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partner

English

Etymology

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 part?ti?nem, singular accusative of part?ti? (portion). The word may also represent Old French part tenour (part holder). Compare also Middle English partifere (partner), partifelewe (partner). Doublet of parcener.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??tn?(?)/
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /?p??tn?/, [?p???n?]
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /?p??tn?/
  • (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /?p??tn?/

Noun

partner (plural partners)

  1. One of each halves of a pair of someone or something that belongs together.
  2. Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest.
    1. A member of a business or law partnership.
      • 1668 July 3, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Hou?toun” in The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:
        He Su?pends on the?e Rea?ons, that Thomas Rue had granted a general Di?charge to Adam Mu?het, who was his Conjunct, and correus debendi, after the alleadged Service, which Di?charged Mu?het, and con?equently Houstoun his Partner.
    2. A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic or sexual bond.
    3. Someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance.
      • 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, […].
    4. Someone with whom one plays on the same side in a game, such as card games or doubles tennis.
  3. (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.
  4. (Jamaican) 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

Translations

Verb

partner (third-person singular simple present partners, present participle partnering, simple past and past participle partnered)

  1. (transitive) To join as a partner.
  2. (intransitive, often with with) To work or perform as a partner.

Translations


Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Noun

partner m (indefinite plural partnerë, definite singular partneri, definite plural partnerët)

  1. partner

Declension


Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?partn?r]

Noun

partner m

  1. partner

Related terms

  • See part

Further reading

  • partner in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
  • partner in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From English partner.

Noun

partner c (singular definite partneren, plural indefinite partnere)

  1. partner

Inflection

References

  • “partner” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?p?rt.n?r/
  • Hyphenation: part?ner

Noun

partner m (plural partners, diminutive partnertje n)

  1. partner, love interest, romantic and/or sexual companion
  2. partner, companion (someone whom one engages in business)
    Synonyms: deelgenoot, genoot, vennoot

Derived terms


Hungarian

Etymology

From English partner.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?p?rtn?r]
  • Hyphenation: part?ner
  • Rhymes: -?r

Noun

partner (plural partnerek)

  1. partner

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • partner in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Noun

partner m or f (invariable)

  1. partner (all senses)

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

  • pardner, partnah

Etymology

From English partner.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?p??dna/
  • Hyphenation: part?ner

Noun

partner (plural: partner dem, quantified: partner)

  1. partner
  2. (financial): An informal saving scheme.

See also

  • throw partner

Further reading

  • Richard Allsopp (main editor), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, 2003 (reprint by The University of the West Indies Press, originally 1996 by Oxford University Press), ISBN 9789766401450 (originally ISBN-10: 976-640-145-4), page 430

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English partner.

Noun

partner m (definite singular partneren, indefinite plural partnere, definite plural partnerne)

  1. a partner

Derived terms

  • partnerskap

See also

  • partnar (Nynorsk)

References

  • “partner” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

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 part?ti?nem, singular accusative of part?ti? (portion).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?par.tn?r/

Noun

partner m pers (feminine partnerka)

  1. partner (someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest)
  2. partner (spouse, domestic, or romantic partner)
  3. equal (someone of equal status to others)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

  • (adverb) partnersko (adverb)

Further reading

  • partner in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
  • partner in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner, from Old French parçonneour (joint heir).

Noun

partner m, f (plural partneres)

  1. (dancing) a dance partner
    Synonym: par

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pârtner/
  • Hyphenation: part?ner

Noun

p?rtner m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

  1. partner

Declension


Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Noun

partner c

  1. partner
    Synonyms: kompanjon, medspelare, moatjé

Usage notes

  • The English plural partners is also used.

Declension

Related terms

References

  • partner in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Noun

partner m (plural partneriaid or partners)

  1. partner
    Template:coordinate term

Mutation

Further reading

  • 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 Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from English parter.

Noun

partner c (plural partners)

  1. partner

Derived terms

  • partnerskip

Further reading

  • “partner”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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accessory

English

Alternative forms

  • (noun): accessary

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?k?s?s??i/, /æk?s?s??i/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?s?s(?)?i/, /æk?s?s(?)?i/
  • Homophone: accessary

Etymology 1

First attested in 1550s. From Middle English accessorie, from Medieval Latin access?rius, from Latin accessor (helper, subordinate), from accessus. Compare access, from same root.

Adjective

accessory (comparative more accessory, superlative most accessory)

  1. Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or being contributory. Said of people and things, and, when of people, usually in a bad sense
  2. (law) Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself.
  3. Present in a minor amount, and not essential.
Synonyms
  • (having a secondary function): accompanying, contributory, auxiliary, subsidiary, subservient, additional, acceding
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

  • (legal): First attested in 1414.
  • (fashion): First attested in 1896.

Noun

accessory (plural accessories)

  1. Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.
    • 1851, Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling
      the aspect and accessories of a den of banditti
  2. (fashion) An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
  3. (law) A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator.
  4. (art) Something in a work of art without being indispensably necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.
Synonyms
  • (something that belongs to part of another main thing): accompaniment, addition, attachment, supplement; See also Thesaurus:adjunct
  • (one who assists in or instigates an offense): abettor, accomplice, ally, coadjutor, accessary
Derived terms
  • accessory before the fact
  • accessory after the fact
  • accessoryship
  • Cambodian accessory
Descendants
  • ? Hebrew: ????????????? (aksésori)
  • ? Japanese: ?????? (akusesar?)
  • ? Korean: ???? (aekseseori)
Translations

References

  • accessory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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