bifurcated

English

Etymology

From verb bifurcate, from Medieval Latin bifurcatus, past participle of bifurcare, from Latin bifurcus (“two-pronged”), from bi- + furca (“fork”).

Adjective

bifurcated (not comparable)

  1. Divided into two branches.
    Synonym: twiforked (obsolete, poetic)
    Antonyms: nonbifurcated, unbifurcated, undivided
    Coordinate terms: trifurcated (3), quadrifurcated (4), multifurcated
    Near-synonyms: bifid, bipartite, bilobar, bilobular, split, forked

Derived terms

Verb

bifurcated

  1. simple past and past participle of bifurcate
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