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Webster 1913 Edition

Partner

Part′ner

(pärt′nẽr)

Noun.

[For

parcener

, influenced by

part

One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer.

“Partner of his fortune.”

Shak.

Hence:

(a)

A husband or a wife.

(b)

Either one of a couple who dance together.

(c)

One who shares as a member of a partnership in the management, or in the gains and losses, of a business.

My other self, the

partner

of my life.

Milton.

(Law)

An associate in any business or occupation; a member of a partnership. See

Partnership

pl.

(Naut.)

A framework of heavy timber surrounding an opening in a deck, to strengthen it for the support of a mast, pump, capstan, or the like.

Dormant partner

, or

Silent partner

See under

Dormant

Adj.

Syn. – Associate; colleague; coadjutor; confederate; partaker; participator; companion; comrade; mate.

Part′ner

Verb.

To associate, to join.

[Obs.]

Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Partner

P`ARTNER

Noun.

[from part.] One who partakes or shares with another; a partaker; an associate; as, she is partner of my life, of my joys, of my griefs.

Those of the race of Shem were no partners in the unbelieving work of the tower.

An associate in any business or occupation; a joint owner of stock or capital, employed in commerce, manufactures or other business. Men are sometimes partners in a single voyage or adventure, sometimes in a firm or standing company.

One who dances with another, either male or female, as in a contra dance.

A husband or wife.

P`ARTNER

Verb.

To join; to associate with a partner. [Little used.]

Partners, in a ship, pieces of plank nailed round the scuttles in a deck where the masts are placed; also, the scuttles themselves.

Definition 2024

Partner

See also: partner

German

Noun

Partner m ‎(genitive Partners, plural Partner)

partner, associate

Related terms

Ansprechpartner
Geschäftspartner
Partnerbeziehung
Partnerland
Partnerschaft
Partnersuche

partner

See also: Partner

English

Noun

partner ‎(plural partners)

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 sexual partner
3. Someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance.
  - 1909, Archibald Marshall, The Squire's Daughter, chapterI:
    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, […].
(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.
(Jamaica) A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period.

Synonyms

See also Wikisaurus:associate

Translations

someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest

Arabic: شَرِيك m ‎(šarīk)
Bulgarian: партньор m ‎(partnjór)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 伙伴 (zh) ‎(huǒbàn)
Czech: partner (cs)
Danish: partner (da)
Finnish: partneri (fi), kumppani (fi), yhteistyökumppani
French: partenaire (fr) m, associé (fr) m
German: Partner (de) m
Indonesian: partner (id)
Japanese: パートナー (ja) ‎(pātonā), 相棒 (ja) ‎(aibō), 伴侶 (ja) ‎(hanryo)
Kurdish:
Sorani: هاوبه‌ش

Norwegian:

Bokmål: partner m

Nynorsk: partnar m
Persian: هنباز (fa) ‎(hanbâz), انباز (fa) ‎(anbâz), شریک (fa) ‎(šarik)
Polish: partner (pl) m, partnerka (pl) f
Portuguese: parceiro (pt) m, parceira f
Romanian: partener (ro) m
Russian: партнёр (ru) m ‎(partnjór), партнёрша (ru) f ‎(partnjórša), това́рищ (ru) m ‎(továrišč), компаньо́н (ru) m ‎(kompanʹón), компаньо́нка (ru) f ‎(kompanʹónka)
Spanish: compañero (es) m
Swedish: partner (sv) c

a member of a business or law partnership

Chinese:
Mandarin: 伙伴 (zh) ‎(huǒbàn)
Danish: partner (da), kompagnon (da)
Finnish: kumppani (fi), yhtiömies (fi)
Greek: συνέταιρος (el) m, f ‎(synétairos)
Kurdish:
Sorani: هاوبه‌ش
Maori: hoa pakihi, hoa hinonga

Norwegian:

Bokmål: partner m

Nynorsk: partnar m
Polish: partner (pl) m, partnerka (pl) f
Portuguese: parceiro (pt) m, sócio (pt)
Romanian: partener (ro) m
Russian: партнёр (ru) m ‎(partnjór), партнёрша (ru) f ‎(partnjórša), това́рищ (ru) m ‎(továrišč), компаньо́н (ru) m ‎(kompanʹón), компаньо́нка (ru) f ‎(kompanʹónka)
Spanish: socio (es)
Swedish: kompanjon (sv) c, partner (sv) c

spouse or domestic partner

Chinese:
Mandarin: 伴侶 (zh), 伴侣 (zh) ‎(bànlǚ)
Danish: partner (da)
Finnish: partneri (fi), puoliso (fi), kumppani (fi), (domestic only) avomies (fi) m
French: partenaire (fr) m, f, compagnon (fr) m, compagne (fr) f
German: Partner (de) m, Partnerin (de) f
Greek: σύντροφος (el) m, f ‎(sýntrofos)
Japanese: 伴侶 (ja) ‎(hanryo)
Norman: parchonnyi m, parchonniéthe f
Maori: hoa mārena

Norwegian:

Bokmål: partner m

Nynorsk: partnar m
Persian: همبستر (fa) ‎(hambastar)
Polish: partner (pl) m, partnerka (pl) f
Portuguese: parceiro (pt) m, parceira f
Quechua: yana
Romanian: partener (ro) m, parteneră (ro) f
Russian: супру́г (ru) m ‎(suprúg), супру́га (ru) f ‎(suprúga), партнёр (ru) m ‎(partnjór), партнёрша (ru) f ‎(partnjórša)
Swedish: partner (sv) c, äkta hälft (sv) c

dancing partner

Bulgarian: партньор m ‎(partnjór), партньорка f ‎(partnjórka)
Danish: partner, kavaler
Finnish: partneri (fi)
Greek: παρτενέρ (el) m, f ‎(partenér)
Manx: co-ghaunseyr m
Maori: hoa kanikani
Norwegian:

Bokmål: partner m

Nynorsk: partnar m

Persian: همرقص ‎(hamraqs)
Polish: partner (pl) m, partnerka (pl) f
Portuguese: parceiro (pt) m, parceira f
Romanian: partener (ro) m, parteneră (ro) f
Russian: партнёр (ru) m ‎(partnjór), партнёрша (ru) f ‎(partnjórša)
Swedish: partner (sv) c

either member of a pair in a card game or sports team (1.4)

Danish: partner, medspiller (da)
Finnish: pari (fi)
Greek: συμπαίκτης (el) m ‎(sympaíktis), συμπαίκτρια (el) f ‎(sympaíktria)
Japanese: パートナー (ja) ‎(pātonā)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: partner m

Nynorsk: partnar m

Persian: یار (fa) ‎(yâr)
Polish: partner (pl) m, partnerka (pl) f
Portuguese: parceiro (pt) m, parceira f
Romanian: partener (ro) m, parteneră (ro) f
Russian: партнёр (ru) m ‎(partnjór), партнёрша (ru) f ‎(partnjórša)

Verb

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

to make or be a partner
to work or perform as a partner

Translations

To make or be partner

Danish: slå sig sammen (become partners)
Persian: انباز شدن ‎(anbâz šodan)

Portuguese: associar-se

To work or perform as partner

Danish: samarbejde

Swedish: samarbeta (sv)

Descendants

French: partenaire m, f

Albanian

Noun

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

partner

Declension

declension of partner

	indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara)		definite forms (trajta të shquara)
	singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)	singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)
nominative (emërore)	partner	partnerë	partneri	partnerët
accusative (kallëzore)	partner	partnerë	partnerin	partnerët
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së)	partneri	partnerëve	partnerit	partnerëve
dative (dhanore)	partneri	partnerëve	partnerit	partnerëve
ablative (rrjedhore)	partneri	partnerësh	partnerit	partnerëve

Czech

Noun

partner m

partner

Related terms

Danish

Etymology

From English partner.

Noun

partner c (singular definite partneren, plural indefinite partnere)

partner

Inflection

Inflection of partner

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	partner	partneren	partnere	partnerne
genitive	partners	partnerens	partneres	partnernes

Hungarian

Etymology

From English partner.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpɒrtnɛr]
Hyphenation: part‧ner

Noun

partner ‎(plural partnerek)

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	—	—
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

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

partneri

References

↑ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English partner.

Noun

partner m, f ‎(invariable)

partner (all senses)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English partner

Noun

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

a partner

Derived terms

partnerskap

References

“partner” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Polish

Noun

partner m pers

partner

Declension

declension of partner

	singular	plural
nominative	partner	partnerzy
genitive	partnera	partnerów
dative	partnerowi	partnerom
accusative	partnera	partnerów
instrumental	partnerem	partnerami
locative	partnerze	partnerach
vocative	partnerze	partnerzy

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Noun

partner m f (plural partners)

(dancing) a dance partner

Synonyms

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pȁrtner m ‎(Cyrillic spelling па̏ртнер)

partner

Declension

Declension of partner

	singular	plural
nominative	partner	partneri
genitive	partnera	partnera
dative	partneru	partnerima
accusative	partnera	partnere
vocative	partneru	partneri
locative	partneru	partnerima
instrumental	partnerom	partnerima

Swedish

Noun

partner c

a partner

Declension

Declension of partner

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	partner	partnern	partner	partnerna
genitive	partners	partnerns	partners	partnernas

Usage notes

The English plural partners is also used.

Related terms

partnerarbete
partnerskap
partnerval

Synonyms

kompanjon
medspelare
moatjé

References

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

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Webster 1913 Edition

Partner

Part′ner

Part′ner

Webster 1828 Edition

Partner

P`ARTNER

P`ARTNER

Definition 2024

Partner

Partner

German

Noun

Related terms

See also

partner

partner

English

Noun

Synonyms

Translations

Verb

Translations

Descendants

Albanian

Noun

Declension

Czech

Noun

Related terms

Danish

Etymology

Noun

Inflection

Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

References

Italian

Etymology

Noun

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Noun

Derived terms

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References

Polish

Noun

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

Noun

Synonyms

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Swedish

Noun

Declension

Usage notes

Related terms

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References

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