partner
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English partener, partiner, alteration (due to Middle English part) of Middle English parcener, from Old French parçonier, parçonneour (“joint heir”) from parçon (“partition”), from Latin partītiōnem, singular accusative of partītiō (“portion”). The word may also represent Old French part tenour (“part holder”). Compare also Middle English partifere (“partner”), partifelewe (“partner”). Doublet of parcener.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːtnə(ɹ)/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈpɑɹtnɚ/, [ˈpɑɹʔnɚ]
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈpɐːtnə/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: part‧ner
Noun edit
partner (plural partners)
- Either of a pair of people or things that belong together.
- Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest.
- business partner
- dance partner
- doubles partner
- speaking partner
- sex partner
- A member of a business or law partnership.
- 1668 July 3, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:
- He Suſpends on theſe Reaſons, that Thomas Rue had granted a general Diſcharge to Adam Muſhet, who was his Conjunct, and correus debendi, after the alleadged Service, which Diſcharged Muſhet, and conſequently Houstoun his Partner.
- 1668 July 3, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:
- A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic or sexual bond.
- Someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance.
- 1909, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter I, in The Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published 1919, →OCLC:
- He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. […] But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, […].
- Someone with whom one plays on the same side in a game, such as card games or doubles tennis.
- (nautical) One of the pieces of wood comprising the framework which strengthens the deck of a wooden ship around the holes through which the mast and other fittings pass.
- (Jamaica) A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period.
Synonyms edit
- See also Thesaurus:associate
- See also Thesaurus:spouse
Derived terms edit
- accountability partner
- business partner
- civil partner
- demand partner
- domestic partner
- ex-partner
- hitting partner
- implementing partner
- intimate partner violence
- life partner
- multi-partner
- nominal partner
- partner dance
- partner in crime
- partner IVF
- partnerless
- partnership
- partner up
- quasi partner
- sex partner
- sexual partner
- silent partner
- sleeping partner
- strike partner
- trading partner
Descendants edit
- → Albanian: partner
- → Czech: partner
- → Danish: partner
- → Dutch: partner
- → French: partenaire
- → German: Partner
- → Hungarian: partner
- → Irish: páirtnéir
- → Italian: partner
- → Japanese: パートナー (pātonā)
- → Norwegian Bokmål: partner
- → Polish: partner
- → Portuguese: partner
- → Serbo-Croatian: pȁrtner, па̏ртнер
- → Swedish: partner
- → West Frisian: partner
Translations edit
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Verb edit
partner (third-person singular simple present partners, present participle partnering, simple past and past participle partnered)
- (transitive) To join as a partner.
- (intransitive, often with with) To work or perform as a partner.
- 2020 October 6, Belinda Luscombe, “Would You Date Someone With Different Political Beliefs? Here's What a Survey of 5,000 Single People Revealed”, in Time[1]:
- “In the current period, when people are embedded in social and informational bubbles with like-minded friends and relatives,” he says, “the idea of partnering with someone from a different bubble is understandably daunting. At a minimum it’s awkward and complicated.”
- 2022 January 12, “Network News: New freight trips for Tesco and DRS”, in RAIL, number 948, page 12:
- Tesco has partnered with Direct Rail Services (DRS) to launch a new refrigerated rail freight service from Tilbury to Coatbridge.
Descendants edit
- ⇒ Cantonese: part (paat1)
Translations edit
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References edit
- “partner”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams edit
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English partner.
Noun edit
partner m (plural partnerë, definite partneri, definite plural partnerët)
Declension edit
indefinite | definite | |||
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singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | partner | partnerë | partneri | partnerët |
accusative | partnerin | |||
dative | partneri | partnerëve | partnerit | partnerëvet |
ablative | partnerësh |
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English partner.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
partner m anim (feminine partnerka)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | partner | partneři |
genitive | partnera | partnerů |
dative | partnerovi, partneru | partnerům |
accusative | partnera | partnery |
vocative | partnere | partneři |
locative | partnerovi, partneru | partnerech |
instrumental | partnerem | partnery |
Related terms edit
- See part
Further reading edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
partner c (singular definite partneren, plural indefinite partnere)
Inflection edit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | partner | partneren | partnere | partnerne |
genitive | partners | partnerens | partneres | partnernes |
References edit
- “partner” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English partner.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
partner m (plural partners, diminutive partnertje n)
- partner, love interest, romantic and/or sexual companion
- Mijn partner en ik zijn al tien jaar samen. ― My partner and I have been together for ten years.
