parti

See also: Appendix:Variations of "parti"

English

Etymology

From French parti.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɑɹˈtiː/

Noun

parti (plural partis)

1. The basic, central, or main concept, drawing, or scheme of an architectural design.
2. (dated) Someone (especially a man) who is considered to be a good choice for marriage, because of wealth, status etc.
   • 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 224:

     ...Hastily arranging her necessities, her wishes, her fears, and her desires, she thus began to address the dear friend she alike dreaded, despised, and persevered in attaching to herself and her measures:—
     "Bring any one you deem a desirable parti, of course, but allow me to observe, dear Lady Penrhyn, that——"
     "Yes! I see, that they must be really crême a la crême....

   • 1897, Bram Stoker, “Chapter 5”, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC:

     We met some time ago a man that would just do for you, if you were not already engaged to Jonathan. He is an excellent parti, being handsome, well off, and of good birth.

   • 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:

     “My temper is sweet, and my character without blemish. In fine, Miss Dobson, I am a most desirable parti.”

Related terms

• mi-parti
• particoloured
• parti pris

 

Anagrams

• atrip, patri-, tapir

Albanian

Etymology

Ultimately from Medieval Latin partīta (“part, party”), from Latin partīta, feminine of partītus, past participle of partīrī (“to divide”).

Noun

parti f (plural parti, definite partia, definite plural partitë)

1. party

   Synonym: festë

2. political party

   Partitë kryesore e Kosovës përfshijnë...

   Kosovo's main political parties include...

Declension

Declension of parti

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	parti	partia	parti	partitë
accusative		partinë
dative	partie	partisë	partive	partive
ablative			partish

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• parte

Etymology

From Latin pars, partem. Compare Romanian parte.

Noun

parti f (plural pãrtsã or perts, definite articulation partea or partia)

1. part

Related terms

• diparti
• dispartu
• mpartu
• naparti
• pãrtãciuni

 

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish parti (“party”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: par‧ti

Noun

parti (definite accusative partini, plural partilər)

1. (neologism, politics) party

   Synonyms: partiya, (South Azerbaijani) firqə

   • 2016 March 26, Həbsxana vətənimdən daha etibarlı yerdir" - Deniz Seki‎^[1]:

     Cümhuriyyət Xalq Partisi müğənni Deniz Sekinin də yatdığı qadın həbsxanasını ziyarət edib.

     The Republican People's Party visited the women's prison, where singer Deniz Seki was also imprisoned.

Usage notes

• Only in semi-calqued rendering of Turkish political parties.

Declension

Declension of parti
	singular	plural
nominative	parti	partilər
definite accusative	partini	partiləri
dative	partiyə	partilərə
locative	partidə	partilərdə
ablative	partidən	partilərdən
definite genitive	partinin	partilərin

Possessive forms of parti
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	partim	partilərim
sənin (“your”)	partin	partilərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	partisi	partiləri
bizim (“our”)	partimiz	partilərimiz
sizin (“your”)	partiniz	partiləriniz
onların (“their”)	partisi or partiləri	partiləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	partimi	partilərimi
sənin (“your”)	partini	partilərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	partisini	partilərini
bizim (“our”)	partimizi	partilərimizi
sizin (“your”)	partinizi	partilərinizi
onların (“their”)	partisini or partilərini	partilərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	partimə	partilərimə
sənin (“your”)	partinə	partilərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	partisinə	partilərinə
bizim (“our”)	partimizə	partilərimizə
sizin (“your”)	partinizə	partilərinizə
onların (“their”)	partisinə or partilərinə	partilərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	partimdə	partilərimdə
sənin (“your”)	partində	partilərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	partisində	partilərində
bizim (“our”)	partimizdə	partilərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	partinizdə	partilərinizdə
onların (“their”)	partisində or partilərində	partilərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	partimdən	partilərimdən
sənin (“your”)	partindən	partilərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	partisindən	partilərindən
bizim (“our”)	partimizdən	partilərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	partinizdən	partilərinizdən
onların (“their”)	partisindən or partilərindən	partilərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	partimin	partilərimin
sənin (“your”)	partinin	partilərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	partisinin	partilərinin
bizim (“our”)	partimizin	partilərimizin
sizin (“your”)	partinizin	partilərinizin
onların (“their”)	partisinin or partilərinin	partilərinin

Further reading

• “parti” in Obastan.com.

