a parte
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally, “at side”.
Adverb[edit]
- aside
- Synonyms: da parte, in disparte
- scherzi a parte ― jokes aside
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Ancient Greek ἀνὰ μέρος (anà méros).
Adverb[edit]
a parte (not comparable)
- (Late Latin) in turn
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see a, pars.
References[edit]
- Souter, Alexander (1949) “pars”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.[1], 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 287