- Ze zocht naar een geschikte partner om mee te settelen. ― She was looking for a suitable love interest to settle down with.
- partner, companion (someone whom one engages in business)
- Synonyms: deelgenoot, genoot, vennoot
- In zaken is het belangrijk om een betrouwbare partner te hebben. ― In business, it's important to have a reliable partner.
- Hij werd mijn partnertje in ons kleine startup-avontuur. ― He became my little business companion in our small startup adventure.
Derived terms edit
French edit
Noun edit
partner m or f by sense (plural partners)
Further reading edit
- “partner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
partner (plural partnerek)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | partner | partnerek |
accusative | partnert | partnereket |
dative | partnernek | partnereknek |
instrumental | partnerrel | partnerekkel |
causal-final | partnerért | partnerekért |
translative | partnerré | partnerekké |
terminative | partnerig | partnerekig |
essive-formal | partnerként | partnerekként |
essive-modal | partnerül | — |
inessive | partnerben | partnerekben |
superessive | partneren | partnereken |
adessive | partnernél | partnereknél |
illative | partnerbe | partnerekbe |
sublative | partnerre | partnerekre |
allative | partnerhez | partnerekhez |
elative | partnerből | partnerekből |
delative | partnerről | partnerekről |
ablative | partnertől | partnerektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
partneré | partnereké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
partneréi | partnerekéi |
Possessive forms of partner | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | partnerem | partnereim |
2nd person sing. | partnered | partnereid |
3rd person sing. | partnere | partnerei |
1st person plural | partnerünk | partnereink |
2nd person plural | partneretek | partnereitek |
3rd person plural | partnerük | partnereik |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading edit
- partner 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
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English partner.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
partner m or f by sense (invariable)
- partner (all senses)
Jamaican Creole edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
partner (plural partner dem, quantified partner)
- partner
- A just me and mi partner 'Dread' know how fi entertain di people. ― Only my partner, 'Dread', and I know how to entertain the people.
- (financial): An informal saving scheme.
- It a work and a it me a throw partner out of and a it all put food pan mi table.
- It works and I use some of that money to contribute to the informal saving scheme I'm a part of. It puts food on the table.
See also edit
Further reading edit
- Richard Allsopp, editor (1996) Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 430
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
partner m (definite singular partneren, indefinite plural partnere, definite plural partnerne)
- a partner
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- partnar (Nynorsk)
References edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
partner m (definite singular partneren, indefinite plural partnerar, definite plural partnerane)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English partner, from Middle English partener, partiner, alteration (due to Middle English part) of Middle English parcener, from Old French parçonier, parçonneour (“joint heir”), from parçon (“partition”), from Latin partītiōnem, singular accusative of partītiō (“portion”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
partner m pers (female equivalent partnerka)
- partner (someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest)
- partner (spouse, domestic, or romantic partner)
- equal (someone of equal status to others)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | partner | partnerzy/partnery (deprecative) |
genitive | partnera | partnerów |
dative | partnerowi | partnerom |
accusative | partnera | partnerów |
instrumental | partnerem | partnerami |
locative | partnerze | partnerach |
vocative | partnerze | partnerzy |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English partner, from Old French parçonneour (“joint heir”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
partner m or f by sense (plural partneres)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English partner.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pȁrtner m (Cyrillic spelling па̏ртнер)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | partner | partneri |
genitive | partnera | partnera |
dative | partneru | partnerima |
accusative | partnera | partnere |
vocative | partneru | partneri |
locative | partneru | partnerima |
instrumental | partnerom | partnerima |
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English partner.
Noun edit
partner c
- partner
- Synonyms: kompanjon, medspelare, moatjé
Usage notes edit
- The English plural partners is also used.
Declension edit
Declension of partner | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | partner | partnern | partner | partnerna |
Genitive | partners | partnerns | partners | partnernas |
Related terms edit
References edit
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From French partenaire, from English partner.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
partner (definite accusative partneri, plural partnerler)
Declension edit
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English partner.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
partner m (plural partneriaid or partners)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
partner | bartner | mhartner | phartner |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “partner”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
partner c (plural partners)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “partner”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011