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This page has 64 definitions of part with English translations in 15 languages. Part is a noun, verb, an adjective and adverb. Examples of how to use part in a sentence are shown. Also define these 120 related words and terms: portion, component, fraction, whole, element, group, share, proportion, centiliters, section, document, land, country, territory, region, mathematics, factor, courtroom, duty, responsibility, role, music, melody, polyphonic, side, hand, Judaism, lunisolar, shed, divide, Internet, IRC, channel, fractional, partial, partly, partially, fractionally, birthing, birth, Parthian, , , 全部, , 唔識, dance, 冇嘢, 㗎喇, 使, 一陣, 落去, , 頂住, , partner, , 做嘢, , 開心, , , 香港人, , 一句, 說話, , , , 首度, 飾演, 黑幫, 阿姐, , 網民, , 進步, , , 搞笑, do, , , , , , , , , 左右, cold, duck, partur, fyri, ein, slice, partir, newborn, delivery, childbirth, shore, coast, bank, beach, hemp, linen, płótno, taśma, partia, regional, fishing, fisherman, część, dola, udział, piece, party, stakeholder, school, and desk.

See also: párt, pârț, and part.

English

Etymology

The noun is from Middle English part, from Old English part (part) and Old French part (part); both from Latin partem, accusative of pars (piece, portion, share, side, party, faction, role, character, lot, fate, task, lesson, part, member), from Proto-Indo-European *par-, *per- (to sell, exchange). The verb is from Middle English parten, from Old French partir. Akin to portio (a portion, part), parare (to make ready, prepare). Displaced Middle English del, dele (part) (from Old English dǣl (part, distribution) > Modern English deal (portion; amount)), Middle English dale, dole (part, portion) (from Old English dāl (portion) > Modern English dole), Middle English sliver (part, portion) (from Middle English sliven (to cut, cleave), from Old English (tō)slīfan (to split)).

Pronunciation

Noun

part (plural parts)

  1. A portion; a component.
    1. A fraction of a whole.
      Gaul is divided into three parts.
      • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page vii:
        Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
      • 2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 11:
        America’s poverty line is $63 a day for a family of four. In the richer parts of the emerging world $4 a day is the poverty barrier. But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 ([…]): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.
    2. A distinct element of something larger.
      The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle.
    3. A group inside a larger group.
    4. Share, especially of a profit.
      I want my part of the bounty.
    5. A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
      The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water.
    6. 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
    7. A section of a document.
      Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2.
    8. A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
    9. (mathematics, dated) A factor.
      3 is a part of 12.
    10. (US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.
    • Component definition
      A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.
    • Fraction definition
      A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part. (1 of 6 fraction definitions)
    • Document definition
      An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support. (1 of 6 document definitions)
    • Factor definition
      A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization. (1 of 12 factor definitions)
  2. Duty; responsibility.
    to do one’s part
    1. Position or role (especially in a play).
      We all have a part to play.
      • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
        We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.
      • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
        He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, [], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.
    2. (music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
      The first violin part in this concerto is very challenging.
    3. Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".
    • Melody definition
      A sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
  3. (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
    The part of his hair was slightly to the left.
  4. (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
    • Judaism definition
      An Abrahamic religion tracing its origin to the Hebrew people of the ancient Middle East, as documented in their religious writings, the Tanakh.
  5. A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.

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Descendants

  • Cantonese: part (paat1), parts (paat1 si2) (From the plural noun form)
  • Japanese: パート (pāto), パーツ (pātsu) (From the plural noun form)

Translations

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Verb

part (third-person singular simple present parts, present participle parting, simple past and past participle parted)

  1. (intransitive) To leave the company of.
    • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:
      He wrung Bassanio's hand, and so they parted.
    • 1879, Anthony Trollope, John Caldigate:
      It was strange to him that a father should feel no tenderness at parting with an only son.
    • 1841, Andrew Reed, The is an Hour when I must Part[1]:
      There is an hour when I must part / From all I hold most dear
    • 1860, George Eliot, Recollections of Italy:
      his precious bag, which he would by no means part from
  2. To cut hair with a parting; shed.
  3. (transitive) To divide in two.
    to part the curtains
  4. (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated; shed.
    A rope parts.  His hair parts in the middle.
  5. (transitive, now rare) To divide up; to share.
    • Divide definition
      To split or separate (something) into two or more parts. (1 of 13 divide definitions)
  6. (obsolete) To have a part or share; to partake.
  7. To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
  8. (obsolete) To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
  9. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
    to part gold from silver
    • 1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Alma: Or, The Progress of the Mind”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: [] Jacob Tonson [], and John Barber [], →OCLC:
      The liver minds his own affair, [] / And parts and strains the vital juices.
  10. (transitive, archaic) To leave; to quit.
  11. (transitive, Internet) To leave (an IRC channel).
    • 2000, Phantom, “Re: Uhm... hi... I guess...”, in alt.support.boy-lovers (Usenet):
      He parted the channel saying "SHUTUP!" [] so I queried him, asking if there was something I could do [] maybe talk [] so we did [] since then, I've been seeing him on IRC every day (really can't imagine him not being on IRC anymore actually).

