partita
English edit
Etymology edit
From Italian partita. Doublet of party.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
partita (plural partitas)
- (music) A type of instrumental suite popular in the 18th century
- 2007 June 3, Ian Fisher, “Fingers That Keep the Most Treasured Violins Fit”, in New York Times[1]:
- He starts with scales and arpeggios, then something more substantial, on a recent day one of Bach’s partitas for the violin.
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Interlingua edit
Noun edit
partita (plural partitas)
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Noun edit
partita f (plural partite)
- (sports) match, game
- (business) lot, parcel, batch, stock
- (accounting) entry, item
- partita doppia ― double entry
- una partita a credito ― a credit item
Derived terms edit
- partita di caccia (“hunting party”)
- partita IVA (“VAT number”)
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
partita
Participle edit
partita f sg
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Participle edit
partīta
- inflection of partītus:
Participle edit
partītā
References edit
- partita in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Maltese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian partita.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
partita f (plural partiti)