partnership

English

Etymology

From partner +‎ -ship. Cognate with West Frisian partnerskip (“partnership”), Dutch partnerschap (“partnership”), Low German Partnerschop (“partnership”), German Partnerschaft (“partnership”), Danish partnerskab (“partnership”), Danish partnerskab (“partnership”), Norwegian Bokmål partnerskap (“partnership”), Norwegian Nynorsk partnerskap (“partnership”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːtnəʃɪp/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑɹtnɚʃɪp/

• Audio (Australia):

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Noun

partnership (countable and uncountable, plural partnerships)

1. The state of being associated with a partner.

   scientists working in close partnership with colleagues overseas

2. An association of two or more people to conduct a business.

   forge a partnership

3. (cricket) The period when two specific batsmen are batting, from the fall of one wicket until the fall of the next; the number of runs scored during this period.

Derived terms

• civil partnership
• copartnership
• domestic partnership
• general partnership
• limited partnership
• multipartnership
• prepartnership
• public/private partnership
• public private partnership
• public-private partnership
• social partnership
• subpartnership

Translations

state of being associated with a partner

• Belarusian: партнёрства n (partnjórstva)
• Bulgarian: партньо́рство n (partnjórstvo), съдру́жие (bg) n (sădrúžie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 合夥關係 / 合伙关系 (héhuǒ guānxì), 合作關係 / 合作关系 (hézuò guānxì), 夥伴關係 / 伙伴关系 (huǒbàn guānxì)

• Czech: partnerství (cs) n
• Danish: partnerskab n
• Dutch: maatschap (nl), partnerschap (nl)
• Esperanto: partnereco
• Faroese: parlag n
• Finnish: kumppanuus (fi)
• French: partenariat (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: partnerskip n

• German: Partnerschaft (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰 f (daila)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: κοινωνία f (koinōnía)

• Hungarian: élettársi kapcsolat
• Italian: partenariato (it) m
• Kazakh: әріптестік (äriptestik), серіктестік (seriktestik)
• Latin: consortium n
• Macedonian: партнерство n (partnerstvo)
• Malay: perkongsian (ms)
• Manx: commeeys m
• Māori: patuitanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: partnerskap n

  Nynorsk: partnarskap m or n

• Polish: partnerstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: parceria (pt) f
• Romansh: partenadi m
• Russian: партнёрство (ru) n (partnjórstvo)
• Sami:

  Northern Sami: guoibmevuohta

• Scottish Gaelic: companas m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: па̏ртнерство n

  Latin: pȁrtnerstvo (sh) n

• Slovak: partnerstvo n
• Slovene: partnerstvo n
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: partnerstwo n

• Spanish: asociación (es) f, colaboración (es) f, compadraje (es) m, compadrazgo (es) m, compadreo (es) m
• Swedish: partnerskap (sv) n
• Turkish: ortaklık (tr)
• Ukrainian: партне́рство n (partnérstvo)
• Welsh: partneriaeth (cy) f
• Yiddish: שותּפֿות n (shutfes)

association of two or more people to conduct a business

• Arabic: شِرَاكَة f (širāka)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: партнёрства n (partnjórstva), тавары́ства n (tavarýstva)
• Bengali: অংশীদারি কারবার (oṅśidari karbar)
• Bulgarian: партньо́рство n (partnjórstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 合股關係 / 合股关系 (hégǔ guānxì), 合夥企業 / 合伙企业 (héhuǒ qǐyè)

• Czech: partnerství (cs) n
• Dutch: vennootschap (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: henkilöyhtiö (fi)
• French: compagnie (fr) f, société (fr) f
• Georgian: პარტნიორობა (ṗarṭnioroba)
• German: Personengesellschaft f
• Hausa: tarayya (ha)
• Hindi: भागीदारी f (bhāgīdārī)
• Hungarian: partnerség (hu)
• Indonesian: kemitraan (id), perusahaan persekutuan
• Italian: società (it) f, cooperazione (it) f, collaborazione (it), partnership (it)
• Japanese: パートナーシップ (ja) (pātonāshippu), 協力関係 (きょうりょくかんけい, kyōryokukankei)
• Kazakh: әріптестік (äriptestik), серіктестік (seriktestik)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 파트너십 (pateuneosip)
• Latin: consortium f
• Lithuanian: partnerystė f
• Macedonian: партнерство n (partnerstvo)
• Malay: perkongsian (ms)
• Māori: patuitanga
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: partnerskap n

  Nynorsk: partnarskap m or n

• Persian: شراکت (fa) (šerâkat)
• Polish: spółka partnerska f
• Portuguese: sociedade (pt) f
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਸਾਂਝ (pa) f (sāñjh)

  Shahmukhi: سان٘جھ f (sāṉjh)

• Russian: партнёрство (ru) n (partnjórstvo), това́рищество (ru) n (továriščestvo)
• Scottish Gaelic: companas m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: па̏ртнерство n, дру́штво n

  Latin: pȁrtnerstvo (sh) n, drúštvo (sh) n

• Slovak: partnerstvo n
• Slovene: partnerstvo n
• Spanish: compañía (es) f, sociedad (es) f, consorcio (es) m, alianza (es) f, compaña (es) f, partenariado m, cheral (es) m
• Tagalog: bakasan
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: ortaklık (tr)
• Ukrainian: партне́рство n (partnérstvo), товари́ство (uk) n (tovarýstvo)
• Urdu: شراکت (ur) f (śirākat)
• Vietnamese: công ty hợp danh (公司合名)

cricket

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can

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