Meaning

8 senses
  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

    an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest

  3. Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest.

    A member of a business or law partnership.

    Gesellschafter, Gesellschafterin

    партнёрpartnjór, партнёршаpartnjórša, това́рищtovárišč

    a person who is a member of a partnership

  4. A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic, or sexual bond.

    Partner, Partnerin, Lebensgefährte

    супру́гsuprúg, супру́гаsuprúga, партнёрpartnjór

    партне́рpartnér, партне́ркаpartnérka, супру́гsuprúh

  5. Someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance.

  6. Someone with whom one plays on the same side in a game, such as card games or doubles tennis.

    Partner, Partnerin

    партнёрpartnjór, партнёршаpartnjórša

  7. 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.

  8. (Jamaica)A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period.

Examples

526 sentences
  1. Tom is my partner.

    Том — мій партнер. — deniko

    ruТом - мой партнёр. — marafon

  2. I've got a partner.

    Я маю партнера. — deniko

  3. You're a good partner.

    Ти добрий партнер. — deniko

    ruТы хороший партнер. — sharptoothed

  4. Tom was never my partner.

    Том ніколи не був моїм партнером. — deniko

  5. Tom is a good partner.

    Том — добрий партнер. — deniko

    ruТом - хороший партнёр. — marafon

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest:
spouse, domestic, or romantic partner:
Русский
By meaning 2
someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest:
spouse, domestic, or romantic partner:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest:
a member of a business or law partnership:
spouse, domestic, or romantic partner:

Origin

From Middle English partener, partiner, alteration (due to Middle English part) of Middle

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.

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