Wiktionary

part

See also: párt, pârț, and part.

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

The noun is from Middle English part, from Old English part (“part”) and Old French part (“part”); both from Latin partem, accusative of pars (“piece, portion, share, side, party, faction, role, character, lot, fate, task, lesson, part, member”), from Proto-Indo-European *par-, *per- (“to sell, exchange”). The verb is from Middle English parten, from Old French partir. Akin to portio (“a portion, part”), parare (“to make ready, prepare”). Displaced Middle English del, dele (“part”) (from Old English dǣl (“part, distribution”) > Modern English deal (“portion; amount”)), Middle English dale, dole (“part, portion”) (from Old English dāl (“portion”) > Modern English dole), Middle English sliver (“part, portion”) (from Middle English sliven (“to cut, cleave”), from Old English (tō)slīfan (“to split”)).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

part (plural parts)

  1. A portion; a component.
    1. A fraction of a whole.
      Gaul is divided into three parts.
      • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page vii:
        Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
      • 2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 11:
        America’s poverty line is $63 a day for a family of four. In the richer parts of the emerging world $4 a day is the poverty barrier. But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 ([…]): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.
    2. A distinct element of something larger.
      The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle.
    3. A group inside a larger group.
    4. Share, especially of a profit.
      I want my part of the bounty.
    5. A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
      The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water.
    6. 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
    7. A section of a document.
      Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2.
    8. A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
    9. (mathematics, dated) A factor.
      3 is a part of 12.
    10. (US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.
  2. Duty; responsibility.
    to do one’s part
    1. Position or role (especially in a play).
      We all have a part to play.
      • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
        We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.
      • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
        He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.
    2. (music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
      The first violin part in this concerto is very challenging.
    3. Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".
  3. (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
    The part of his hair was slightly to the left.
  4. (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
  5. A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.

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DescendantsEdit

  • → Cantonese: part (paat1), parts (paat1 si2) (From the plural noun form)
  • → Japanese: パート (pāto), パーツ (pātsu) (From the plural noun form)

TranslationsEdit

math: factor — see factor
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VerbEdit

part (third-person singular simple present parts, present participle parting, simple past and past participle parted)

  1. (intransitive) To leave the company of.
    • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:
      He wrung Bassanio's hand, and so they parted.
    • 1879, Anthony Trollope, John Caldigate
      It was strange to him that a father should feel no tenderness at parting with an only son.
    • 1841, Andrew Reed, The is an Hour when I must Part [1]
      There is an hour when I must part / From all I hold most dear
    • 1860, George Eliot, Recollections of Italy
      his precious bag, which he would by no means part from
  2. To cut hair with a parting; shed.
  3. (transitive) To divide in two.
    to part the curtains
  4. (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated; shed.
    A rope parts.  His hair parts in the middle.
  5. (transitive, now rare) To divide up; to share.
  6. (obsolete) To have a part or share; to partake.
  7. To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
  8. (obsolete) To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
  9. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
    to part gold from silver
    • 1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Alma: Or, The Progress of the Mind”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC:
      The liver minds his own affair, […] / And parts and strains the vital juices.
  10. (transitive, archaic) To leave; to quit.
  11. (transitive, Internet) To leave (an IRC channel).
    • 2000, "Phantom", Re: Uhm... hi... I guess... (on newsgroup alt.support.boy-lovers)
      He parted the channel saying "SHUTUP!" […] so I queried him, asking if there was something I could do […] maybe talk […] so we did […] since then, I've been seeing him on IRC every day (really can't imagine him not being on IRC anymore actually).

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AdjectiveEdit

part (not comparable)

  1. Fractional; partial.
    Fred was part owner of the car.

TranslationsEdit

partial — see partial

AdverbEdit

part (not comparable)

  1. Partly; partially; fractionally.
    Part finished

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

partially — see partially

ReferencesEdit

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Catalan part, from Latin partus.

NounEdit

part m (plural parts)

  1. birthing (act of giving birth)
    Synonyms: deslliurament, desocupament
  2. (figuratively) birth of an idea
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Etymology 2Edit

From Old Catalan part, from Latin partem, from Proto-Italic *partis.

NounEdit

part f (plural parts)

  1. part, portion
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Etymology 3Edit

Borrowed from Latin Parthus (“Parthia”).

AdjectiveEdit

part (feminine parta, masculine plural parts, feminine plural partes)

  1. Parthian

NounEdit

part m (plural parts, feminine parta)

  1. Parthian

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ChineseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From English part.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

part

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) part, portion, or component of the whole
    份卷呢一part我全部都唔識。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    份卷呢一part我全部都唔识。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    fan6 gyun2 ni1 jat1 paat1 ngo5 cyun4 bou6 dou1 m4 sik1. [Jyutping]
    I don't know how to do any of the questions in this part of the paper.

ClassifierEdit

part

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Classifier for part, portion, or component of the whole.
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Classifier for the activity of dancing.

