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party
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p??.ti/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /?p??.ti/, [?p????i]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /?p?(?)?i/, [?p??(?)?i]
- Rhymes: -??(r)ti
- Hyphenation: par?ty
Etymology 1
From Middle English party, partye, partie, from Anglo-Norman partie, from Medieval Latin part?ta (“a part, party”), from Latin part?ta, feminine of part?tus, past participle of part?r? (“to divide”); see part. Doublet of partita.
Noun
party (plural parties)
- (law) A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.
- 1612, Sir John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued
- if the Jury had found that the party slain had been of English race and nation, it had been adjudged felony
- 1612, Sir John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued
- A person.
- (slang, dated) A person; an individual.
- With to: an accessory, someone who takes part.
- (slang, dated) A person; an individual.
- (now rare in general sense) A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Ch.6:
- A mile back in the forest the tribe had heard the fierce challenge of the gorilla, and, as was his custom when any danger threatened, Kerchak called his people together, partly for mutual protection against a common enemy, since this gorilla might be but one of a party of several, and also to see that all members of the tribe were accounted for.
- (role-playing games, online gaming) Active player characters organized into a single group.
- (video games) A group of characters controlled by the player.
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Ch.6:
- A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues and campaigning to take part in government.
- "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. […] A strong man—a strong one; and a heedless." ¶ "Of what party is he?" she inquired, as though casually.
- The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
- (military) A discrete detachment of troops, especially for a particular purpose.
- A group of persons collected or gathered together for some particular purpose.
- A gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing.
- A group of people traveling or attending an event together, or participating in the same activity.
- A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.
- A gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing.
- (obsolete) A part or division.
- And so the moost party of the castel that was falle doune thorugh that dolorous stroke laye vpon Pellam and balyn thre dayes.
Synonyms
- (social gathering): bash, do, rave
- See also Thesaurus:party
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Hindi: ?????? (p?r??)
- ? Japanese: ????? (p?t?)
- ? Korean: ?? (pati)
Translations
Verb
party (third-person singular simple present parties, present participle partying, simple past and past participle partied)
- (intransitive) To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.
- We partied until the early hours.
- (intransitive, slang, euphemistic) To take recreational drugs.
- (intransitive) To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.
- (online gaming, intransitive) To form a party (with).
- If you want to beat that monster, you should party with a healer.
Derived terms
- party down
- party on
Translations
References
- Party (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- party on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From Middle English party, from Old French parti (“parted”), from Latin part?tus (“parted”), past participle of partiri (“to divide”). More at part.
Adjective
party (not comparable)
- (obsolete, except in compounds) Divided; in part.
- (heraldry) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries.
- an escutcheon party per pale
Derived terms
Further reading
- party in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- party in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- praty, yrapt
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch partij, from Middle Dutch partie, from Old French partie.
Noun
party (plural partye)
- party (group, especially a political one)
Determiner
party
- some, a few
Czech
Alternative forms
- párty
Noun
party f
- party (gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing)
Synonyms
- See ve?írek
Related terms
- See part
Further reading
- party in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
- party in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English party.
Pronunciation
Noun
party f or m (plural party's, diminutive party'tje n)
- party
Synonyms
- feest, fuif
Derived terms
- schuimparty
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English party.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa?.ti/
Noun
party m or f (plural parties or partys)
- (Canada) 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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English party.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?par.ti/
Noun
party m (invariable)
- party (social gathering)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from English party.
Noun
party n (definite singular partyet, indefinite plural party or partyer, definite plural partya or partyene)
- 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)
- a party (social event)
Synonyms
- fest
References
- “party” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?par.t?/
Participle
party
- masculine singular passive adjectival participle of prze?
Declension
Portuguese
Verb
party
- Obsolete spelling of parti
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English party. Doublet of partida.
Noun
party m (plural partys or parties)
- party
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English party.
Pronunciation
Noun
party n
- party; social gathering
Declension
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ritual
English
Alternative forms
- rituall (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin adjective r?tu?lis, from noun r?tuum (“rite”), + adjective suffix -?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???.t?u.?l/
Adjective
ritual (comparative more ritual, superlative most ritual)
- Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.
Derived terms
- ritually
Translations
Noun
ritual (countable and uncountable, plural rituals)
- rite; a repeated set of actions
Derived terms
- ritualisation, ritualization
- ritualise, ritualize
- ritualist
- ritualistic
- ritually
Translations
Anagrams
- litura
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin ritualis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ri.tu?al/
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
ritual (masculine and feminine plural rituals)
- ritual
Noun
ritual m (plural rituals)
- ritual
Related terms
- ritu
Further reading
- “ritual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ritual” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “ritual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ritual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??itu?æ?l]
Noun
ritual n (singular definite ritualet, plural indefinite ritualer)
- ritual
- Synonym: ritus
Declension
References
- “ritual” in Den Danske Ordbog
Ladin
Pronunciation
Adjective
ritual m (feminine singular rituala, masculine plural rituai, feminine plural rituales)
- ritual
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin ritualis, from ritus
Noun
ritual n (definite singular ritualet, indefinite plural ritual or ritualer, definite plural rituala or ritualene)
- ritual
References
- “ritual” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin ritualis, from ritus
Noun
ritual n (definite singular ritualet, indefinite plural ritual, definite plural rituala)
- ritual
References
- “ritual” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i?twa?/
Adjective
ritual m or f (plural rituais, comparable)
- ritual
Noun
ritual m (plural rituais)
- ritual
Romanian
Etymology
From French rituel or Italian rituale.
Noun
ritual n (plural rituali)
- ritual
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rit?a?l/
- Hyphenation: ri?tu?al
Noun
ritù?l m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)
- ritual
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ri?twal/, [ri?t?wal]
Adjective
ritual (plural rituales)
- ritual
Noun
ritual m (plural rituales)
- rite
Derived terms
- ritualismo
- ritualista
Further reading
- “ritual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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