bipartisan

See also: bi-partisan

English

Alternative forms

• bi-partisan

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwi-

Proto-Italic *dwi-

Latin bi-bor.

English bi-

English partisan

English bipartisan

From bi- + partisan.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbaɪˈpɑː(ɹ).tɪ.zæn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /baɪˈpɑɹ.tə.sən/, /-zən/

Adjective

bipartisan (not comparable)

1. (politics) Relating to, or supported by two groups, especially by two political parties.

   a bipartisan bill

   • 2010 February 11, Derek Thompson, “Bipartisan Jobs Bill Receives Bipartisan Boos”, in The Atlantic‎^[1], retrieved 17 February 2023:

     The derision for this bipartisan bill is—sigh—bipartisan. Hugh Hewitt scoffs at the idea that employers will respond to a $1000 gimmick.

   • 2023 May 31, Tammy Samuel, Fergus McLaverty, “The political picture: what lies ahead for Britain's railways?”, in RAIL, number 984, page 30:

     As a city with over two centuries of rail expertise and home to the country's largest train factory, this announcement received bipartisan support.

Usage notes

Bipartisan is more common in countries where the two-party system prevails, like the United States, Jamaica, and Malta. Cross-party is the usual and preferable description for countries with the multi-party system even if two parties are dominant.

Derived terms

• bipartisanism
• bipartisanly
• bipartisanship

Translations

relating to, or supported by two groups, especially by two political parties

• Finnish: kaksipuolueinen
• French: bipartisan (fr)
• Galician: bipartidista m or f
• Georgian: ორპარტიული (orṗarṭiuli)
• German: parteiübergreifend (de), überparteilich
• Greek: δικομματικός (el) (dikommatikós)
• Ido: dupartisana, dupartisala (io)
• Italian: bipartisan (it)
• Polish: obupartyjny, dwupartyjny (pl)
• Portuguese: bipartidário m, bipartidária f
• Russian: двухпарти́йный (ru) (dvuxpartíjnyj)
• Swedish: blocköverskridande (sv)
• Turkish: iki partili
• Vietnamese: lưỡng đảng

French

Adjective

bipartisan (feminine bipartisane, masculine plural bipartisans, feminine plural bipartisanes)

1. bipartisan

Further reading

• “bipartisan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bipartisan (though commonly pronounced: /biˈpar.ti.zan/).

Adjective

bipartisan (invariable)

1. bipartisan