parts

English Online Dictionary. What means parts‎? What does parts mean?

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑːts/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ts

Noun

parts

1. plural of part

Noun

parts pl (plural only)

1. Intellectual ability or learning.

2. (usually with “these”, colloquial) Vicinity, region.
   • 1854, Lord Cockburn, Memoir of Thomas Thomson, Scotland Bannatyne Club, page 241:

     We intend being at Leamington before long, unless some change in the weather should make our stay in these parts more tolerable.

3. (euphemistic) The genitals, short for private parts.

Hyponyms

• boy parts
• girl parts

Translations

Verb

parts

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of part

Anagrams

• S trap, TRAPS, prats, rapts, sprat, strap, tarps, traps

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpars/
• (Valencia) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾts/

Etymology 1

Noun

parts

1. plural of part (birthing)

Etymology 2

Noun

parts

1. plural of part (division, portion)

   les parts (genitals, privates parts)

Etymology 3

Adjective

parts

1. masculine plural of part (Parthian)

Noun

parts

1. masculine plural of part

Chinese

Alternative forms

• part屎, part士

Etymology

From English parts. Compare Japanese パーツ (pātsu).

Pronunciation

Noun

parts

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, chiefly engineering) part; component

Usage notes

Unlike English, parts can be used when there is only one instance of the noun, as Cantonese does not distinguish between singular and plural noun forms.

Related terms

• part

References

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

French

Noun

parts f

1. plural of part

Icelandic

Noun

parts

1. indefinite genitive singular of partur

Swedish

Noun

parts

1. indefinite genitive singular of part

Anagrams

• spart