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paa¹ ti²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paa¹ ti²
    • Yale: pā tí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paa¹ ti²
    • Guangdong Romanization: pa¹ ti²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaː⁵⁵ tʰiː³⁵/

Etymology 1

From clipping of English participant.

Noun

parti

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) participant (of an activity)

Etymology 2

From clipping of English participation.

Noun

parti

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) participation marks of a course

Danish

Etymology

From French parti, partie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /parti/, [pʰaˈtˢiːˀ]

Noun

parti n (singular definite partiet, plural indefinite partier)

1. lot, quantity, batch

   Vi har købt et parti hvidløg.

   We have bought a batch of garlic.

   • 1873, Norway. Departementet for det indre, Uddrag af consulatberetninger vedkommende Norges handel og skibsfart, page 67:

     Fra Island, Skotland etc. er intet Parti Fisk ankommet til dette Distrikt.

     From Iceland, Scotland etc., no batch of fish has arrived to this district.

2. (politics) party
3. game (of e.g. chess or tennis)

   Skal vi tage et parti skak?

   Shall we play a game of chess?

4. A prospective spouse perceived as an economical or social boon rather than a person; a parti

   Han ansås som det bedste parti på øen.

   He was seen as the best parti on the island.

   • 2007, Rushy Rashid, Et løft af sløret, Art People, →ISBN:

     Vennen havde en nevø, som skulle være et godt parti - og som ville acceptere, at jeg havde været gift tidligere.

     The friend had a nephew, who was allegedly a good parti - and who would accept that I had been married before.

   • 2016, John Nehm, Dagen og vejen, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     Han var et godt parti. Et godt parti! Hun sukkede. Herman havde giftet sig med Lydia fordi han troede, at han elskede hende.

     He was a good parti. A good parti! She sighed. Herman had married Lydia because he thought he loved her.

   • 2010, Michael Bregnsbo, Til venstre hånd: danske kongers elskerinder, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN, page 76:

     At hun kunne gøre et så godt parti, tyder på, at adelen modsat kongen ikke var så forarget over hendes affære med prins Christian, selv om man selvfølgelig heller ikke bør se bort fra, at hun med sit særdeles omfattende jordegods nu en gang var et godt parti.

     That she could get so good a husband would indicate that the nobility, as opposed to the king, was not so offended by her affair with prince Christian, although, naturally, one must keep in mind that, with her quite expansive properties of land, she was after all a good parti.

5. part
6. side

Declension

Declension of parti

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	parti	partiet	partier	partierne
genitive	partis	partiets	partiers	partiernes

Estonian

Noun

parti

1. partitive singular of part
2. illative singular of part

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʁ.ti/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophones: partie, partis, parties

Adjective

parti (feminine partie, masculine plural partis, feminine plural parties)

1. (heraldry) divided into two equal parts vertically, per pale; said of an escutcheon
2. (colloquial) drunk

   Synonyms: ivre, saoul

   • 1999, Anna Gavalda, “Ambre”, in Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part, →ISBN:

     Au début j’ai bien essayé de baratiner Ambre et puis quand j’ai compris que j’étais trop parti pour la baiser convenablement, j’ai laissé tomber.

     At first I tried my best to sweet-talk Ambre but then realized I was too drunk to screw her properly, and let go.

Noun

parti m (plural partis)

1. (politics) party
2. parti
3. course of action
   • 1759, Voltaire, 'Candide':

     Enfin, tandis que les deux rois faisaient chanter des Te Deum chacun dans son camp, il prit le parti d’aller raisonner ailleurs des effets et des causes.

     Finally, while the two kings had the Te Deum sung each in their own camp, he took the course of action to go think elsewhere about effects and causes.

Derived terms

• bon parti
• Parti conservateur
• parti politique
• Parti vert
• parti-pris
• prendre parti
• tirer parti

 

Descendants

• → Afar: bartí
• → Turkish: parti

Participle

parti (feminine partie, masculine plural partis, feminine plural parties)

1. past participle of partir

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• pâtir, priât, ripât, tapir

Galician

Verb

parti

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of partir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒrti]
• Hyphenation: par‧ti
• Rhymes: -ti

Etymology 1

From German Partie, from French partie (“part”), from partir (“to divide”), from Latin partire (“to separate”), from pars (“part”). The "social gathering" meaning is from English party.

