Cleavage

//ˈkliː.vɪd͡ʒ//

Synonyms for "cleavage" (82 found)

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Translations

114 translations across 31 languages.

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Bulgarian

4 entries
  • деление noun (biology: cell division)
  • разцепване noun (the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft)
  • разцепление noun (the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft)
  • це́пка noun (separation between breasts)

Catalan

1 entries
  • escot noun (separation between breasts)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 乳溝 /乳沟 noun (separation between breasts)
  • 事業線 /事业线 noun (separation between breasts)
  • 波罅 noun (separation between breasts)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 乳溝 /乳沟 noun (separation between breasts)
  • 事業線 /事业线 noun (separation between breasts)
  • 卵裂 noun (biology: cell division)
  • 斷裂 /断裂 noun (chemistry: splitting of a large molecule)

Czech

4 entries
  • dekolt noun (separation between breasts)
  • rozdělení noun (the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft)
  • rozpolcení noun (the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft)
  • štěpení noun (chemistry: splitting of a large molecule)

Danish

2 entries
  • kavalergang noun (separation between breasts)
  • kløft noun (separation between breasts)

Dutch

4 entries
  • celdeling noun (biology: cell division)
  • decolleté noun (separation between breasts)
  • deling noun (biology: cell division)
  • splijten noun (the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft)

Finnish

4 entries
  • dekoltee noun (separation between breasts)
  • lohkeaminen noun (chemistry: splitting of a large molecule)
  • lohkeavuus noun (mineralogy: tendency of a crystal to split)
  • rintojen väli noun (separation between breasts)

French

4 entries
  • clivage noun (the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft)
  • clivage noun (chemistry: splitting of a large molecule)
  • clivage noun (mineralogy: tendency of a crystal to split)
  • division noun (biology: cell division)

Galician

1 entries
  • escote noun (separation between breasts)

German

4 entries
  • Abschälung noun (the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft)
  • Abspaltung noun (the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft)
  • Dekolletee noun (separation between breasts)
  • Dekolleté noun (separation between breasts)

Greek

1 entries
  • σχίσιμο noun (the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מַחְשׂוֹף noun (separation between breasts)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • dekoltázs noun (separation between breasts)
  • sejtosztódás noun (biology: cell division)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • belahan dada noun (separation between breasts)

Italian

4 entries
  • clivaggio noun (the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft)
  • décolleté noun (separation between breasts)
  • incavo noun (separation between breasts)
  • scissione noun (chemistry: splitting of a large molecule)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 亀裂 noun (the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft)
  • 分割 noun (the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft)
  • 切開 noun (the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft)
  • 劈開 noun (the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft)

Javanese

1 entries
  • wonga-wonga noun (separation between breasts)

Korean

4 entries
  • 난할 noun (biology: cell division)
  • 벽개 noun (mineralogy: tendency of a crystal to split)
  • 분열 noun (chemistry: splitting of a large molecule)
  • 알갈림 noun (biology: cell division)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • деколте́ noun (separation between breasts)
  • делба noun (biology: cell division)
  • раскол noun (the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft)
  • расцеп noun (the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft)

Malay

1 entries
  • lurah dada noun (separation between breasts)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • şeqbûn noun (biology: cell division)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • kløft noun (separation between breasts)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • kløft noun (separation between breasts)

Persian

1 entries
  • چاک پستان noun (separation between breasts)

Polish

4 entries
  • dekolt noun (separation between breasts)
  • podział noun (biology: cell division)
  • rozszczepianie noun (the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft)
  • rozszczepienie noun (chemistry: splitting of a large molecule)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • clivagem noun (the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft)
  • clivagem noun (biology: cell division)
  • clivagem noun (chemistry: splitting of a large molecule)
  • clivagem noun (mineralogy: tendency of a crystal to split)

Russian

4 entries
  • деле́ние noun (biology: cell division)
  • ложби́нка noun (separation between breasts)
  • ме́жду груде́й noun (separation between breasts)
  • раско́л noun (the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft)

Spanish

4 entries
  • canalillo noun (separation between breasts)
  • descote noun (separation between breasts)
  • división noun (biology: cell division)
  • escotadura noun (separation between breasts)

Swedish

4 entries
  • dekolletage noun (separation between breasts)
  • klyfta noun (separation between breasts)
  • klyvning noun (the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft)
  • urringning noun (separation between breasts)

Turkish

1 entries
  • dekolte noun (separation between breasts)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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The blonde girl has a really nice cleavage.

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He was staring at her cleavage.

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There's really no need for Mary's outfit to have a cleavage window.

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She leaned forward, offering a breathtaking view of her cleavage.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.