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Translations

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Adjective

part (not comparable)

  1. Fractional; partial.
    Fred was part owner of the car.

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Adverb

part (not comparable)

  1. Partly; partially; fractionally.
    Part finished

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Further reading

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Catalan part, from Latin partus.

Noun

part m (plural parts)

  1. birthing (act of giving birth)
    Synonyms: deslliurament, desocupament
  2. (figuratively) birth of an idea
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Etymology 2

From Old Catalan part, from Latin partem, from Proto-Italic *partis.

Noun

part f (plural parts)

  1. part, portion
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Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin Parthus (Parthia).

Adjective

part (feminine parta, masculine plural parts, feminine plural partes)

  1. Parthian

Noun

part m (plural parts, feminine parta)

  1. Parthian

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References

Chinese

Etymology 1

From English part.

Pronunciation


Noun

part

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) part, portion, or component of the whole
    part全部唔識 [Cantonese, trad.]
    part全部唔识 [Cantonese, simp.]
    fan6 gyun2 ni1 jat1 paat1 ngo5 cyun4 bou6 dou1 m4 sik1. [Jyutping]
    I don't know how to do any of the questions in this part of the paper.
    • definition
      one, 1
    • definition
      first person singular pronoun: I, me, oneself (1 of 2 我 definitions)
    • 全部 definition
      all; everything; whole; entirety
    • definition
      the place of residence of the emperor (1 of 4 都 definitions)
    • 唔識 definition
      to not know something; can't do (lack of knowledge) (1 of 2 唔識 definitions)

Classifier

part

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Classifier for part, portion, or component of the whole.
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Classifier for the activity of dancing.
    • 㗎喇 definition
      final particle used for giving a reminder
    • 使 definition
      messenger
    • 一陣 definition
      a burst of; a fit of; in one burst; all at once (1 of 2 一陣 definitions)
    • definition
      a type of traditional Japanese dance consisting of simple and quiet movements
    • 頂住 definition
      to withstand; to stand up to; to hold out against
    • definition
      nôm form of a (“Used in the beginning of a sentence to indicate questioning: ah, oh, ha”).

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Etymology 2

Clipping of English partner.[1]

Pronunciation


Verb

part

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to partner with
    part做嘢開心 [Cantonese, trad.]
    part做嘢开心 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 paat1 zyu6 keoi5 zou6 je5 hou2 hoi1 sam1. [Jyutping]
    I have great pleasure in partnering with him in work.
    • definition
      the act of dwelling, residing, living in a place (1 of 2 住 definitions)
    • 做嘢 definition
      to work; to do things
    • definition
      a male given name
    • 開心 definition
      happy; delighted
    • 香港人 definition
      person from Hong Kong; Hong Konger
    • definition
      laughter
    • definition
      nôm form of quả (“by the way”).
    • 首度 definition
      first time
    • 飾演 definition
      to play (a role); to act as
    • definition
      -ive, -like, -ish, -ic, -ical, -y, kind of, sort of
    • 網民 definition
      netizen; someone who uses the Internet
    • 進步 definition
      to progress; to improve
    • definition
      -cum-, concurrently, and; in addition
    • definition
      mosquito
    • 搞笑 definition
      funny; hilarious; amusing
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to partner in doing something
    part [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    ngo5 m4 soeng2 tung4 keoi5 paat1 ni1 sau2 go1. [Jyutping]
    I don't want to partner with him in singing this song.
    • definition
      same
    • definition
      neck (part of the body connecting head and torso) (1 of 3 首 definitions)
    • definition
      some, several
    • definition
      interval
    • definition
      seven, 7
    • definition
      a year

References

  1. ^ Robert S. Bauer (2010), “The Graphemic Representation of English Loanwords in Cantonese”, in Dialects in South East China, issue 24, →JSTOR, pages 227-246

Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-r-t
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَرْد(bard).

Noun

part m

  1. cold

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 155

Czech

Etymology

Latin pars

Pronunciation

Noun

part m inan

  1. part (the melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece)

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

part n (plural parten, diminutive partje n)

  1. part

Descendants

Estonian

Etymology

Onomatopoetic. Cognate to Votic partti. Probably the same root as in parisema (to thud with pauses).

Noun

part (genitive pardi, partitive parti)

  1. duck
    • Duck definition
      To quickly lower the head or body, often in order to prevent it from being struck by something. (1 of 8 duck definitions)

Declension

Faroese

Noun

part m

  1. participle accusative singular of partur
    fyri ein part - partial
    • Partur definition
      part, piece
    • Ein definition
      a, an

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old French part, from Latin partem, accusative of pars, from Proto-Italic *partis.

