party

party

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English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɑː.ti/
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈpɑɹ.ti/, [ˈpʰɑɹɾi]
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈpɑ(ː)ti/, [ˈpʰɑ(ː)ɾi]
  • Hyphenation: par‧ty
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ti

Etymology 1

From Middle English party, partye, partie, from Anglo-Norman partie, from Old French partie (“side, part; portion, share; separation, division”, literally “that which is divided”), noun use of feminine of past participle of Old French partir (“to divide, separate”), from Latin partire (“to share, part, distribute, divide”), from pars (“a part, piece, a share”); see also part. First attested in c. 1300. Doublet of partita.

The sense "communist party of a communist state" comes from Russian партия (partija), short for Коммунистическая партия (Kommunističeskaja partija).

Noun

party (plural parties)

  1. (law) A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract. [from ca. 1300s]
  2. (dated, slang, vulgar or humorous) A person; an individual. [from after 1475]
    1. With to: someone who takes part in an action or affair; an accessory.
  3. (now rare in general sense) A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest, etc., or united in maintaining a cause, policy, or opinion in opposition to others; a faction. [from ca. 1320s]
    1. (roleplaying games, online gaming) Active player characters organized into a single group.
    2. (video games) A group of characters controlled by the player.
    4. (politics) A political group considered as a formal whole, usually organized on a national basis, which contests elections and aims to form or take part in a government; a political party. [from 1680s]
      1. (with the and capital initial) The Communist Party, especially as the sole political party of a communist state. [from 1919]
      2. (dated, now rare) The feeling of solidarity with and support for one's political party; partisanship, especially in political matters. [from 1720s]
  5. (military) A detachment of troops selected for a particular service or duty. [from ca. 1330]
  6. A group of people gathered together, especially temporarily, for a specific purpose such as travel or sport. [from after 1387]
    2. A social gathering, usually of invited guests, which typically involves eating, drinking, and entertainment and often held to celebrate a particular occasion. [from 1700s]
    3. A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.
  7. A small group of birds or mammals. [from after 1387]
  8. (obsolete) A part or portion. [ca. 1300–1654]
  9. (obsolete) A prospective partner or an offer of marriage. [1492–1854]
  10. (obsolete) A decision, resolution, agreement. [1585–1767]
Synonyms
  • (social gathering): bash, do, rave
  • See also Thesaurus:party
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
  • → Bulgarian: парти (parti)
  • Chinese:
    • Cantonese: → 派對 / 派对 (paai3 deoi3), → party, ⇒ P
    • → Mandarin: 趴體 / 趴体 (pātǐ), 派對 / 派对 (pàiduì)
  • → Dhivehi: ޕާޓީ (pāṭī)
  • → Japanese: パーティー (pātī)
  • → Korean: 파티 (pati)
  • → Maori: pāti
  • → Malay: parti
  • → Russian: парти (parti)
Translations

Verb

party (third-person singular simple present parties, present participle partying, simple past and past participle partied)

  1. (intransitive) To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.
  2. (intransitive, slang, euphemistic) To take recreational drugs.
  3. (intransitive) To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.
  4. (online gaming, intransitive) To form a party (with).
Derived terms
  • party down
  • party hardy
  • party on
Translations

Adverb

party (comparative more party, superlative most party)

  1. (obsolete) Partly.

Etymology 2

From Middle English party, from Old French parti (“parted”), from Latin partītus (“parted”), past participle of partiō (“to divide”). More at part.

Adjective

party (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, except in compounds) Divided; in part.
    1. (heraldry) Divided into parts of different tinctures, usually equal, and especially following the lines of one of the ordinaries.
    2. (of a fence or wall, rare) Shared by two properties and serving to divide them.
  2. (clarification of this definition is needed) Favoring one party; partisan.
Derived terms

References

  • “party, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  • William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “party, a.”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
  • “party, a. and adv.”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • praty, yrapt

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch partij, from Middle Dutch partie, from Old French partie.

Pronunciation

Noun

party (plural partye)

  1. party (group, especially a political one)

Determiner

party

  1. some, a few

Chinese

Etymology

From English party. Doublet of P, 派對 / 派对 (pàiduì), and 趴體 / 趴体 (pātǐ).

Pronunciation

Noun

party

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) party

Derived terms

References

  • English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Czech

Alternative forms

  • párty

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpaːrtɪ]

Noun

party f (indeclinable)

  1. party (gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing)
    Synonym: večírek

Related terms

  • See part

Further reading

  • “party”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • “party”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “party”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English party. Doublet of partij.

Pronunciation

Noun

party f or m (plural party's, diminutive party'tje n)

  1. party

Synonyms

  • feest, fuif

Derived terms

  • schuimparty

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English party.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paʁ.ti/, (Quebec) /paʁ.te/

Noun

party m or f (plural parties or partys)

  1. (North America) party (social gathering)

Usage notes

party has two genders in French: In Canada, it is a masculine noun, and in France it is a feminine noun.

Derived terms

  • garden-party
  • party hot-dog
  • suicide-party

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English party.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpar.ti/
  • Rhymes: -arti
  • Hyphenation: pàr‧ty

Noun

party m (invariable)

  1. party (“social gathering”)

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English party.

Noun

party n (definite singular partyet, indefinite plural party or partyer, definite plural partya or partyene)

  1. a party (social event)

Synonyms

  • fest

References

  • “party” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English party.

Noun

party n (definite singular partyet, indefinite plural party, definite plural partya)

  1. a party (social event)

Synonyms

  • fest

References

  • “party” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpar.tɘ/
  • Rhymes: -artɘ
  • Syllabification: par‧ty

Etymology 1

Participle

party (passive adjectival)

  1. masculine singular passive adjectival participle of przeć
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

party m inan

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of part

Portuguese

Verb

party

  1. Obsolete spelling of parti.

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English party.

Noun

party n (plural party-uri)

  1. party (group of persons collected or gathered together for some particular purpose)
    Synonym: petrecere

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English party. Doublet of partida.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaɾti/ [ˈpaɾ.t̪i]
  • Rhymes: -aɾti
  • Syllabification: par‧ty

Noun

party m (plural partys or parties)

  1. party; celebration, festivity

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

  • “party”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English party. Doublet of parti.

Pronunciation

Noun

party n

  1. party; social gathering
    Synonyms: fest, kalas, partaj

Declension

References

  • party in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • party in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • party in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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