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

• (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

partner (plural partners)

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.

   business partner

   dance partner

   doubles partner

   speaking partner

   sex partner

   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.
      • 2023 April 23, Amelia Gentleman, “CPS includes ‘love-bombing’ in guidance on abusive partners prosecution”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

        New guidance on how to prosecute abusive partners for controlling and coercive behaviour has highlighted the phenomenon of love-bombing, a tactic used by suspects to confuse victims and gain more control.

   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:

        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.

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

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^[2]:

     “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.

• ⇒ Cantonese: part (paat¹)

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

• Parrent

Borrowed from English partner.

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

1. partner

Borrowed from English partner.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpartnɛr]

partner m anim (female equivalent partnerka)

1. partner

• See part

• “partner”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “partner”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “partner”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

From English partner.

partner c (singular definite partneren, plural indefinite partnere)

1. partner

• “partner” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from English partner.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrt.nər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: part‧ner

partner m (plural partners, diminutive partnertje n)

1. partner, love interest, romantic and/or sexual companion

   Mijn partner en ik zijn al tien jaar samen. ― My partner and I have been together for ten years.

   Ze zocht naar een geschikte partner om mee te settelen. ― She was looking for a suitable love interest to settle down with.

2. partner, companion (someone whom one engages in business)

   Synonyms: deelgenoot, genoot, vennoot

   In zaken is het belangrijk om een betrouwbare partner te hebben. ― In business, it's important to have a reliable partner.

   Hij werd mijn partnertje in ons kleine startup-avontuur. ― He became my little business companion in our small startup adventure.

partner m or f by sense (plural partners)

1. (obsolete, except for in Quebec) partner

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

From English partner.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒrtnɛr]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: part‧ner
• Rhymes: -ɛr

partner (plural partnerek)

1. partner

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

• partner 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

Borrowed from English partner.

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

partner m or f by sense (invariable)

1. partner (all senses)

• pardner, partnah

From English partner.

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

partner (plural partner 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.

• throw partner

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

From English partner.

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

1. a partner

• partnerskap

• partnar (Nynorsk)

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

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

1. (pre-1991) alternative form of partnar

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpar.tnɛr/

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• Rhymes: -artnɛr
• Syllabification: par‧tner

partner m pers (female equivalent 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)

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

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

partner m or f by sense (plural partneres)

1. (dance) a dance partner

   Synonym: par

Borrowed from English partner.

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

pȁrtner m (Cyrillic spelling па̏ртнер)

1. partner

Borrowed from English partner.

partner c

1. partner

   Synonyms: kompanjon, medspelare, moatjé

• The English plural partners is also used.

• partner in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

From French partenaire, from English partner.

• IPA^(key): /paɾt.nɛɾ/

partner (definite accusative partneri, plural partnerler)

1. partner

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

Borrowed from English partner.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpartnɛr/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈpartnar/
• Rhymes: -artnɛr

partner m (plural partneriaid or partners)

1. partner

   Coordinate term: partneres

• 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

Borrowed from English parter.

partner c (plural partners)

1. partner

• partnerskip

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