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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)
- One of each halves of a pair of someone or something that belongs together.
- 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 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.
- 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:
- 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.
- 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, […].
- 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.
- (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)
- (transitive) To join as a partner.
- (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)
- partner
Declension
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from English partner.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?partn?r]
Noun
partner m
- 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)
- 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)
- partner, love interest, romantic and/or sexual companion
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- partner
- (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)
- 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)
- partner (someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest)
- partner (spouse, domestic, or romantic partner)
- 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)
- (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 ????????)
- partner
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English partner.
Noun
partner c
- 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)
- 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)
- partner
Derived terms
- partnerskip
Further reading
- “partner”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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mistress
English
Etymology
From Middle English maistresse and Old French maistresse (French maîtresse), feminine of maistre (“master”). This may be broken down as mister +? -ess.
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?s?tr?s, IPA(key): /?m?st??s/
Noun
mistress (plural mistresses)
- A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership
- Synonyms: (applicable to either sex) boss, (applicable to either sex) head, (applicable to either sex) leader
- male equivalent: master
- A female teacher
- Synonym: schoolmarm
- male equivalent: master
- The other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations
- Synonyms: (applicable to either sex) bit on the side, fancy woman, comaré, goomah; see also Thesaurus:mistress
- Antonyms: cicisbeo, fancy man
- A dominatrix
- male equivalent: master
- 2006, Amelia May Kingston, The Triumph of Hope (page 376)
- As part of BDSM play they can enhance the domineering tread of a mistress or hobble the steps of a slave.
- A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it
- A letter desires all young wives to make themselves mistresses of Wingate's Arithmetic.
- a woman regarded with love and devotion; a sweetheart
- (Scotland) A married woman; a wife
- (obsolete) The jack in the game of bowls
- A female companion to a master (a man with control, authority or ownership)
- female equivalent of master
- female equivalent of mister
Usage notes
In the extramarital sense, mistress is often narrowly taken to mean a woman involved in a committed extramarital relationship (an affair), often supported financially (a kept woman). It can also be broadly taken to mean a woman involved in an extramarital relationship regardless of the level of commitment, but requires more than a single act of adultery.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
mistress (third-person singular simple present mistresses, present participle mistressing, simple past and past participle mistressed)
- (transitive, rare) Of a woman: to master; to learn or develop to a high degree of proficiency.
- (intransitive) To act or take the role of a mistress.
See also
- (titles) (of a man): Mr (Mister, mister), Sir (sir); (of a woman): Ms (Miz, mizz), Mrs (Mistress, mistress), Miss (miss), Dame (dame), (of a non-binary person): Mx (Mixter); (see also): Dr (Doctor, doctor), Madam (madam, ma'am) (Category: en:Titles)
References
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