partner
See also: Partner
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
- (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
NounEdit
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.
SynonymsEdit
- See also Thesaurus:associate
- See also Thesaurus:spouse
DescendantsEdit
- → 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
TranslationsEdit
someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest
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a member of a business or law partnership
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spouse, domestic, or romantic partner
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dancing partner
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either member of a pair in a card game or sports team (1.4)
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VerbEdit
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.
DescendantsEdit
- ⇒ Cantonese: part (paat1)
TranslationsEdit
To join as a partner
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To work or perform as partner
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- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked
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ReferencesEdit
- “partner”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
AnagramsEdit
AlbanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English partner.
NounEdit
partner m (indefinite plural partnerë, definite singular partneri, definite plural partnerët)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of partner
| indefinite | definite | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | partner | partnerë | partneri | partnerët |
| accusative | partnerin | |||
| dative | partneri | partnerëve | partnerit | partnerëvet |
| ablative | partnerësh | |||
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English partner.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
partner m anim (feminine partnerka)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of partner (hard masculine animate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | partner | partneři |
| genitive | partnera | partnerů |
| dative | partnerovi, partneru | partnerům |
| accusative | partnera | partnery |
| vocative | partnere | partneři |
| locative | partnerovi, partneru | partnerech |
| instrumental | partnerem | partnery |
Related termsEdit
- See part
Further readingEdit
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
partner c (singular definite partneren, plural indefinite partnere)
InflectionEdit
Declension of partner
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | partner | partneren | partnere | partnerne |
| genitive | partners | partnerens | partneres | partnernes |
ReferencesEdit
- “partner” in Den Danske Ordbog
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English partner.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
partner m (plural partners, diminutive partnertje n)
- partner, love interest, romantic and/or sexual companion
- partner, companion (someone whom one engages in business)
- Synonyms: deelgenoot, genoot, vennoot
Derived termsEdit
FrenchEdit
NounEdit
partner m or f by sense (plural partners)
Further readingEdit
- “partner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
partner (plural partnerek)
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 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 readingEdit
- 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
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English partner.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
partner m or f by sense (invariable)
- partner (all senses)
Jamaican CreoleEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
partner (plural partner dem or partners 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 alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- Richard Allsopp, editor, Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, 1996 (2003 printing), →ISBN, page 430
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
partner m (definite singular partneren, indefinite plural partnere, definite plural partnerne)
- a partner
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
- partnar (Nynorsk)
ReferencesEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
NounEdit
partner m (definite singular partneren, indefinite plural partnerar, definite plural partnerane)
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
partner m pers (feminine 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)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of partner
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | partner | partnerzy/partnery (depreciative) |
| genitive | partnera | partnerów |
| dative | partnerowi | partnerom |
| accusative | partnera | partnerów |
| instrumental | partnerem | partnerami |
| locative | partnerze | partnerach |
| vocative | partnerze | partnerzy |
Derived termsEdit
adjective
noun
verb
Related termsEdit
adverb
Further readingEdit
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English partner, from Old French parçonneour (“joint heir”).
NounEdit
partner m or f by sense (plural partneres)
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English partner.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pȁrtner m (Cyrillic spelling па̏ртнер)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of partner
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | partner | partneri |
| genitive | partnera | partnera |
| dative | partneru | partnerima |
| accusative | partnera | partnere |
| vocative | partneru | partneri |
| locative | partneru | partnerima |
| instrumental | partnerom | partnerima |
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English partner.
NounEdit
partner c
- partner
- Synonyms: kompanjon, medspelare, moatjé
Usage notesEdit
- The English plural partners is also used.
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of partner | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | partner | partnern | partner | partnerna |
| Genitive | partners | partnerns | partners | partnernas |
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French partenaire, from English partner.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
partner (definite accusative partneri, plural partnerler)
DeclensionEdit
WelshEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English partner.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
partner m (plural partneriaid or partners)
MutationEdit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 readingEdit
- 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 FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
partner c (plural partners)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “partner”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011