partner

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) 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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Noun

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 type of domestic partner or romantic or sexual partner.
   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, […].

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.

Verb

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.

Noun

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

1. partner

Noun

partner m

1. partner

Further reading

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

Etymology

From English partner.

Noun

partner c (singular definite partneren, plural indefinite partnere)

1. partner

References

• “partner” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology

From English partner.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒrtnɛr]

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• Hyphenation: part‧ner

Noun

partner (plural partnerek)

1. partner

References

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Noun

partner m, f (invariable)

1. partner (all senses)

Etymology

From English partner

Noun

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

1. a partner

See also

• partnar (Nynorsk)

References

• “partner” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Noun

partner m pers

1. partner

Etymology

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

Noun

partner m, f (plural partners)

1. (dancing) a dance partner

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pȁrtner m (Cyrillic spelling па̏ртнер)

1. partner

Noun

partner c

1. partner

References

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