part

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pɑːt/
• (General American) enPR: pärt, IPA: /pɑɹt/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /pɐːt/

Noun

part (plural parts)

1. A portion; a component.
   1. A fraction of a whole.
      • Gaul is divided into three parts.
   2. A distinct element of something larger.
      • The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle.
   3. A group inside a larger group.
   4. Share, especially of a profit.
      • I want my part of the bounty.
   5. A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
      • The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water.
   6. 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
   7. A section of a document.
      • Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2.
   8. A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
   9. (mathematics, dated) A factor.
      • 3 is a part of 12.
   10. (US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.
2. Duty; responsibility.
   • to do one’s part
   1. Position or role (especially in a play).
      • We all have a part to play.
   2. (music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
      • The first violin part in this concerto is very challenging.
   3. Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".
3. (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
   • The part of his hair was slightly to the left.
4. (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
5. A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.

Verb

part (third-person singular simple present parts, present participle parting, simple past and past participle parted)

1. (intransitive) To leave the company of.
2. To cut hair with a parting; shed.
3. (transitive) To divide in two.
   • to part the curtains
4. (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated; shed.
   • A rope parts.  His hair parts in the middle.
5. (transitive, now rare) To divide up; to share.
6. (obsolete) To have a part or share; to partake.
7. To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
8. (obsolete) To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
9. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
   • to part gold from silver
10. (transitive, archaic) To leave; to quit.
11. (transitive, Internet) To leave (an IRC channel).

Adjective

part (not comparable)

1. Fractional; partial.
   • Fred was part owner of the car.

Adverb

part (not comparable)

1. Partly; partially; fractionally.
   • Part finished

Anagrams

• TRAP, patr-, prat, rapt, rtPA, tarp, trap

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA: /ˈpaɾt/
• (Central) IPA: /ˈpart/
• (Central, colloquial) IPA: /ˈpar/
• (Alghero) IPA: /ˈpaɫt/

Noun

part m (plural parts)

1. birthing (act of giving birth)
   • Synonyms: deslliurament, desocupament
2. (figuratively) birth of an idea

Noun

part f (plural parts)

1. part, portion

Adjective

part (feminine parta, masculine plural parts, feminine plural partes)

1. Parthian

Noun

part m (plural parts, feminine parta)

1. Parthian

Related terms

• Pàrtia

Pronunciation

Noun

part

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) part, portion, or component of the whole
   • 份卷呢一part我全部都唔識。 [Cantonese, trad.] 份卷呢一part我全部都唔识。 [Cantonese, simp.]
     • fan⁶ gyun² ni¹ jat¹ paat¹ ngo⁵ cyun⁴ bou⁶ dou¹ m⁴ sik¹. [Jyutping]
     • I don't know how to do any of the questions in this part of the paper.

Classifier

part

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Classifier for part, portion, or component of the whole.
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Classifier for the activity of dancing.

Related terms

• parts (paat1 si2)

Pronunciation

Verb

part

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to partner with
   • 我part住佢做嘢好開心。 [Cantonese, trad.] 我part住佢做嘢好开心。 [Cantonese, simp.]
     • ngo⁵ paat¹ zyu⁶ keoi⁵ zou⁶ je⁵ hou² hoi¹ sam¹. [Jyutping]
     • I have great pleasure in partnering with him in work.
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to partner in doing something
   • 我唔想同佢part呢首歌。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
     • ngo⁵ m⁴ soeng² tung⁴ keoi⁵ paat¹ ni¹ sau² go¹. [Jyutping]
     • I don't want to partner with him in singing this song.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈpart]

Noun

part m inan

1. part (the melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɑrt/

Noun

part n (plural parten, diminutive partje n)

1. part

Noun

part (genitive pardi, partitive parti)

1. duck

Noun

part m

1. participle accusative singular of partur
   • fyri ein part - partial

Pronunciation

• IPA: /paʁ/

Noun

part f (plural parts)

1. share
   • une grande part ― a large share
2. portion, part, slice
   • une grande part de tarte ― a large portion of cake
   • pour ma part ― for my part, as far as I'm concerned, as for me
   • pour la part de mon ami

     • as far as my friend's concerned, as for my friend
3. proportion
   • une grande part de quelque chose ― a large proportion of something
   • il y a une grande part de fiction dans son récit

     • his/her account is highly fictional

Verb

part

1. third-person singular present indicative of partir

Noun

part m (plural parts)

1. newborn

Noun

part f (plural parts)

1. part

Noun

part m (plural parts)

1. delivery, birth, childbirth

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈpɒrt]
• Hyphenation: part

Noun

part (plural partok)

1. shore, coast, bank, beach

Noun

part

1. indefinite accusative singular of partur

Alternative forms

• pert

Noun

part f (plural part)

1. part

Alternative forms

• parde, paart, parte, perte

Noun

part (plural partes)

1. part

Pronunciation

• IPA: /part/
• Syllabification: part

Noun

part m inan

1. thick hemp or linen fabric
   • Hypernym: płótno
2. twine braided tape
   • Hypernym: taśma

Noun

part m inan

1. (music) part
   • Synonym: partia
2. (regional, fishing) share of the catch for each fisherman
   • Hypernyms: część, dola, udział

Adjective

part m or n (feminine singular partă, masculine plural parți, feminine and neuter plural parte)

1. Parthian (relating to Parthia)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɑːʈ/

Noun

part c

1. part, piece
2. party (law: person), stakeholder
   • att vara part i målet

     • to have a stake in the claim, to partial, to be biased
   • arbetsmarknadens parter

     • the stakeholders of the labour market, i.e. trade unions and employers' organizations

Anagrams

• prat

Noun

part

1. bench

Verb

part (simple past parthed or parthet)

1. to part