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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Holonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Related terms 1.3.5 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Adjective 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 Adverb 1.6.1 Derived terms 1.6.2 Translations 1.7 Preposition 1.8 External links 1.9 Anagrams 2 Catalan 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Pronunciation 2.1.2 Noun 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Pronunciation 2.2.2 Noun 2.3 Etymology 3 2.3.1 Pronunciation 2.3.2 Adjective 2.3.3 Noun 3 Estonian 3.1 Noun 4 Faroese 4.1 Noun 5 French 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronunciation 5.3 Noun 5.3.1 Synonyms 5.4 Verb 5.4.1 Related terms 5.4.2 Derived terms 6 Hungarian 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Declension 6.2.2 Derived terms 7 Swedish 7.1 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English part from Old French part from Latin partem, accusative of pars (“‘piece, portion, share, side, party, faction, role, character, lot, fate, task, lesson, part, member’”). Akin to portio (“‘a portion, part’”), parare (“‘to make ready, prepare’”). Displaced Middle English del, dele "part" (from Old English dǣl "part, distribution"), Middle English dale "part, portion" (from Old English dāl "portion"), Middle English sliver "part, portion" (from Middle English sliven "to cut, cleave" from Old English (tō)slīfan "to split").

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pɑːt/, SAMPA: /pA:t/
• (US) IPA: /pɑɹt/, SAMPA: /pAr\t/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)t

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part (plural parts)

1. A fraction of a whole; a portion. ^{syn. transl.}

   Gaul is divided into three parts.

2. A distinct element or component.

   The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle.

3. A group inside a larger group. ^{syn. transl.}
4. Duty; responsibility.

   to do one’s part

5. Share, especially of a profit.

   I want my part of the bounty.

6. Position or role (especially in a play).

   We all have a part to play.

7. A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.

   The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water.

8. 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
9. A section of a document.

   Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2.

10. (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions. ^{syn. transl.}

    The part of his hair was slightly to the left.

11. (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.

12. (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds. ^syn.

[edit] Synonyms

• (fraction of a whole ^{def. transl.}): portion, component, element
• (group within a larger group ^{def. transl.}): faction, party
• (position or role ^{def. transl.}): position, role
• (hair dividing line ^{def. transl.}): parting (UK)
• (Hebrew calendar unit ^def.): chelek
• See also Wikisaurus:part

[edit] Holonyms

• whole

[edit] Derived terms

• part and parcel
• part of speech

[edit] Related terms

• apartment
• depart
• impart
• partial
• participate
• participle
• partisan
• partitive
• partner
• party

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To leave.
2. To cut hair with a parting.
3. (transitive) To divide in two.

   to part the curtains

4. (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated.
5. (transitive, computing) To leave (an IRC channel).

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• part ways

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part (not comparable)

1. Fractional, partial.

   Fred was part owner of the car.

[edit] Translations

• (fractional, partial): See partial.

[edit] Adverb

part (comparative more part, superlative most part)

1. Partly, partially, fractionally.

[edit] Derived terms

• take part

[edit] Translations

• (partially, fractionally): See partially.

[edit] Preposition

part

1. (often as “part (something), part (something else)”) partially composed of
   • 1919, Henry Seidel Canby, Ph. D., Making of America Project: New Books Reviewed, page 711:

     “ We cannot make a plodding and sensible community—a Holland or a Pennsylvania—out of a national personality which, whether by harsh circumstance or native tendency, is now part genius, part fanatic, and part hard-headed materialist.”

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• part in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• part in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

[edit] Anagrams

• prat
• rapt
• tarp
• trap

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin partus.

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• IPA: [páɾt]
• (Alghero) IPA: [pált]

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part m. (plural parts)

1. A birth.
2. (figuratively) The birth of an idea.

[edit] Etymology 2

From Latin partem, accusative of pars.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [páɾt]
• (Alghero) IPA: [pált]

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part f. (plural parts)

1. A part.

[edit] Etymology 3

From Latin Parthus (“‘Parthia’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [páɾt]
• (Alghero) IPA: [pált]

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part m. sg. (feminine singular parta, masculine plural parts, feminine plural partes)

1. Relating to Parthia; Parthian.

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

1. A Parthian.

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part

1. duck

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part m.

1. part, accusative singular of partur.

   fyri ein part - partial

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin partem.

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•  audio^{help, file}

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part f. (plural parts)

1. share
2. portion, part

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• partie

[edit] Verb

part

1. third-person singular indicative present of partir

[edit] Related terms

• partage
• partager
• partir

[edit] Derived terms

• quelque part

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɒrt/
• Hyphenation: part

[edit] Noun

part (plural partok)

1. shore, bank, beach

[edit] Declension

declension of part singular plural nominative part partok accusative partot partokat dative partnak partoknak instrumental parttal partokkal causal-final partért partokért translative parttá partokká terminative partig partokig essive-formal partként partokként essive-modal - - inessive partban partokban superessive parton partokon adessive partnál partoknál illative partba partokba sublative partra partokra allative parthoz partokhoz elative partból partokból delative partról partokról ablative parttól partoktól

possessives of part possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. partom partjaim 2nd person sing. partod partjaid 3rd person sing. partja partjai 1st person plural partunk partjaink 2nd person plural partotok partjaitok 3rd person plural partjuk partjaik

[edit] Derived terms

• folyópart
• óceánpart
• patakpart
• rakpart
• rakodópart
• tengerpart
• tópart
• vízpart

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part c.

1. party (law: person)