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Etymology 2Edit

From clipping of English partner.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

part

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to partner with
    我上次part佢做嘢好開心。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    我上次part佢做嘢好开心。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 soeng6 ci3 paat1 keoi5 zou6 je5 hou2 hoi1 sam1. [Jyutping]
    I had great pleasure in partnering with him in work last time.
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to partner in doing something
    我唔想同佢part呢首歌。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    ngo5 m4 soeng2 tung4 keoi5 paat1 ni1 sau2 go1. [Jyutping]
    I don't want to partner with him in singing this song.
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CzechEdit

EtymologyEdit

Latin pars

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

part m

  1. part (the melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece)

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Further readingEdit

  • part in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • part in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

part n (plural parten, diminutive partje n)

  1. part

DescendantsEdit

EstonianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Onomatopoetic. Cognate to Votic partti. Probably the same root as in parisema (“to thud with pauses”).

NounEdit

part (genitive pardi, partitive parti)

  1. duck

DeclensionEdit

Declension of part (type riik)
singular plural
nominative part pardid
genitive pardi partide
partitive parti parte / partisid
illative parti / pardisse partidesse / pardesse
inessive pardis partides / pardes
elative pardist partidest / pardest
allative pardile partidele / pardele
adessive pardil partidel / pardel
ablative pardilt partidelt / pardelt
translative pardiks partideks / pardeks
terminative pardini partideni
essive pardina partidena
abessive pardita partideta
comitative pardiga partidega

FaroeseEdit

NounEdit

part m

  1. participle accusative singular of partur
    fyri ein part - partial

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old French part, from Latin partem, accusative of pars, from Proto-Italic *partis.

NounEdit

part f (plural parts)

  1. share
    une grande part ― a large share
  2. portion, part, slice
    une grande part de tarte ― a large portion of cake
    pour ma part ― for my part, as far as I'm concerned, as for me
    pour la part de mon ami
    as far as my friend's concerned, as for my friend
  3. proportion
    une grande part de quelque chose ― a large proportion of something
    il y a une grande part de fiction dans son récit
    his/her account is highly fictional
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Etymology 2Edit

Conjugated form of -ir verb partir

VerbEdit

part

  1. third-person singular present indicative of partir

Etymology 3Edit

From Latin partus.

NounEdit

part m (plural parts)

  1. newborn

Further readingEdit

FriulianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin pars, partem.

NounEdit

part f (plural parts)

  1. part
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Etymology 2Edit

From Latin partus.

NounEdit

part m (plural parts)

  1. delivery, birth, childbirth

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HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian, from Latin portus. Compare Italian porto (“port, harbour”).[1]

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

part (plural partok)

  1. shore, coast, bank, beach

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative part partok
accusative partot partokat
dative partnak partoknak
instrumental parttal partokkal
causal-final partért partokért
translative parttá partokká
terminative partig partokig
essive-formal partként partokként
essive-modal — —
inessive partban partokban
superessive parton partokon
adessive partnál partoknál
illative partba partokba
sublative partra partokra
allative parthoz partokhoz
elative partból partokból
delative partról partokról
ablative parttól partoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		parté partoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		partéi partokéi
Possessive forms of part
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. partom partjaim
2nd person sing. partod partjaid
3rd person sing. partja partjai
1st person plural partunk partjaink
2nd person plural partotok partjaitok
3rd person plural partjuk partjaik

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Compound words

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ part in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further readingEdit

  • part in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

IcelandicEdit

NounEdit

part

  1. indefinite accusative singular of partur

LadinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin pars, partem.

NounEdit

part f (plural part)

  1. part

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Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French part and Old English part, both from Latin partem, accusative singular of pars, from Proto-Italic *partis.

NounEdit

part (plural partes)

  1. part

DescendantsEdit

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PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /part/
  • Rhymes: -art
  • Syllabification: part

Etymology 1Edit

Inherited from Old Polish port, from Proto-Slavic *pъrtъ.

NounEdit

part m inan

  1. thick hemp or linen fabric
    Hypernym: płótno
  2. twine braided tape
    Hypernym: taśma
DeclensionEdit
Declension of part
singular plural
nominative part party
genitive partu partów
dative partowi partom
accusative part party
instrumental partem partami
locative parcie partach
vocative parcie party
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adjective
nouns
verb
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adjective
nouns
verbs

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from German Part(e), from Middle High German part, from Old French part, from Latin pars.

NounEdit

part m inan

  1. (music) part
    Synonym: partia
  2. (regional, fishing) share of the catch for each fisherman
    Hypernyms: część, dola, udział
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adjective

Further readingEdit

  • part in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • part in Polish dictionaries at PWN

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French parthe.

AdjectiveEdit

part m or n (feminine singular partă, masculine plural parți, feminine and neuter plural parte)

  1. Parthian (relating to Parthia)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of part
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite part partă parți parte
definite partul parta parții partele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite part parte parți parte
definite partului partei parților partelor

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Ultimately borrowed from Latin pars.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

part c

  1. part, piece
  2. party (law: person), stakeholder
    att vara part i målet
    to have a stake in the claim, to partial, to be biased
    arbetsmarknadens parter
    the stakeholders of the labour market, i.e. trade unions and employers' organizations

DeclensionEdit

Declension of part 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative part parten parter parterna
Genitive parts partens parters parternas

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AnagramsEdit

VepsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Russian парта (parta).

NounEdit

part

  1. bench

YolaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English part, from Old French partir, from Latin partīre.

VerbEdit

part (simple past parthed or parthet)

  1. to part
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 14:
      Outh o'mee hoane ch'ull no part wi' Wathere.
      Out of my hand I'll not part with Walter.

ReferencesEdit

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 90
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