partage

Etymology

From Middle French partage, from partir (“to share”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːtɪdʒ/

Noun

partage (plural partages)

1. (obsolete) A part, portion or share.
2. (now rare) Division, sharing; the act of portioning out or dividing up.
   • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: […] Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
     , I.46:

     looke into our Royall house, where so many partages [tr. partages], so many surnames, and so many severall titles have so encumbred us, that the originall of the stocke is utterly lost.

3. (archaic, archaeology) The one-time standard practice of the divvying up of artifacts between archaeologists, their patrons and the host territory.

References

• partage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Etymology

partir +‎ -age

Noun

partage m (plural partages)

1. sharing (act of sharing)

Verb

partage

1. first-person singular present indicative of partager
2. third-person singular present indicative of partager
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of partager
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of partager
5. second-person singular imperative of partager

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• tapager