partage
See also: partagé
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French partage, from partir (“to share”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːtɪd͡ʒ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɑɹtɪd͡ʒ/
Noun edit
partage (countable and uncountable, plural partages)
- (obsolete) A part, portion or share.
- (now rare) Division, sharing; the act of portioning out or dividing up.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 46, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- looke into our Royall house, where so many partages [tr. partages], so many surnames, and so many severall titles have so encumbred us, that the originall of the stocke is utterly lost.
- (historical, archaeology) The formerly standard practice of dividing up artifacts between archaeologists, their patrons, and the host territory.
References edit
- “partage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
partage m (plural partages)
- sharing (act of sharing)
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
partage
- inflection of partager:
Further reading edit
- “partage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.