Noun

parti (plural partik)

1. (dated, usually preceded by jó) a marriageable person, eligible partner
2. (gaming) a game of (e.g. cards, chess)
3. (gaming) party
4. party (social gathering)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	parti	partik
accusative	partit	partikat
dative	partinak	partiknak
instrumental	partival	partikkal
causal-final	partiért	partikért
translative	partivá	partikká
terminative	partiig	partikig
essive-formal	partiként	partikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	partiban	partikban
superessive	partin	partikon
adessive	partinál	partiknál
illative	partiba	partikba
sublative	partira	partikra
allative	partihoz	partikhoz
elative	partiból	partikból
delative	partiról	partikról
ablative	partitól	partiktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	partié	partiké
non-attributive possessive - plural	partiéi	partikéi

Possessive forms of parti
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	partim	partijaim (or partiim)
2nd person sing.	partid	partijaid (or partiid)
3rd person sing.	partija	partijai (or partii)
1st person plural	partink	partijaink (or partiink)
2nd person plural	partitok	partijaitok (or partiitok)
3rd person plural	partijuk	partijaik (or partiik)

Derived terms

Compound words

• koktélparti
• partiképes
• partivadász

 

Etymology 2

part +‎ -i

Adjective

parti (not comparable)

1. coastal, waterside, seaside, riverside, lakeside; of, at, by, or related to a coast, a shore, a bank, or a beach

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	parti	partiak
accusative	partit	partiakat
dative	partinak	partiaknak
instrumental	partival	partiakkal
causal-final	partiért	partiakért
translative	partivá	partiakká
terminative	partiig	partiakig
essive-formal	partiként	partiakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	partiban	partiakban
superessive	partin	partiakon
adessive	partinál	partiaknál
illative	partiba	partiakba
sublative	partira	partiakra
allative	partihoz	partiakhoz
elative	partiból	partiakból
delative	partiról	partiakról
ablative	partitól	partiaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	partié	partiaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	partiéi	partiakéi

Derived terms

Compound words

• partifecske

 

Related terms

• folyóparti
• óceánparti
• patakparti
• tengerparti
• tóparti
• vízparti

 

Further reading

• (waterside, of/on the coast/bank/shore): parti 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
• (party): parti 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

parti

1. indefinite dative singular of partur

Ido

Noun

parti

1. plural of parto

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpar.ti/
• Rhymes: -arti
• Hyphenation: pàr‧ti

Etymology 1

Noun

parti f pl

1. plural of parte

Etymology 2

Noun

parti m pl

1. plural of parto

Adjective

parti m pl

1. masculine plural of parto

Etymology 3

Verb

parti

1. inflection of partire:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Prati, patri, prati, tarpi

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese partir.

Verb

parti

1. to split

Latin

Verb

partī

1. second-person singular present active imperative of partiō

Participle

partī

1. inflection of partus:
   1. genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. nominative/vocative masculine plural

Noun

partī f

1. dative/ablative singular of pars (“part”)

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French partir (“to leave”).

Verb

parti

1. to leave

References

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English party, from Middle English party, partye, partie, from Anglo-Norman partie, from Medieval Latin partīta (“a part, party”), from Latin partīta, feminine of partītus, past participle of partiō (“to divide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pa(r).ti]

  • Audio (Malaysia, non-rhotic):

    (file)

  • Audio (Malaysia, rhotic):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ti, -i
• Hyphenation: par‧ti

Noun

parti (Jawi spelling ڤرتي, plural parti-parti, informal 1st possessive partiku, 2nd possessive partimu, 3rd possessive partinya)

1. Party:
   1. A social gathering.

      Parti itu akan bermula pada pukul 8.

      The party is going to start at 8 o'clock.

   2. (politics) A political party.

      Parti Komunis Malaya ― Malayan Communist Party

      Synonym: partai

Affixations

• berparti
• kepartian

 

Compounds

• parti kerajaan / parti pemerintah
• parti pembangkang

 

Further reading

• “parti” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin partem. Compare Romanian parte.

Noun

parti f (plural părță)

1. part

References

• Atasanov, Petar (1990) Le mégléno-roumain de nos jours: Une approche linguistique, Hamburg: Buske

Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French partir, from Latin partiō, partīre (“distribute, divide”).

