detachment

English

Etymology

From French détachement. By surface analysis, detach +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈtæt͡ʃmənt/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: de‧tach‧ment

Noun

detachment (countable and uncountable, plural detachments)

1. (uncountable) The action of detaching; separation.
   • 1944 November and December, T. F. Cameron, “Motor and Cartage Working”, in Railway Magazine, page 335:

     But the horse has left his mark, for his successor is a mechanical horse designed to a large extent to copy the leading characteristics of the live horse; easy attachment to or detachment from its load, a small turning circle, a small appetite for petrol, but giving a much higher acceleration and speed, and so capable of much greater distances, so that fewer cartage units are required.

2. (uncountable) The state of being detached or disconnected; insulation.
3. (uncountable) Indifference to the concerns of others; disregard; nonchalance; aloofness.
4. (uncountable) Absence of bias; impartiality; objectivity.
5. (uncountable, military) The separation of a military unit from the main body for a particular purpose or special mission.
6. (countable, military) The unit so dispatched.
   • 1958, A. V. H. Hartendorp, History of Industry and Trade of the Philippines: The Magsaysay Administration‎^[1], →OCLC, page 218:

     Vietnamese sovereignty over the Paracels dated back at least to the early 19th century, when Emperor Gia-Long sent a detachment to Hoang Sa Island, it remained until the establishment of French protectorate over Annam, when France assumed responsibility for the islands.

7. (countable, military) A permanent unit organized for special duties.
8. (countable) Any smaller portion of a main body separately employed.

Derived terms

• autodetachment
• overdetachment
• photodetachment
• redetachment
• semi-detachment
• subdetachment

 

Translations

separation

• Belarusian: аддзе́л m (addzjél), аддзяле́нне n (addzjaljénnje)
• Bulgarian: отде́ляне (bg) n (otdéljane), откъ́сване (bg) n (otkǎ́svane)
• Catalan: despreniment m
• Dutch: scheiding (nl), losraking
• Finnish: irrallisuus (fi)
• French: détachement (fr) m
• Ido: separo (io)
• Italian: distacco (it)
• Romanian: separare (ro) f, despărțire (ro) f, desprindere (ro) f
• Russian: отделе́ние (ru) n (otdelénije)
• Spanish: desprendimiento (es) m
• Ukrainian: відді́лення n (viddílennja), відокре́млення n (vidokrémlennja), віді́рваність f (vidírvanistʹ), відчу́ження n (vidčúžennja), роз'є́днання (uk) n (rozʺjédnannja)

indifference

• Bulgarian: отчужде́ност (bg) f (otčuždénost)
• Dutch: afstandelijkheid (nl), gereserveerdheid (nl)
• Finnish: välinpitämättömyys (fi)
• French: détachement (fr) m
• Italian: distacco (it) m
• Romanian: detașare (ro) f, indiferență (ro) f
• Russian: отчуждённость (ru) f (otčuždjónnostʹ), отрешённость (ru) f (otrešónnostʹ)
• Spanish: despego (es) m
• Ukrainian: відчу́женість (uk) f (vidčúženistʹ), відчу́ження n (vidčúžennja), безстра́сність (uk) f (bezstrásnistʹ)

impartiality

• Bulgarian: безпристра́стност f (bezpristrástnost)
• Dutch: onpartijdigheid (nl)
• Finnish: puolueettomuus (fi)
• French: impartialité (fr) f
• Italian: imparzialità (it) f, distacco (it) m, oggettività (it) f
• Romanian: imparțialitate (ro) f, obiectivitate (ro) f
• Russian: непредвзя́тость (ru) f (nepredvzjátostʹ), беспристра́стность (ru) f (bespristrástnostʹ)
• Ukrainian: відді́лення n (viddílennja), безсторо́нність (uk) f (bezstorónnistʹ), безстра́сність (uk) f (bezstrásnistʹ)

military unit

• Belarusian: атра́д m (atrád), аддзе́л m (addzjél), аддзяле́нне n (addzjaljénnje)
• Bulgarian: отря́д (bg) m (otrjád), че́та (bg) f (čéta)
• Danish: afdeling (da) c, detachement n
• Dutch: detachering (nl), detachement (nl)
• Esperanto: taĉmento (eo)
• Finnish: erillisosasto
• French: détachement (fr) m
• Ido: detachmento (io)
• Indonesian: detasemen (id)
• Italian: distaccamento (it) m
• Macedonian: одред m (odred)
• Malay: pasukan (ms)
• Ottoman Turkish: جریده (ceride)
• Romanian: detașament (ro) n
• Russian: отря́д (ru) m (otrjád), отделе́ние (ru) n (otdelénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: одред m

• Spanish: destacamento (es)
• Ukrainian: загі́н m (zahín), ви́права f (výprava), відді́лення n (viddílennja)