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part

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English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɑːt/
  • (General American) enPR: pärt, IPA(key): /pɑɹt/
  • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /pɐːt/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /pɑɹt/, [p(ʰ)äɹt]
    • (Ottawa Valley) IPA(key): /pæɹt/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t

Etymology 1

From Middle English part, from Old English part (“part”) and Old French part (“part”); both from Latin partem, accusative of pars (“piece, portion, share, side, party, faction, role, character, lot, fate, task, lesson, part, member”), from Proto-Indo-European *par-, *per- (“to sell, exchange”). Akin to Latin portiō (“a portion, part”), parāre (“to make ready, prepare”). Displaced Middle English del, dele (“part”) (from Old English dǣl (“part, distribution”) > Modern English deal (“portion; amount”)), Middle English dale, dole (“part, portion”) (from Old English dāl (“portion”) > Modern English dole), Middle English sliver (“part, portion”) (from Middle English sliven (“to cut, cleave”), from Old English (tō)slifan (“to split”)).

Noun

part (plural parts)

  1. A portion; a component.
    1. A fraction of a whole.
    2. A distinct element of something larger.
    3. A group inside a larger group.
    4. Share, especially of a profit.
    5. A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
    6. 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
    7. A section of a document.
    8. A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
    9. (mathematics, dated) A factor.
    10. (US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.
  2. Duty; responsibility.
    1. Position or role (especially in a play).
    2. (music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
    3. Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".
      • 1650, Edmund Waller, to my Lady Morton (epistle)
        Make whole kingdoms take her brother's part.
  3. (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
  4. (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
  5. A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.
Synonyms
  • (action of a whole): piece, portion, component, element
  • (group within a larger group): faction, party
  • (position or role): position, role
  • (hair dividing line): parting (UK), shed, shoad/shode
  • (Hebrew calendar unit): chelek
  • See also Thesaurus:part
Hyponyms
  • car part
  • spare part
Holonyms
  • whole
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
  • → Cantonese: part (paat1), parts (paat1 si2) (from the plural noun form)
  • → Japanese: パート (pāto), パーツ (pātsu) (from the plural noun form)
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English parten, from Old French partir.

Verb

part (third-person singular simple present parts, present participle parting, simple past and past participle parted)

  1. (intransitive) To leave the company of.
  2. To cut hair with a parting.
  3. (transitive) To divide in two.
  4. (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated.
  5. (transitive, now rare) To divide up; to share.
  6. (obsolete) To have a part or share; to partake.
  7. To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
  8. (obsolete) To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
  9. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
  10. (transitive, archaic) To leave; to quit.
  11. (transitive, Internet) To leave (an IRC channel).
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English part, from the noun.

Adjective

part (not comparable)

  1. Fractional; partial.
Translations

Adverb

part (not comparable)

  1. Partly; partially; fractionally.
  2. (with reference to a person's ethnicity) to a partial degree.
Derived terms
  • part-finance
  • part-fund
  • take part
Translations

References

Further reading

  • “part”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “part”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “part”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • part on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • TRAP, patr-, prat, rapt, rtPA, tarp, trap

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpart]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈpaɾt]
  • (Central, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈpar/
  • (Alghero) IPA(key): /ˈpaɫt/
  • Rhymes: -aɾt

Etymology 1

From Old Catalan part, from Latin partus.

Noun

part m (plural parts)

  1. birthing (act of giving birth)
    Synonyms: deslliurament, desocupament
  2. (figuratively) birth of an idea
Related terms
  • parir

Etymology 2

From Old Catalan part, from Latin partem, from Proto-Italic *partis.

Noun

part f (plural parts)

  1. part, portion
    les parts (genitals, privates parts)
Derived terms
Related terms
  • parcial
  • partir

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin Parthus (“Parthia”).

Adjective

part (feminine parta, masculine plural parts, feminine plural partes)

  1. Parthian

Noun

part m (plural parts, feminine parta)

  1. Parthian

Related terms

  • Pàrtia

References

  • “part” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “part”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “part” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “part” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chinese

Etymology 1

From English part.

