partner
pronunciation
How to pronounce partner in British English:
UK [ˈpɑːtnə(r)]
How to pronounce partner in American English:
US [ˈpɑːrtnər]
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- Noun:
- a person's partner in marriage
- an associate who works with others toward a common goal
- a person who is a member of a partnership
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- Verb:
- provide with a partner
- act as a partner
Word Origin
- partner
- partner: [14] Partner is related to part – but not quite so directly as might appear. When it first entered the language it was in the form parcener [13], which remains in existence as a legal term meaning ‘joint heir’. This came via Anglo- Norman parcener ‘partner’ from Vulgar Latin *partiōnārius, a derivative of Latin partītiō ‘partition’ (source of English partition [15]). This in turn was based on the verb partīrī ‘divide up’, a derivative of pars ‘part’. The change from parcener to partner began in the 14th century, prompted by the similarity to part.=> part, partition
- partner (n.)
- c. 1300, altered from parcener (late 13c.), from Old French parçonier "partner, associate; joint owner, joint heir," from parçon "partition, division. portion, share, lot," from Latin partitionem (nominative partitio) "a sharing, partition, division, distribution" (see partition (n.)). Form in English influenced by part (n.). The word also may represent Old French part tenour "part holder."
- partner (v.)
- 1610s, transitive, "to make a partner," from partner (n.). Intransitive sense from 1961. Related: Partnered; partnering.
Synonym
Example
- 1. At least one has a foreign partner .
- 2. But of course sometimes their partner will understand .
- 3. Another is to partner with someone else .
- 4. China is australia 's biggest trading partner .
- 5. Sometimes not even the marriage partner is aware .