party
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɑː.ti/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈpɑɹ.ti/, [ˈpʰɑɹɾi]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈpɑ(ː)ti/, [ˈpʰɑ(ː)ɾi]
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ti
- Hyphenation: par‧ty
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English party, partye, partie, from Anglo-Norman partie, from Medieval Latin partīta (“a part, party”), from Latin partīta, feminine of partītus, past participle of partīrī (“to divide”); see part. Doublet of partita.

Noun[edit]
party (plural parties)
- (law) A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.
- The contract requires that the party of the first part pay the fee.
- 1612, Sir John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued
- if the Jury had found that the party slain had been of English race and nation, it had been adjudged felony
- A person.
- (slang, dated) A person; an individual.
- He is a queer party.
- 1887, H. Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure[1]:
- `These young parties have a way of looking at one, sir,' he would say apologetically, `which I don't call respectable.'
- With to: an accessory, someone who takes part.
- I can't possibly be a party to that kind of reckless behaviour.
- (slang, dated) A person; an individual.
- (now rare in general sense) A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Ch.6:
- A mile back in the forest the tribe had heard the fierce challenge of the gorilla, and, as was his custom when any danger threatened, Kerchak called his people together, partly for mutual protection against a common enemy, since this gorilla might be but one of a party of several, and also to see that all members of the tribe were accounted for.
- (role-playing games, online gaming) Active player characters organized into a single group.
- (video games) A group of characters controlled by the player.
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Ch.6:
- (politics) A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues and campaigning to take part in government.
- The green party took 12% of the vote.
- 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314:
- "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. […] A strong man—a strong one; and a heedless." ¶ "Of what party is he?" she inquired, as though casually.
- 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four[2], page 103:
- The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
- (military) A discrete detachment of troops, especially for a particular purpose.
- The settlers were attacked early next morning by a scouting party.
- A group of persons collected or gathered together for some particular purpose.
- A gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing.
- I'm throwing a huge party for my 21st birthday.
- 2016 April 3, “Congressional Fundraising”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 7, HBO:
- So-So, tonight, tonight, let’s look at where that time actually goes, and let’s begin with the most obvious form of fundraising: fundraisers. These are usually shitty parties in D.C. bars, restaurants, or townhouses, and there are a lot of them! The Sunlight Foundation estimates that, in the last election cycle, members of Congress held over 28 hundred fundraisers! Washington is like Rod Stewart’s haircut: party in the front, party in the back, frankly too much party and no business anywhere to be found!
- 2017, “Any Party”, in Pleasure, performed by Feist:
- You know I’d leave any party for you / 'Cause no party’s so sweet as a party of two
- A group of people traveling or attending an event together, or participating in the same activity.
- We're expecting a large party from the London office.
- Do you have a table available for a party of four?
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:
- We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner.
- A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.
- Tupperware party
- lingerie party
- A gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing.
- (obsolete) A part or division.
- 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum xv”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book II, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, OCLC 71490786; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034:
- And so the moost party of the castel that was falle doune thorugh that dolorous stroke laye vpon Pellam and balyn thre dayes.