Pronunciation

Noun

part

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) part, portion, or component of the whole
    份卷呢一part我全部都唔識。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    份卷呢一part我全部都唔识。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    fan6 gyun2 ni1 jat1 paat1 ngo5 cyun4 bou6 dou1 m4 sik1. [Jyutping]
    I don't know how to do any of the questions in this part of the paper.

Classifier

part

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Classifier for part, portion, or component of the whole.
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Classifier for the activity of dancing.
    • 冇嘢睇㗎喇！使唔使我一陣落去跳返part舞頂住啊？ [Cantonese, trad.]
      冇嘢睇㗎喇！使唔使我一阵落去跳返part舞顶住啊？ [Cantonese, simp.]
      mou5 je5 tai2 gaa3 laa3! sai2 m4 sai2 ngo5 jan1 lok6 heoi3 tiu3 faan1 paat1 mou5 ding2 zyu6 aa1? [Jyutping]
      There's nothing left that is watch-worthy [in this game of soccer]! Do you need me to later go and have a dance down there [in the soccer field] to entertain the audience?

Related terms

  • parts

Etymology 2

Clipping of English partner.

Pronunciation

Verb

part

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to partner with
    我part住佢做嘢好開心。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    我part住佢做嘢好开心。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 paat1 zyu6 keoi5 zou6 je5 hou2 hoi1 sam1. [Jyutping]
    I have great pleasure in partnering with him in work.
    • Part咗麥浚龍，就冇聽過佢為香港人講過一句說話！ [Cantonese, trad.]
      Part咗麦浚龙，就冇听过佢为香港人讲过一句说话！ [Cantonese, simp.]
      paat1 zo2 mak6 zeon3 lung4, zau6 mou5 teng1 gwo3 keoi5 wai6 hoeng1 gong2 jan4 gong2 gwo3 jat1 geoi3 syut3 waa6! [Jyutping]
      Since partnering with Juno Mak, there has been nothing out of her [Kay Tse] mouth in support for the Hong Kongers!
    • 連首度飾演黑幫阿姐的李漫芬，亦獲網民大讚有進步，兼Part住一蚊Joe夠搞笑 [Cantonese, trad.]
      连首度饰演黑帮阿姐的李漫芬，亦获网民大赞有进步，兼Part住一蚊Joe够搞笑 [Cantonese, simp.]
      lin4 sau2 dou6 sik1 jin2 hak1 bong1 aa3 ze2-1 dik1 lei5 maan6 fan1, jik6 wok6 mong5 man4 daai6 zaan3 jau5 zeon3 bou6, gim1 paat1 zyu6 jat1 man1 zou1 gau3 gaau2 siu3 [Jyutping]
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to partner in doing something
    我唔想同佢part呢首歌。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    ngo5 m4 soeng2 tung4 keoi5 paat1 ni1 sau2 go1. [Jyutping]
    I don't want to partner with him in singing this song.
    • 成班partner都part咗幾間舖頭七年左右 [Cantonese, trad.]
      成班partner都part咗几间铺头七年左右 [Cantonese, simp.]
      seng4 baan1 paat1 naa4 dou1 paat1 zo2 gei2 gaan1 pou3 tau4-2 cat1 nin4 zo2 jau6-2 [Jyutping]
      Us partners have been partnering in [operating these] shops for around seven years now […]

References

  • English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بَرْد (bard).

Noun

part m

  1. cold

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 155

Czech

Etymology

Latin pars

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpart]
  • Rhymes: -art

Noun

part m inan

  1. part (the melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece)

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • “part”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “part”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “part”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɑrt/

Noun

part n (plural parten, diminutive partje n)

  1. part

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: part, partie, parti, pati

Estonian

Etymology

Onomatopoetic. Cognate to Votic partti. Probably the same root as in parisema (“to thud with pauses”).

