parts

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (US):(file)
  • IPA(key): /pɑːts/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːts

Noun

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parts

  1. plural of part

Noun

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parts pl (plural only)

  1. Intellectual ability or learning.
    He was a man of great parts but little virtue.
  2. (usually with “these”, colloquial) Vicinity, region.
    • 1854, Lord Cockburn, Memoir of Thomas Thomson, Scotland Bannatyne Club, page 241:
      We intend being at Leamington before long, unless some change in the weather should make our stay in these parts more tolerable.
  3. (euphemistic) The genitals, short for private parts.

Hyponyms

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Verb

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parts

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of part

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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parts

  1. plural of part (birthing)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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parts

  1. plural of part (division, portion)
    les parts (genitals, privates parts)

Etymology 3

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Adjective

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parts

  1. masculine plural of part (Parthian)

Noun

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parts

  1. masculine plural of part

Chinese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From English parts. Compare Japanese パーツ (pātsu).

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Noun

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parts

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, chiefly engineering) part; component

See also

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References

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French

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Noun

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parts f

  1. plural of part

Icelandic

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Noun

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parts

  1. indefinite genitive singular of partur

Swedish

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Noun

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parts

  1. indefinite genitive singular of part

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