divorced

divorcé

Dont le mariage a pris fin légalement.

En anglais simple : Having legally ended your marriage.

• My parents are divorced.
• She got divorced five years ago.
• Is he married or divorced?

Comment l'utiliser : get divorced (They got divorced last year.); divorced from someone (She has been divorced from him for ten years.)

Contraires : married

Expressions courantes : be divorced, get divorced, divorced parents

déconnecté, séparé

Séparé de quelque chose, avec peu ou pas de lien avec lui.

En anglais simple : Separate from something, with little or no connection to it.

• His plans are divorced from reality.
• The lessons seemed divorced from everyday life.
• Their decisions are completely divorced from the facts.

Comment l'utiliser : divorced from something (This theory is divorced from practical experience.)

Synonymes : detached, disconnected

Contraires : connected

Expressions courantes : divorced from something, completely divorced, totally divorced

dissous

Décrit un mariage auquel la loi a mis fin.

En anglais simple : Describing a marriage that has been legally ended.

• The record lists the marriage as divorced.
• A divorced union has legally ended.
• The form marks each marriage as ongoing or divorced.

Synonymes : dissolved

Expressions courantes : divorced marriage, legally divorced union