partner
See also: Partner
English
Etymology
Late 13c., from Old French parçonneour (“joint heir”) from parçon (“partition”), from Latin partitionem (“portion”). The word may also represent Old French part tenour (“part holder”). Doublet of parcener.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːtnə(ɹ)/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈpɑɹtnɚ/, [ˈpɑɹʔnɚ]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈpɐːtnə/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈpɐːtnɘ/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (file)
Noun
partner (plural partners)
- Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest.
- 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, London: Methuen, OCLC 12026604; republished New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1919, OCLC 491297620:
- 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, […].
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- Someone with whom one plays on the same side in a game, such as card games or doubles tennis.
- A member of a business or law partnership.
- (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
- See also Thesaurus:associate
- See also Thesaurus:spouse
Descendants
- French: partenaire
Translations
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
either member of a pair in a card game or sports team (1.4)
Verb
partner (third-person singular simple present partners, present participle partnering, simple past and past participle partnered)
- To make or be a partner.
- To work or perform as a partner.
Translations
To make or be partner
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To work or perform as partner
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Albanian
Noun
partner m (indefinite plural partnerë, definite singular partneri, definite plural partnerët)
Declension
declension of partner
indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara) |
definite forms (trajta të shquara) | ||||
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singular (numri njëjës) |
plural (numri shumës) |
singular (numri njëjës) |
plural (numri shumës) | ||
nominative (emërore) |
partner | partnerë | partneri | partnerët | |
accusative (kallëzore) |
partner | partnerë | partnerin | partnerët | |
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së) |
partneri | partnerëve | partnerit | partnerëve | |
dative (dhanore) |
partneri | partnerëve | partnerit | partnerëve | |
ablative (rrjedhore) |
partneri | partnerësh | partnerit | partnerëve |
Czech
Related terms
Danish
Inflection
Declension of partner
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | partner | partneren | partnere | partnerne |
genitive | partners | partnerens | partneres | partnernes |
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑrt.nər/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: part‧ner
Noun
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 terms
- beleggingspartner
- handelspartner
- huwelijkspartner
- partnermoord
- partnerruil
- partnerverlof
- werkpartner
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɒrtnɛr]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: part‧ner
Declension
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 |
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
References
- 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
Italian
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
partner m (definite singular partneren, indefinite plural partnere, definite plural partnerne)
- a partner
Derived terms
See also
- partnar (Nynorsk)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpar.tnɛr/
Noun
partner m pers (feminine partnerka)
Declension
Derived terms
- (verb) partnerować
- (noun) partnerstwo
- (adjective) partnerski
- (adverb) partnersko
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English partner, from Old French parçonneour (“joint heir”).
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pârtner/
- Hyphenation: part‧ner
Swedish
Usage notes
- The English plural partners is also used.
Declension
Declension of partner | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | partner | partnern | partner | partnerna |
Genitive | partners | partnerns | partners | partnernas |
Synonyms
- kompanjon
- medspelare
- moatjé
Related terms
- partnerarbete
- partnerskap
- partnerval
References
- partner in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
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