different between partner vs pal

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Angloromani pal (“brother, friend”), from Romani phral (“brother”), from Sanskrit ?????? (bhr?t?, “brother”). Doublet of brother and frater.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pal/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pæl/
• Rhymes: -æl

Noun

pal (plural pals)

1. (colloquial) A friend, buddy, mate, cobber; someone to hang around with.

   Little Timmy's out playing with his pals.

2. (colloquial) An informal term of address, often used ironically in a hostile way.

   Don't you threaten me, pal – I'll report you to the police.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:friend

Translations

Derived terms

Verb

pal (third-person singular simple present pals, present participle palling, simple past and past participle palled)

1. Be friends with, hang around with.

Related terms

Anagrams

• ALP, APL, LPA, PLA, Pla, alp, lap

Angloromani

Alternative forms

• palla, pel, pral, prala, pralla, pulu

Etymology

From Romani phral, from Sanskrit ?????? (bhr??t?), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *b?ráHt?, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *b?ráHt?, from Proto-Indo-European *b?réh?t?r. Cognate with English brother.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?æl], [p?æ?]

Noun

pal

1. brother

2. friend

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? English: pal

References

• “pal” in The Manchester Romani Project, Angloromani Dictionary.
• “pal” in The Manchester Romani Project, Angloromani Dictionary.

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition pa (“for”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).

Contraction

pal m

1. for the

Cahuilla

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.

Noun

pál

1. water

References

• Katherine Siva Sauvel; Pamela Munro (1983) Chem'ivillu' (let's speak Cahuilla)

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan pal, from Latin p?lus (“stake, pole”), from Proto-Italic *p?kslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh??-slos, from *peh??-.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?pal/
• Rhymes: -al

Noun

pal m (plural pals)

1. stake
2. pole
3. (heraldry) pale
4. (colloquial) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Related terms

See also

Cupeño

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa. Cognate with Cahuilla pál, Luiseño paala, Tübatulabal bal, Northern Paiute paa, Comanche paa, Hopi paahu, Classical Nahuatl atl.

Noun

pál

1. water

References

• Jane H. Hill (2005) A Grammar of Cupeño

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?pal]
• Rhymes: -al

Interjection

pal!

1. fire! (a signal to shoot)

Verb

pal

1. second-person singular imperative of pálit

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle French pal, from Latin p?lus. Cognate with paal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

pal m (plural pallen, diminutive palletje n)

1. catch (mechanism which stops something from moving the wrong way)

Adverb

pal

1. firm, firmly
2. (with a preposition or adverb) right, immediately

Anagrams

• lap

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin p?lus (“stake, pole”). Compare the inherited doublet pieu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pal/

Noun

pal m (plural pals)

1. stake
2. pole
3. (heraldry) pale

References

• “pal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Postposition

pal

1. (follows genitive case -ni) because, on account of

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?pal]
• Hyphenation: pal

Etymology 1

From Dutch paal (“pole”), from Middle Dutch pâel, from Old Dutch p?l, from Latin p?lus. See Dutch mijlpaal (“milestone”).

Noun

pal (first-person possessive palku, second-person possessive palmu, third-person possessive palnya)

1. milestone, one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

pal (first-person possessive palku, second-person possessive palmu, third-person possessive palnya)

1. Nonstandard spelling of faal.

Further reading

• “pal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pal]

Participle

pal

1. second-person singular imperative of pali?

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??l/
• Rhymes: -al

Noun

pal ?

1. side

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pal/

Noun

pal m (plural pals)

1. post, pole, stake
2. (nautical) mast

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin p?lus (“stake”), possibly through a late Proto-Germanic intermediate. Compare Old High German pf?l (German Pfahl), Old Dutch p?l (Dutch paal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??l/

Noun

p?l m

1. stake

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: pole, pal
  • English: pole

Old Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from either Old Dutch p?l or Old High German p?l, from Proto-West Germanic *p?laz, from Latin p?lus (“stake, prop”), from Proto-Italic *p?kslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh??- (“to attach”). Cognate to Old English p?l. Doublet of p?l.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa?l/

Noun

p?l f

1. pole

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN

Pipil

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /pal/

Relational

-pal

1. of (genitive relation, also forms genitive pronouns)

2. for (benefactive relation)

Declension

Usage notes

• The relational noun -pal is part of a restricted group of relationals that can be used without a possessive marker when it accompanies an explicit complement, thus acting like a preposition:

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pal/

Etymology 1

From Latin p?lus (“stake”).

Noun

pal m inan

1. stake (piece of wood)
2. pile (for the support of a building)

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

pal

1. second-person singular imperative of pali?

Further reading

• pal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French pâle.

Adjective

pal m or n (feminine singular pal?, masculine plural pali, feminine and neuter plural pale)

1. pale

Declension

Spanish

Contraction

pal

1. (colloquial) contraction of para (“for”) + el (“the”)

Related terms

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pal]

Noun

pal (nominative plural pals)

1. parent, father or mother
2. Hyponyms: fat, hipal, jipal, mot

Declension

Derived terms

See also