Noun

part (genitive pardi, partitive parti)

  1. duck

Declension

Faroese

Noun

part m

  1. participle accusative singular of partur
    fyri ein part - partial

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paʁ/

Etymology 1

From Old French part, from Latin partem, accusative of pars, from Proto-Italic *partis.

Noun

part f (plural parts)

  1. share
    une grande part ― a large share
  2. portion, part, slice
    une grande part de tarte ― a large portion of cake
    pour ma part ― for my part, as far as I'm concerned, as for me
  3. proportion
    une grande part de quelque chose ― a large proportion of something
Synonyms
  • partie
Derived terms
Related terms
  • partage
  • partager
  • partir
  • plupart

Etymology 2

Conjugated form of -ir verb partir

Verb

part

  1. third-person singular present indicative of partir

Etymology 3

From Latin partus.

Noun

part m (plural parts)

  1. newborn
Derived terms
  • suppression de part

Further reading

  • “part”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Friulian

Etymology 1

From Latin pars, partem.

Noun

part f (plural parts)

  1. part
Related terms
  • partî

Etymology 2

From Latin partus.

Noun

part m (plural parts)

  1. delivery, birth, childbirth

See also

  • nassince

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian, from Latin portus. Compare Italian porto (“port, harbour”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɒrt]
  • Hyphenation: part
  • Rhymes: -ɒrt

Noun

part (plural partok)

  1. shore, coast, bank, beach

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • part 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

Icelandic

Noun

part

  1. indefinite accusative singular of partur

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Part.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpart/
  • Rhymes: -art
  • Syllabification: part

Noun

part m inan

  1. part, section

Further reading

  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “część”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “część”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[5]
  • “part”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Ladin

Alternative forms

  • pert

Etymology

From Latin pars, partem.

Noun

part f (plural part)

  1. part

Related terms

  • partir
  • spartir

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • parde, paart, parte, perte

Etymology

From Old French part and Old English part, both from Latin partem, accusative singular of pars, from Proto-Italic *partis.

Noun

part (plural partes)

  1. part

Descendants

  • English: part
  • Scots: pairt

References

  • “part, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian բարդ (bard, “pile, heap of hay or cereals”).

Noun

part f

  1. a stack containing 30 sheaves of wheat or hay

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “բարդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 422a
  • Jaba, Auguste, Justi, Ferdinand (1879) “پارت”, in Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 70a
  • Kurdojev, K. K. (1960) “part”, in Курдско-русский словарь [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Государственное издательство иностранных и национальных словарей, page 588b

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin partem, accusative of pars (“piece, portion, share, side, party, faction, role, character, lot, fate, task, lesson, part, member”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɑrt/, [pɑrˠt]

Noun

part m

  1. part

Descendants

  • Middle English: part, parde, paart, parte, perte
    • English: part
    • Scots: pairt

Polish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -art
  • Syllabification: part

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish port, from Proto-Slavic *pъrtъ.

Noun

part m inan

  1. thick hemp or linen fabric
    Hypernym: płótno
  2. twine braided tape
    Hypernym: taśma
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Part(e), from Middle High German part, from Old French part, from Latin pars.

Noun

part m inan

  1. (music) part
    Synonym: partia
  2. (regional, fishing) share of the catch for each fisherman
    Hypernyms: część, dola, udział
Alternative forms
  • parta
Related terms

Further reading

  • part in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “part”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 118

Romanian

Etymology

From French parthe.

Adjective

part m or n (feminine singular partă, masculine plural parți, feminine and neuter plural parte)

  1. Parthian (relating to Parthia)

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Latin pars.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɑːʈ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːʈ

Noun

part c

  1. part, piece
  2. party (law: person), stakeholder

Declension

Related terms

  • partiell
  • partisk
  • partition

Anagrams

  • prat

Veps

Etymology

Borrowing from Russian парта (parta).

Noun

part

  1. school desk

Declension

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English part, from Old French partir, from Latin partīre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔːt/

Verb

part (simple past parthed or parthet)

  1. to part

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 90

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