partner

A1 Topic:Family & Relationships

Also spelled pardner

US /ˈpɑɹt.nɚ/ UK /ˈpɑːt.nə(ɹ)/ See IPA manual

Freq #1074

Meanings

1

noun
A person you do an activity or share a business with.

She started the company with her business partner.
2

noun
The person you are married to or in a romantic relationship with.

He brought his partner to the wedding.
3

verb
To join with someone to do or perform something together.

The two companies partnered to launch a new product.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person you do an activity... collaborator

2 noun · the person you are married... mate

Word family

Forms copartnercopartnerspardnerspartneredpartneringpartners

Derived forms antipartnerbedpartnercopartnercyberpartnerex-partnerexpartnerheteropartnerinterpartnermulti-partnernonpartnerpartnerdompartnerial

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silent partner
a business partner who invests money but does not take part in everyday management

Adjective + noun

Simplified etymology

Partner is an altered form of parcener ‘partner, joint heir’, borrowed from Anglo-Norman French and based ultimately on the Latin word for partition. Its c was changed to t under the influence of part. The use for a spouse dates from the early 17th century.

Etymology

From Middle English partener, partiner, alteration (due to Middle English part) of Middle English parcener, from Old French parçonier, parçonneour (“joint heir”) from parçon (“partition”), from Latin partītiōnem, singular accusative of partītiō (“portion”). The word may also represent Old French part tenour (“part holder”). Compare also Middle English partifere (“partner”), partifelewe (“partner”). Doublet of parcener.

partener Middle English parçonier Old French partītiōnem Latin

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# partner

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈpɑɹt.nɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpɑːt.nə(ɹ)/
**Frequency rank:** 1074

## Meanings
1. A person you do an activity or share a business with.
2. The person you are married to or in a romantic relationship with.
3. To join with someone to do or perform something together.

## Examples
- She started the company with her business partner.
- He brought his partner to the wedding.
- The two companies partnered to launch a new product.

## Derived Forms
- antipartner
- bedpartner
- copartner
- cyberpartner
- ex-partner
- expartner
- heteropartner
- interpartner
- multi-partner
- nonpartner
- partnerdom
- partnerial

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: partener
- Root: parçonier
- Root: partītiōnem

## Etymology
From Middle English partener, partiner, alteration (due to Middle English part) of Middle English parcener, from Old French parçonier, parçonneour (“joint heir”) from parçon (“partition”), from Latin partītiōnem, singular accusative of partītiō (“portion”). The word may also represent Old French part tenour (“part holder”). Compare also Middle English partifere (“partner”), partifelewe (“partner”). Doublet of parcener.

## AI Etymology
Partner comes from Middle English partener, partiner, alteration (due to Middle English part) of Middle English parcener, from Old French parçonier, parçonneour (“joint heir”) from parçon (“partition”), from Latin partītiōnem, singular accusative of partītiō (“portion”). The word may also represent Old French part tenour (“part holder”). Compare also Middle English partifere (“partner”), partifelewe (“partner”). Doublet of parcener. Modern senses include a person you do an activity or share a business with and the person you are married to or in a romantic relationship with. The wider word family includes derivatives such as antipartner, bedpartner, copartner, cyberpartner, ex-partner, and expartner.

## Topics
- Family & Relationships

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