) separately
    Synonym: skyrium

### References

* ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170930043321/http://www.vlkk.lt/konsultacijos/88-apart-be-isskyrus

### Further reading

* “apart”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French à part.

### Adjective

apart (comparative apartare, superlative apartast)
* clearly deviating from the norm, peculiar, unique

#### Usage notes

Often but not always derogatory, like peculiar.

#### Declension

$^1$ 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)