Separee

See also: séparée and Séparée

German

Alternative forms

• Séparée

Etymology

19th century. Shortened from now archaic Chambre séparée (“private room”), a German coinage from French chambre séparée (“separate room”), not used as a fixed term in French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌzeːpaˈʁeː/, /ˌzɛpa-/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

Separee n (strong, genitive Separees, plural Separees)

1. (restaurant, etc.) private room (room accessible only to those who have reserved it)
2. (loosely) snug (freely accessible room which is somewhat secluded from the rest of the establishment)

   Synonyms: Hinterraum, Nebenraum, gemütliche Ecke

Declension

Declension of Separee [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Separee	die	Separees
genitive	eines	des	Separees	der	Separees
dative	einem	dem	Separee	den	Separees
accusative	ein	das	Separee	die	Separees

Further reading

• “Separee” in Duden online