Verb

parti

1. (Jersey) to leave

Antonyms

• arriver (“to arrive”)

Etymology 2

From Old French partie, from Medieval Latin partīta (“a part, party”), from Latin partīta, feminine past participle of partior, partīrī (“divide”).

Noun

parti m (plural partis)

1. (Jersey) party

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French partir (“to go away, to leave, to depart”).

Noun

parti n (definite singular partiet, indefinite plural parti or partier, definite plural partia or partiene)

1. (politics) party
2. shipment of goods
3. game of chess

Derived terms

• bakparti
• kommunistparti
• opposisjonsparti
• partileder
• partimedlem
• partipolitisk
• partisk

 

References

• “parti” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French partir (“to go away, to leave, to depart”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑrˈtiː/

Noun

parti n (definite singular partiet, indefinite plural parti, definite plural partia)

1. (politics) party
2. shipment of goods
3. game of chess

Derived terms

• bakparti
• kommunistparti
• opposisjonsparti
• partimedlem
• partipolitisk
• partisk

 

References

• “parti” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese partir and Spanish partir and Kabuverdianu parti.

Verb

parti

1. to split

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• party (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i

Verb

parti

1. inflection of partir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative
2. Eye dialect spelling of partir, representing Brazil Portuguese.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish parti, from French partie, parti, the past participle of French partir (“to divide”), from Latin partīre (“to part”). Doublet of party.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

parti n

1. (politics) party
2. a side in an argument
3. a game of e.g. chess
4. a shipment of goods

   Ett parti ägg levererades till grossisten igår. ― A shipment of eggs was delivered to the grocer yesterday.

Declension

Declension of parti

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	parti	partis
	definite	partiet	partiets
plural	indefinite	partier	partiers
	definite	partierna	partiernas

Derived terms

• partihandel
• partihandlare
• partiledare
• partimedlem

 

References

• parti in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• parti in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• parti in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• parti in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• pirat, tapir

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾ.ti/
• Hyphenation: par‧ti

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French partie.

Noun

parti (definite accusative partiyi, plural partiler)

1. party (social gathering)

   Caner'in doğum günü partisi yarınmış.

   As long as I've heard, Caner's birthday party is tomorrow.

2. shipment

   Yarın sabah beş parti portakal gelecek.

   Five shipments of oranges will come tomorrow morning.

3. lot (some items auctioned or sold as a unit)

   Postaneden üç parti pul satın aldık.

   We bought three lots of stamps from the post office.

4. a group of people

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French parti.

Noun

parti (definite accusative partiyi, plural partiler)

1. (politics) party

   Yeşil parti oyların yüzde on beşini aldı.

   The green party took 15 percent of the votes.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	parti
Definite accusative	partiyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	parti	partiler
Definite accusative	partiyi	partileri
Dative	partiye	partilere
Locative	partide	partilerde
Ablative	partiden	partilerden
Genitive	partinin	partilerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular partim partilerim 2nd singular partin partilerin 3rd singular partisi partileri 1st plural partimiz partilerimiz 2nd plural partiniz partileriniz 3rd plural partileri partileri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular partimi partilerimi 2nd singular partini partilerini 3rd singular partisini partilerini 1st plural partimizi partilerimizi 2nd plural partinizi partilerinizi 3rd plural partilerini partilerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular partime partilerime 2nd singular partine partilerine 3rd singular partisine partilerine 1st plural partimize partilerimize 2nd plural partinize partilerinize 3rd plural partilerine partilerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular partimde partilerimde 2nd singular partinde partilerinde 3rd singular partisinde partilerinde 1st plural partimizde partilerimizde 2nd plural partinizde partilerinizde 3rd plural partilerinde partilerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular partimden partilerimden 2nd singular partinden partilerinden 3rd singular partisinden partilerinden 1st plural partimizden partilerimizden 2nd plural partinizden partilerinizden 3rd plural partilerinden partilerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular partimin partilerimin 2nd singular partinin partilerinin 3rd singular partisinin partilerinin 1st plural partimizin partilerimizin 2nd plural partinizin partilerinizin 3rd plural partilerinin partilerinin

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “parti”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French partie.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpartɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈparti/
• Rhymes: -artɪ

Noun

parti m (plural partïon or partïau)

1. party

Mutation

Mutated forms of parti

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
parti	barti	mharti	pharti

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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