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disassemble en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /dɪs.əˈsɛm.bəl/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sem-h₂-lo- Proto-Italic *semalis Latin similis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin simulō Medieval Latin assimulōder. Old French assemblerbor. Middle English assemblen English assemble English disassemble From dis- + assemble.

Meanings

1. To take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly.
   • The two machines are being built in Germany by Herrenknecht, and once completed they will be disassembled for their journey to the UK. 2020 June 3, “Network News: Vote now to choose names of HS2 Tunnel Boring Machines”, in Rail, page 11:
   • To perform the repair it was necessary to disassemble most of the mechanism.
2. To convert machine code to a human-readable, mnemonic form.

Forms

Deriveds

disassemblable · nondisassembling

Relateds

assembly · dismantle · disassembler · disassembly

Translations (40)

nl demonteren (to take to pieces) · cmn 拆卸 (to take to pieces) · ro demonta (to take to pieces) · ru разобра́ть (to take to pieces) · el αποσυναρμολογώ (to take to pieces) · cs rozmontovat (to take to pieces) · la distrahō (to take to pieces) · es desmontar (to take to pieces) · bg разглобявам (to take to pieces) · fr démonter (to take to pieces) · cs rozebrat (to take to pieces) · hy քանդել (to take to pieces) · ro desface (to take to pieces) · ru разбира́ть (to take to pieces) · ja 分解する (to take to pieces) · hy ապամոնտաժել (to take to pieces) · fi hajottaa osiin (to take to pieces) · rap kumekume (to take to pieces) · es desmondongar (to take to pieces) · ru демонти́ровать (to take to pieces) · ca desmuntar (to take to pieces) · bg демонтирам (to take to pieces) · sv montera ner (to take to pieces) · grc διαιρέω (to take to pieces) · de auseinandernehmen (to take to pieces) · it disassemblare (to take to pieces) · cmn 拆開 /拆开 (to take to pieces) · cmn 拆下 (to take to pieces) · ro dezasambla (to take to pieces) · da demontere (to take to pieces) · fr désassembler (to take to pieces) · sv demontera (to take to pieces) · mi whakahoro (to take to pieces) · it smontare (to take to pieces) · fi purkaa osiin (to take to pieces) · pt desmontar (to take to pieces) · de demontieren (to take to pieces) · es desensamblar (to take to pieces) · fi purkaa (to take to pieces) · az sökmək (to take to pieces)