English Explanatory Dictionary

partner

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either of a pair of people or things that belong together.
  2. Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest.
  3. A member of a business or law partnership.
  4. A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic, or sexual bond.
  5. Someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance.
  6. Someone with whom one plays on the same side in a game, such as card games or doubles tennis.
  7. 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.
  8. A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period.
verb
  1. To join as a partner.
  2. To work or perform as a partner.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɑːt.nə(ɹ)/ /ˈpɑɹt.nɚ/ [ˈpɑɹʔ.nɚ] en-us-partner.ogg /ˈpɐːt.nə/ /ˈpaːt.nə/

Word forms

partner partners partnering partnered

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 partītiōnem, singular accusative of partītiō (“portion”). The word may also represent Old French part tenour (“part holder”). Compare also Middle English partifere (“partner”), partifelewe (“partner”). Doublet of parcener.

Derived words

accountability partner affair partner antipartner bedpartner business partner civil partner conversational partner copartner cyberpartner de facto partner demand partner domestic partner ex-partner expartner heteropartner hitting partner implementing partner interpartner intimate partner violence life partner multi-partner nominal partner nonpartner partner dance partnerdom partnerial partner in crime partner IVF partnerless partnerly partnership partner up quasi partner romantic partner sex partner sexual partner silent partner sleeping partner strike partner subpartner superpartner trading partner trophy partner repartnered

Translations

Albanian: partner Arabic: شَرِيك Arabic: شَرِيكَة Arabic: رَفِيق Arabic: رَفِيقَة Armenian: գործընկեր Armenian: գործակից Armenian: զուգընկեր Armenian: զուգընկերուհի Azerbaijani: şərik Azerbaijani: ortaq Belarusian: партнёр Belarusian: партнёрка Bengali: সঙ্গী Bulgarian: партньо́р Bulgarian: партньо́рка Bulgarian: съдру́жник Bulgarian: съдру́жничка Chinese Mandarin: 伙伴 Chinese Mandarin: 搭檔 /搭档 Ngazidja Comorian: mshariki Czech: partner Czech: partnerka Danish: partner Danish: kavaler Dutch: partner Esperanto: partnero Esperanto: kundancantino Estonian: partner Finnish: partneri Finnish: kumppani Finnish: yhteistyökumppani Finnish: pari Finnish: tanssipari French: partenaire French: associé Galician: compañeiro Georgian: პარტნიორი German: Partner German: Partnerin Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰 Greek: σύντροφος Greek: παρτενέρ Ancient Greek: κοινωνός Hebrew: שֻׁתָּף \ שותף Hindi: साथी Hindi: पार्टनर Hungarian: partner Hungarian: társ Indonesian: partner Indonesian: mitra Italian: socio Italian: socio di affari Japanese: パートナー Japanese: 相棒 Japanese: 伴侶 Japanese: 仲間 Kazakh: серіктес Kazakh: серік Korean: 파트너 Korean: 동반자 Korean: 동료 Central Kurdish: ھاوبەش Northern Kurdish: hevpar Northern Kurdish: hevpişk Northern Kurdish: hevkar Kyrgyz: шерик Kyrgyz: партнёр Kyrgyz: өнөк Lao: ພາຄີ Lao: ພາຄິນີ Latin: consors Latin: particeps Latvian: partneris Latvian: partnere Lithuanian: partneris Lithuanian: partnerė Macedonian: па́ртнер Macedonian: па́ртнерка Malay: rakan kongsi Malayalam: പങ്കാളി
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