Synonyms[edit]
- (social gathering): bash, do, rave
- See also Thesaurus:party
Hyponyms[edit]
- afterparty
- agrarian party
- bachelorette party
- bachelor party
- beach party
- block party
- boarding party
- bucks' party
- charter party
- cocktail party
- coming-out party
- communist party, Communist Party
- concert party
- Conservative party
- costume party
- dinner party
- fatigue party
- garden party
- green party
- hen party
- house party
- Independence Party
- keg party
- landing party
- LAN party
- lawn party
- major party
- minor party
- mushroom party
- necktie party
- party of the first part
- party of the second part
- political party
- pool party
- prevailing party
- rescue party
- sausage party
- search party
- slumber party
- splinter party
- stag party
- surprise party
- tailgate party
- tea party
- third party
- toga party
- Tupperware party
- war party
- wedding party
- working party
- work party
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- come to the party
- late to the party
- life of the party
- part
- partisan
- party and party costs
- party animal
- party blower
- party boss
- party boy
- party bus
- party-coated
- party costs
- party crasher
- party dress
- party favor
- party game
- party girl
- party jury
- party leader
- party line
- party member
- party pie
- party politics
- party pooper
- party puffer
- party school
- party spirit
- party state
- party strengths
- party to the action
- party tray
- party trick
- party wall
- party whip
- skunk at a garden party
- the party is over
- throw a party
Descendants[edit]
- → Bulgarian: парти (parti)
- → Hindi: पार्टी (pārṭī)
- → Japanese: パーティー (pātī)
- → Korean: 파티 (pati)
- → Russian: парти (parti)
Translations[edit]
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Verb[edit]
party (third-person singular simple present parties, present participle partying, simple past and past participle partied)
- (intransitive) To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.
- We partied until the early hours.
- (intransitive, slang, euphemistic) To take recreational drugs.
- 2004, Daniel Nicholas Shields, Firewoman:
- “Miss, do you party?” the boy asked. “What?” Jennifer asked back. “Do you smoke? I'll get you some cheap. One American dollar equals forty Jamaican dollars. I'll get you as much of the stuff as you need.”
- (intransitive) To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.
- (online gaming, intransitive) To form a party (with).
- If you want to beat that monster, you should party with a healer.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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References[edit]
Party (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
party on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English party, from Old French parti (“parted”), from Latin partītus (“parted”), past participle of partiri (“to divide”). More at part.
Adjective[edit]
party (not comparable)
- Of a fence or wall: shared by two properties and serving to divide them.
- 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt
- Now converging, now diverging, these fences presented a striking irregularity of contour. No fence was party, nor any part of any fence.
- 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt
- (obsolete, except in compounds) Divided; in part.
- (heraldry) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries.
- an escutcheon party per pale
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “party” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “party” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams[edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch partij, from Middle Dutch partie, from Old French partie.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
party (plural partye)
- party (group, especially a political one)
Determiner[edit]
party
Chinese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English party. Doublet of 派對 and 趴體.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
party
Czech[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
party f
- party (gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing)
Synonyms[edit]
- See večírek
Related terms[edit]
- See part
Further reading[edit]
- party in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- party in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
party f or m (plural party's, diminutive party'tje n)
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
party m or f (plural parties or partys)
Usage notes[edit]
party has two genders in French: In Canada, it is a masculine noun, and in France it is a feminine noun.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “party”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
party m (invariable)
- party (social gathering)
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
party n (definite singular partyet, indefinite plural party or partyer, definite plural partya or partyene)
- a party (social event)
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- “party” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
party n (definite singular partyet, indefinite plural party, definite plural partya)
- a party (social event)
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- “party” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Participle[edit]
party
Declension[edit]
case | singular | plural | |||||
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masculine personal/animate | masculine inanimate | neuter | feminine | virile | nonvirile | ||
nominative, vocative | party | parte | parta | parci | parte | ||
genitive | partego | partej | partych | ||||
dative | partemu | partym | |||||
accusative | partego | party | parte | partą | partych | parte | |
instrumental | partym | partymi | |||||
locative | partej | partych |
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
party
- Obsolete spelling of parti
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English party.
Noun[edit]
party n (plural party-uri)
- party (group of persons collected or gathered together for some particular purpose)
- Synonym: petrecere
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) party | party-ul | (niște) party-uri | party-urile |
genitive/dative | (unui) party | party-ului | (unor) party-uri | party-urilor |
vocative | party-ule | party-urilor |
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English party. Doublet of partida.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
party m (plural partys or parties)
- party (clarification of this definition is needed)
Usage notes[edit]
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading[edit]
- “party”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English party. Doublet of parti.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
party n
Declension[edit]
Declension of party | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | party | partyt | partyn | partyna |
Genitive | partys | partyts | partyns | partynas |
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