partner definition

English partner definition

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.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: part‧ner

Noun

partner (plural partners)

1. One of each halves of a pair of someone or something that belongs together.
2. 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, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published 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.
3. (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.
4. (Jamaica) A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period.

Synonyms

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

Descendants

Translations

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To join as a partner.
2. (intransitive, often with with) To work or perform as a partner.
   • 2020 October 6, Belinda Luscombe, “Would You Date Someone With Different Political Beliefs? Here's What a Survey of 5,000 Single People Revealed”, in Time‎^[1]:

     “In the current period, when people are embedded in social and informational bubbles with like-minded friends and relatives,” he says, “the idea of partnering with someone from a different bubble is understandably daunting. At a minimum it’s awkward and complicated.”

   • 2022 January 12, “Network News: New freight trips for Tesco and DRS”, in RAIL, number 948, page 12:

     Tesco has partnered with Direct Rail Services (DRS) to launch a new refrigerated rail freight service from Tilbury to Coatbridge.

Translations

References

• “partner”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• Parrent

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Albanian partner definition

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Noun

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

1. partner

Declension

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Czech partner definition

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpartnɛr]

Noun

partner m

1. partner

Related terms

• See part

Further reading

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

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Danish partner definition

Etymology

From English partner.

Noun

partner c (singular definite partneren, plural indefinite partnere)

1. partner

Inflection

References

• “partner” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch partner definition

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrt.nər/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: part‧ner

Noun

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

Derived terms

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French partner definition

Noun

partner m or f (plural partners)

1. (obsolete, except for in Quebec) partner

Further reading

• “partner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Hungarian partner definition

Etymology

From English partner.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒrtnɛr]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: part‧ner
• Rhymes: -ɛr

Noun

partner (plural partnerek)

1. partner

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	partner	partnerek
accusative	partnert	partnereket
dative	partnernek	partnereknek
instrumental	partnerrel	partnerekkel
causal-final	partnerért	partnerekért
translative	partnerré	partnerekké
terminative	partnerig	partnerekig
essive-formal	partnerként	partnerekként
essive-modal	partnerül	—
inessive	partnerben	partnerekben
superessive	partneren	partnereken
adessive	partnernél	partnereknél
illative	partnerbe	partnerekbe
sublative	partnerre	partnerekre
allative	partnerhez	partnerekhez
elative	partnerből	partnerekből
delative	partnerről	partnerekről
ablative	partnertől	partnerektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	partneré	partnereké
non-attributive possessive - plural	partneréi	partnerekéi

Possessive forms of partner
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	partnerem	partnereim
2nd person sing.	partnered	partnereid
3rd person sing.	partnere	partnerei
1st person plural	partnerünk	partnereink
2nd person plural	partneretek	partnereitek
3rd person plural	partnerük	partnereik

Derived terms

References

Further reading

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

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Italian partner definition

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpart.ner/
• Rhymes: -artner
• Hyphenation: pàrt‧ner

Noun

partner m or f (invariable)

1. partner (all senses)

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Jamaican Creole partner definition

Alternative forms

• pardner, partnah

Etymology

From English partner.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

partner (plural: partner dem or partners dem, quantified: partner)

1. partner

   A just me and mi partner 'Dread' know how fi entertain di people. ― Only my partner, 'Dread', and I know how to entertain the people.

2. (financial): An informal saving scheme.

   It a work and a it me a throw partner out of and a it all put food pan mi table.

   It works and I use some of that money to contribute to the informal saving scheme I'm a part of. It puts food on the table.

See also

• throw partner

Further reading

• Richard Allsopp, editor, Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, 1996 (2003 printing), →ISBN, page 430

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Norwegian Bokmål partner definition

Etymology

From English partner.

Noun

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

1. a partner

Derived terms

• partnerskap

See also

• partnar (Nynorsk)

References

• “partner” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “partner” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk partner definition

Noun

partner m (definite singular partneren, indefinite plural partnerar, definite plural partnerane)

1. (pre-1991) alternative form of partnar

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Polish partner definition

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner, 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpar.tnɛr/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -artnɛr
• Syllabification: par‧tner

Noun

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)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

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

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Portuguese partner definition

Etymology

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

Noun

partner m, f (plural partneres)

1. (dancing) a dance partner

   Synonym: par

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Serbo-Croatian partner definition

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pȁrtner m (Cyrillic spelling па̏ртнер)

1. partner

Declension

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Swedish partner definition

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Noun

partner c

1. partner

   Synonyms: kompanjon, medspelare, moatjé

Usage notes

• The English plural partners is also used.

Declension

Declension of partner
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	partner	partnern	partner	partnerna
Genitive	partners	partnerns	partners	partnernas

Related terms

References

• partner in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

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Turkish partner definition

Etymology

From French partenaire, from English partner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾt.nɛɾ/

Noun

partner (definite accusative partneri, plural partnerler)

1. partner

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	partner
Definite accusative	partneri
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	partner	partnerler
Definite accusative	partneri	partnerleri
Dative	partnere	partnerlere
Locative	partnerde	partnerlerde
Ablative	partnerden	partnerlerden
Genitive	partnerin	partnerlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular partnerim partnerlerim 2nd singular partnerin partnerlerin 3rd singular partneri partnerleri 1st plural partnerimiz partnerlerimiz 2nd plural partneriniz partnerleriniz 3rd plural partnerleri partnerleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular partnerimi partnerlerimi 2nd singular partnerini partnerlerini 3rd singular partnerini partnerlerini 1st plural partnerimizi partnerlerimizi 2nd plural partnerinizi partnerlerinizi 3rd plural partnerlerini partnerlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular partnerime partnerlerime 2nd singular partnerine partnerlerine 3rd singular partnerine partnerlerine 1st plural partnerimize partnerlerimize 2nd plural partnerinize partnerlerinize 3rd plural partnerlerine partnerlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular partnerimde partnerlerimde 2nd singular partnerinde partnerlerinde 3rd singular partnerinde partnerlerinde 1st plural partnerimizde partnerlerimizde 2nd plural partnerinizde partnerlerinizde 3rd plural partnerlerinde partnerlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular partnerimden partnerlerimden 2nd singular partnerinden partnerlerinden 3rd singular partnerinden partnerlerinden 1st plural partnerimizden partnerlerimizden 2nd plural partnerinizden partnerlerinizden 3rd plural partnerlerinden partnerlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular partnerimin partnerlerimin 2nd singular partnerinin partnerlerinin 3rd singular partnerinin partnerlerinin 1st plural partnerimizin partnerlerimizin 2nd plural partnerinizin partnerlerinizin 3rd plural partnerlerinin partnerlerinin

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Welsh partner definition

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Noun

partner m (plural partneriaid or partners)

1. partner

   Coordinate term: partneres

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
partner	bartner	mhartner	phartner
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “partner”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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West Frisian partner definition

Etymology

Borrowed from English parter.

Noun

partner c (plural partners)

1. partner

Derived terms

• partnerskip

Further reading

• “partner”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011