partake

English

Etymology

Back-formation from Middle English part-takinge, part-takynge (“a sharing; partaking”), a calque of the Latin particeps (“participating”), equivalent to a blend of part +‎ take.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pär-tāk', IPA^(key): /pɑɹˈteɪk/
• enPR: pär-tāk', IPA^(key): /pɑːˈteɪk/

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• Rhymes: -eɪk
• Hyphenation: par‧take

Verb

partake (third-person singular simple present partakes, present participle partaking, simple past partook, past participle partaken)

1. (intransitive, formal) To take part in an activity; to participate.
   • John Locke

     Brutes partake in this faculty.

2. (intransitive) To take a share or portion (of or in).

   Will you partake of some food?

3. (intransitive, archaic) To have something of the properties, character, or office (of).
   • Francis Bacon

     The attorney of the Duchy of Lancaster partakes partly of a judge, and partly of an attorney-general.

Translations

to take part in an activity

• Bulgarian: уча́ствам (učástvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 参加 (zh) (cānjiā)

• Czech: účastnit se
• Dutch: deelnemen (nl), participeren (nl)
• Esperanto: partopreni
• Estonian: osa võtma, osalema (et)
• Finnish: osallistua (fi), ottaa osaa (fi)
• French: participer (fr)
• German: teilnehmen (de), mitmachen (de)
• Greek: μοιράζομαι (el) (moirázomai), συνεργώ σε (synergó se), παίρνω μέρος (paírno méros), παίρνω μερίδιο (paírno merídio)

  Ancient: μετέχῳ (metékhōi)

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• Hungarian: részt vesz (hu)
• Irish: bí rannpháirteach
• Italian: partecipare (it)
• Japanese: 参加する (ja) (さんかする, sanka suru)
• Maori: whakauru, kuhu
• Polish: uczestniczyć (pl)
• Portuguese: participar (pt)
• Romanian: participa (ro)
• Russian: принима́ть уча́стие impf (prinimátʹ učástije), приня́ть уча́стие (ru) pf (prinjátʹ učástije), уча́ствовать (ru) impf (učástvovatʹ)
• Spanish: participar (es)
• Swedish: delta (sv)
• Telugu: పాల్గొను (te) (pālgonu)

to share food

• Dutch: mee-eten (nl)
• German: mitessen (de)
• Greek: μεταλαμβάνω (el) (metalamváno), κοινωνώ (el) (koinonó) (of the Sacrament)
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• Irish: caith, glac (of the Sacrament)
• Russian: разделя́ть (ru) impf (razdeljátʹ), раздели́ть (ru) pf (razdelítʹ), отве́дать (ru) pf (otvédatʹ)