Noun

part f (plural parts)

  1. share
    une grande parta large share
  2. portion, part, slice
    une grande part de tartea large portion of cake
    pour ma partfor my part, as far as I'm concerned, as for me
    pour la part de mon ami
    as far as my friend's concerned, as for my friend
  3. proportion
    une grande part de quelque chosea large proportion of something
    il y a une grande part de fiction dans son récit
    his/her account is highly fictional
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Etymology 2

Conjugated form of -ir verb partir

Verb

part

  1. third-person singular present indicative of partir

Etymology 3

From Latin partus.

Noun

part m (plural parts)

  1. newborn

Further reading

Friulian

Etymology 1

From Latin pars, partem.

Noun

part f (plural parts)

  1. part
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Latin partus.

Noun

part m (plural parts)

  1. delivery, birth, childbirth

See also

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian, from Latin portus. Compare Italian porto (port, harbour).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

part (plural partok)

  1. shore, coast, bank, beach
    • Shore definition
      Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond. (1 of 2 shore definitions)
    • Coast definition
      The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake. (1 of 4 coast definitions)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative part partok
accusative partot partokat
dative partnak partoknak
instrumental parttal partokkal
causal-final partért partokért
translative parttá partokká
terminative partig partokig
essive-formal partként partokként
essive-modal
inessive partban partokban
superessive parton partokon
adessive partnál partoknál
illative partba partokba
sublative partra partokra
allative parthoz partokhoz
elative partból partokból
delative partról partokról
ablative parttól partoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
parté partoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
partéi partokéi
Possessive forms of part
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. partom partjaim
2nd person sing. partod partjaid
3rd person sing. partja partjai
1st person plural partunk partjaink
2nd person plural partotok partjaitok
3rd person plural partjuk partjaik

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Compound words

References

  1. ^ part in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • part in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Noun

part

  1. indefinite accusative singular of partur

Ladin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin pars, partem.

Noun

part f (plural part)

  1. part

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French part and Old English part, both from Latin partem, accusative singular of pars, from Proto-Italic *partis.

Noun

part (plural partes)

  1. part

Descendants

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /part/
  • Rhymes: -art
  • Syllabification: part

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish port, from Proto-Slavic *pъrtъ.

Noun

part m inan

  1. thick hemp or linen fabric
    Hypernym: płótno
  2. twine braided tape
    Hypernym: taśma
    • Taśma definition
      band (strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together) (1 of 3 taśma definitions)
Declension
Derived terms
adjective
  • parciany
nouns
  • parciak
  • parcianka
verb
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adjective
nouns
verbs

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Part(e), from Middle High German part, from Old French part, from Latin pars.

Noun

part m inan

  1. (music) part
    Synonym: partia
    • Partia definition
      first-person singular imperfect indicative form of partir (1 of 2 partia definitions)
  2. (regional, fishing) share of the catch for each fisherman
    Hypernyms: część, dola, udział
    • Dola definition
      third-person singular past historic of doler
Alternative forms
Related terms
adjective
  • parcjalny

Further reading

  • part in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • part in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French parthe.

Adjective

part m or n (feminine singular partă, masculine plural parți, feminine and neuter plural parte)

  1. Parthian (relating to Parthia)

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Latin pars.

Pronunciation

Noun

part c

  1. part, piece
    • Piece definition
      A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts. (1 of 21 piece definitions)
  2. party (law: person), stakeholder
    att vara part i målet
    to have a stake in the claim, to partial, to be biased
    arbetsmarknadens parter
    the stakeholders of the labour market, i.e. trade unions and employers' organizations
    • Party definition
      A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action. (1 of 18 party definitions)
    • Stakeholder definition
      A person holding the stakes of bettors, with the responsibility of delivering the pot to the winner of the bet. (1 of 4 stakeholder definitions)

Declension

Declension of part 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative part parten parter parterna
Genitive parts partens parters parternas

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Anagrams

Veps

Etymology

Borrowing from Russian парта (parta).

Noun

part

  1. school desk

Declension

Inflection of part (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing. part
genitive sing. partan
partitive sing. partad
partitive plur. partoid
singular plural
nominative part partad
accusative partan partad
genitive partan partoiden
partitive partad partoid
essive-instructive partan partoin
translative partaks partoikš
inessive partas partoiš
elative partaspäi partoišpäi
illative partaha
partha
partoihe
adessive partal partoil
ablative partalpäi partoilpäi
allative partale partoile
abessive partata partoita
comitative partanke partoidenke
prolative partadme partoidme
approximative I partanno partoidenno
approximative II partannoks partoidennoks
egressive partannopäi partoidennopäi
terminative I partahasai
parthasai
partoihesai
terminative II partalesai partoilesai
terminative III partassai
additive I partahapäi
parthapäi
partoihepäi
additive II partalepäi partoilepäi

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English part, from Old French partir, from Latin partīre.

Verb

part (simple past parthed or parthet)

  1. to part
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 14:
      Outh o'mee hoane ch'ull no part wi' Wathere.
      Out of my hand I'll not part with Walter.

References

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 90