party

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See also: Party, partý, párty, and парти

English

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ti
  • Hyphenation: par‧ty

Etymology 1

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 partior (“to divide”); see part. Doublet of partita.

A birthday party (def. 6.1) for a child

Noun

party (plural parties)

  1. (law) A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.
    The contract requires that the party of the first part pay the fee.
    • 1612, Sir John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued
      if the Jury had found that the party slain had been of English race and nation, it had been adjudged felony
  2. A person.
    1. (slang, dated) A person; an individual.
      He is a queer party.
      • 1887, H. Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure‎[1]:
        `These young parties have a way of looking at one, sir,' he would say apologetically, `which I don't call respectable.'
    2. With to: an accessory, someone who takes part.
      I can't possibly be a party to that kind of reckless behaviour.
  3. (now rare in general sense) A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.
    • 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Ch.6:
      A mile back in the forest the tribe had heard the fierce challenge of the gorilla, and, as was his custom when any danger threatened, Kerchak called his people together, partly for mutual protection against a common enemy, since this gorilla might be but one of a party of several, and also to see that all members of the tribe were accounted for.
    1. (roleplaying games, online gaming) Active player characters organized into a single group.
    2. (video games) A group of characters controlled by the player.
  5. (politics) A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues and campaigning to take part in government.
    The green party took 12% of the vote.
    • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
      "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. […] A strong man—a strong one; and a heedless." ¶ "Of what party is he?" she inquired, as though casually.
    • 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four‎[2], page 103:
      The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
  6. (military) A discrete detachment of troops, especially for a particular purpose.
    The settlers were attacked early next morning by a scouting party.
  7. A group of persons collected or gathered together for some particular purpose.
    1. A gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing.
      I'm throwing a huge party for my 21st birthday.
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      • 2017, “Any Party”, in Pleasure, performed by Feist:
        You know I’d leave any party for you / 'Cause no party’s so sweet as a party of two
    2. A group of people traveling or attending an event together, or participating in the same activity.
      We're expecting a large party from the London office.
      Do you have a table available for a party of four?
    3. A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.
      Tupperware party
      lingerie party
  8. (obsolete) A part or division.
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      And so the moost party of the castel that was falle doune thorugh that dolorous stroke laye vpon Pellam and balyn thre dayes.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Derived terms of party (noun)
Descendants
  • → Bulgarian: парти (parti)
  • → Hindi: पार्टी (pārṭī)
  • → Japanese: パーティー (pātī)
  • → Korean: 파티 (pati)
  • → Russian: парти (parti)
Translations

Verb

party (third-person singular simple present parties, present participle partying, simple past and past participle partied)

  1. (intransitive) To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.
    We partied until the early hours.
  2. (intransitive, slang, euphemistic) To take recreational drugs.
    • 2004, Daniel Nicholas Shields, Firewoman:
      “Miss, do you party?” the boy asked. “What?” Jennifer asked back. “Do you smoke? I'll get you some cheap. One American dollar equals forty Jamaican dollars. I'll get you as much of the stuff as you need.”
  3. (intransitive) To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.
  4. (online gaming, intransitive) To form a party (with).
    If you want to beat that monster, you should party with a healer.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English party, from Old French parti (“parted”), from Latin partītus (“parted”), past participle of partiri (“to divide”). More at part.

Adjective

party (not comparable)

  1. Of a fence or wall: shared by two properties and serving to divide them.
    • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:
      Now converging, now diverging, these fences presented a striking irregularity of contour. No fence was party, nor any part of any fence.
  2. (obsolete, except in compounds) Divided; in part.
  3. (heraldry) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries.
    an escutcheon party per pale
Derived terms
Derived terms of party (adjective)

Further reading

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch partij, from Middle Dutch partie, from Old French partie.

Pronunciation

Noun

party (plural partye)

  1. party (group, especially a political one)

Determiner

party

  1. some, a few

Chinese

Etymology

From English party. Doublet of 派對／派对 (pàiduì) and 趴體／趴体 (pātǐ).

Pronunciation

Noun

party

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) party

References

Czech

Alternative forms

Noun

party f

  1. party (gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing)

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Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English party.

Pronunciation

Noun

party f or m (plural party's, diminutive party'tje n)

  1. party

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Derived terms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English party.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paʁ.ti/, (Quebec) /paʁ.te/
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Noun

party m or f (plural parties or partys)

  1. (Canada) party (social gathering)

Usage notes

party has two genders in French: In Canada, it is a masculine noun, and in France it is a feminine noun.

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English party.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

party m (invariable)

  1. party (social gathering)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English party.

Noun

party n (definite singular partyet, indefinite plural party or partyer, definite plural partya or partyene)

  1. a party (social event)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English party.

Noun

party n (definite singular partyet, indefinite plural party, definite plural partya)

  1. a party (social event)

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Polish

Pronunciation

Participle

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  1. masculine singular passive adjectival participle of przeć

Declension

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Portuguese

Verb

party

  1. Obsolete spelling of parti.

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English party.

Noun

party n (plural party-uri)

  1. party (group of persons collected or gathered together for some particular purpose)
    Synonym: petrecere

Declension

Declension of party
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) party party-ul (niște) party-uri party-urile
genitive/dative (unui) party party-ului (unor) party-uri party-urilor
vocative party-ule party-urilor

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English party. Doublet of partida.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaɾti/ [ˈpaɾ.t̪i]

Noun

party m (plural partys or parties)

  1. party (clarification of this definition is needed)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English party. Doublet of parti.

Pronunciation

Noun

party n

  1. party; social gathering
    Synonyms: fest, kalas

Declension

Declension of party 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative party partyt partyn partyna
Genitive partys partyts partyns partynas
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