partner

Late 13c., from Old French parçonneour (“joint heir”) from parçon (“partition”), from Latin partitionem (“portion”). The word may also represent Old French part tenour (“part holder”). Doublet of parcener.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːtnə(ɹ)/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑɹtnɚ/, [ˈpɑɹʔnɚ]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐːtnə/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐːtnɘ/

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partner (plural partners)

1. 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 Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:

        He Suſpends on theſe Reaſons, that Thomas Rue had granted a general Diſcharge to Adam Muſhet, who was his Conjunct, and correus debendi, after the alleadged Service, which Diſcharged Muſhet, and conſequently 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.
      • 1909, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter I, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen, OCLC 12026604; republished New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1919, OCLC 491297620:

        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.
2. (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.
3. (Jamaica) A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period.

• See also Thesaurus:associate
• See also Thesaurus:spouse

• French: partenaire

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

1. To make or be a partner.
2. To work or perform as a partner.

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

1. partner

partner m

1. partner

• See part
• partnerka
• partnerský
• partnerství

• partner in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• partner in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

From English partner.

partner c (singular definite partneren, plural indefinite partnere)

1. partner

• “partner” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from English partner.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrt.nər/

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• Hyphenation: part‧ner

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

• beleggingspartner
• handelspartner
• huwelijkspartner
• partnermoord
• partnerruil
• partnerverlof
• werkpartner

From English partner.[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒrtnɛr]

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• Hyphenation: part‧ner

partner (plural partnerek)

1. partner

• partneri

Borrowed from English partner.

partner m or f (invariable)

1. partner (all senses)

From English partner

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

1. a partner

• partnerskap

• partnar (Nynorsk)

• “partner” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From English partner.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpar.tnɛr/

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)

• (verb) partnerować
• (noun) partnerstwo
• (adjective) partnerski
• (adverb) partnersko

• partner in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

partner m, f (plural partners)

1. (dancing) a dance partner

• par

• IPA^(key): /pârtner/
• Hyphenation: part‧ner

pȁrtner m (Cyrillic spelling па̏ртнер)

1. partner

partner c

1. partner

• The English plural partners is also used.

• kompanjon
• medspelare
• moatjé

• partnerarbete
• partnerskap
• partnerval

• partner in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)