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9-letter words (1 found)

APARTHEID,

7-letter words (15 found)

ADAPTER,AIRDATE,AIRHEAD,AIRTHED,APTERIA,DIPTERA,HETAIRA,PARTIED,PIRATED,PITARAH,PITHEAD,RADIATE,RAPHIDE,READAPT,TIARAED,

6-letter words (42 found)

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5-letter words (94 found)

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4-letter words (121 found)

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3-letter words (82 found)

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2-letter words (27 found)

AA,AD,AE,AH,AI,AR,AT,DA,DE,DI,EA,ED,EH,ER,ET,HA,HE,HI,ID,IT,PA,PE,PI,RE,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 383 words from apartheid according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of apartheid

apartheid

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans apartheid (literally “separateness, apartness”) (1929 in a South African socio-political context), from Afrikaans apart (“separate”) + suffix -heid, cognate of English -hood.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, strictly) IPA(key): /əˈpɑːtheɪt/, /əˈpɑːthaɪt/
  • (US, strictly) enPR: ə-pärtʹhāt, ə-pärtʹhīt, IPA(key): /əˈpɑɹtheɪt/, /əˈpɑɹthaɪt/
  • Note: the h is very often not pronounced because of the difficulty of following /t/ with /h/, but the sequence is not pronounced as the digraph th (/ð/, /θ/).
  • (US, laxly) enPR: ə-pärʹtīd, IPA(key): /əˈpɑɹ.taɪd/

Noun

apartheid (countable and uncountable, plural apartheids)

  1. (South Africa, historical) The policy of racial separation in South Africa from 1948 to 1990.
    Synonym: plural relations
  2. (by extension) Any similar policy of racial separation/segregation and discrimination, particularly when in favor of a minority rule.
    • 1963, Justice William O. Douglas, concurring, Lombard v. Louisiana (373 U.S. 267):
      When the doors of a business are open to the public, they must be open to all regardless of race if apartheid is not to become engrained in our public […] .
  3. (by extension) A policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:apartheid.

Verb

apartheid (third-person singular simple present apartheids, present participle apartheiding, simple past and past participle apartheided)

  1. To impose a policy of segregation of groups of people, especially one based on race.

Antonyms

  • antiapartheid

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • hit parade

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch apartheid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈpartɦɛit]

Noun

apartheid (uncountable)

  1. apartheid

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌaːˈpɑrt.ɦɛi̯t/
  • Hyphenation: apart‧heid

Etymology 1

From apart (“separate, apart”) +‎ -heid (“-hood”).

Noun

apartheid f (plural apartheden, diminutive apartheidje n)

  1. the state of being separate; separateness
  2. a characteristic that sets something or someone apart
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: apartheid

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Afrikaans apartheid, from Dutch apartheid.

Noun

apartheid f (uncountable)

  1. the policy of racial separation used in South Africa from 1948 to 1990; apartheid
  2. (by extension) any similar policy of racial separation
Derived terms
  • apartheidsbeleid
  • apartheidspolitiek

Anagrams

  • hitparade

Finnish

Etymology

From Afrikaans apartheid (literally “separateness, apartness”) (1929 in a South African socio-political context), from Afrikaans apart (“separate”) + suffix -heid, cognate of English -hood.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑpɑrthɑi̯d/, [ˈɑ̝pɑ̝rt̪hɑ̝i̯d]

Noun

apartheid

  1. apartheid

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “apartheid”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

From Afrikaans apartheid (literally “separateness, apartness”) (1929 in a South African socio-political context), from Afrikaans apart (“separate”) +‎ -heid (cognate of English -hood).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.paʁ.tɛd/
  • Hyphenation: a‧par‧theid

Noun

apartheid m (plural apartheid)

  1. (history) apartheid (racial separation in South Africa from 1948 to 1990)
  2. apartheid (any policy of racial separation)

Synonyms

  • ségrégation
  • ségrégationnisme
  • séparation

Anagrams

  • hit-parade

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Afrikaans apartheid (“South Africa policy of racial separation”, literally “separateness, apartness”), from Dutch apartheid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aparˈteɪt̚]
  • Hyphenation: apar‧théid

Noun

aparthéid (first-person possessive apartheidku, second-person possessive apartheidmu, third-person possessive apartheidnya)

  1. (historical) apartheid: the policy of racial separation used by South Africa from 1948 to 1990.

Alternative forms

  • aparteid

Further reading

  • “apartheid” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Afrikaans apartheid (literally “separateness, apartness”) (1929 in a South African socio-political context), from Afrikaans apart (“separate”) + suffix -heid, cognate of English -hood.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.parˈtajd/, (careful style) /a.parˈtɛjd/, (careful style) /a.parˈtejd/
  • Rhymes: -ajd, (careful style) -ɛjd, (careful style) -ejd

Noun

apartheid m (invariable)

  1. (history) apartheid (racial separation in South Africa from 1948 to 1990)
  2. apartheid (any policy of racial separation)

References

Further reading

  • apartheid in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Afrikaans apartheid.

Noun

apartheid m (definite singular apartheiden, uncountable)

  1. apartheid

References

  • “apartheid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “apartheid” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Afrikaans apartheid.

Noun

apartheid m (definite singular apartheiden, uncountable)

  1. apartheid

References

  • “apartheid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Afrikaans apartheid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈpart.xajt/, /aˈpart.xɛjt/
  • Rhymes: -artxajt, -artxɛjt
  • Syllabification: a‧part‧heid

Noun

apartheid m inan

  1. (historical) apartheid (policy of racial separation in South Africa from 1948 to 1990)

Declension

Further reading

  • apartheid in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • apartheid in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • apartheid in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Afrikaans apartheid, from Dutch apartheid.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: apar‧theid

Noun

apartheid m (plural apartheids)

  1. (historical) apartheid (policy of racial separation in South Africa)
  2. apartheid (any policy of racial separation)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans apartheid.

Noun

apartheid n (uncountable)

  1. apartheid

Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈapartɦeit]

Noun

apartheid m inan (genitive singular apartheidu, nominative plural apartheidy, genitive plural apartheidov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. apartheid

Declension

References

  • “apartheid”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Afrikaans apartheid (literally “separateness, apartness”) (1929 in a South African socio-political context), from Afrikaans apart (“separate”) + suffix -heid, cognate of English -hood.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apaɾˈxeid/ [a.paɾˈxei̯ð̞]
  • Rhymes: -eid

Noun

apartheid m (plural apartheids or apartheid)

  1. (history) apartheid (racial separation in South Africa from 1948 to 1990)
  2. apartheid (any policy of racial separation)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

  • “apartheid”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  • “apartheid” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN

Swedish

Noun

apartheid c

  1. (South africa, historical) apartheid
  2. (by extension) apartheid (more generally)

Declension

References

  • apartheid in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • apartheid in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Source: wiktionary.org