partner

See also: Partner

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːt.nə(ɹ)/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑɹt.nɚ/, [ˈpɑɹʔ.nɚ]

• Audio (US):

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• (Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐːt.nə/, /ˈpaːt.nə/
• Hyphenation: part‧ner

Noun

partner (plural partners)

1. Either of a pair of people or things that belong together.
2. Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest.

   business partner

   dance partner

   doubles partner

   speaking partner

   sex partner

   1. A member of a business or law partnership.
      • 1668 July 3, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:

        He Suſpends on theſe Reaſons, that Thomas Rue had granted a general Diſcharge to Adam Muſhet, who was his Conjunct, and correus debendi, after the alleadged Service, which Diſcharged Muſhet, and conſequently Houstoun his Partner.

   2. A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic, or sexual bond.
      • 2023 April 23, Amelia Gentleman, “CPS includes ‘love-bombing’ in guidance on abusive partners prosecution”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 December 2025:

        New guidance on how to prosecute abusive partners for controlling and coercive behaviour has highlighted the phenomenon of love-bombing, a tactic used by suspects to confuse victims and gain more control.

   3. Someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance.
      • 1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter I, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:

        He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. […] But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, […].

   4. Someone with whom one plays on the same side in a game, such as card games or doubles tennis.
3. (nautical) One of the pieces of wood comprising the framework which strengthens the deck of a wooden ship around the holes through which the mast and other fittings pass.
4. (Jamaica) A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:associate
• See also Thesaurus:spouse

Derived terms

• accountability partner
• affair partner
• antipartner
• bedpartner
• business partner
• civil partner
• conversational partner
• copartner
• cyberpartner
• de facto partner
• demand partner
• domestic partner
• ex-partner
• expartner
• heteropartner
• hitting partner
• implementing partner
• interpartner
• intimate partner violence
• life partner
• multi-partner
• nominal partner
• nonpartner
• partner dance
• partnerdom
• partnerial
• partner in crime
• partner IVF
• partnerless
• partnerly
• partnership
• partner up
• quasi partner
• romantic partner
• sex partner
• sexual partner
• silent partner
• sleeping partner
• strike partner
• subpartner
• superpartner
• trading partner
• trophy partner

Descendants

• → Albanian: partner
• → Czech: partner
• → Danish: partner
• → Dutch: partner
• → French: partenaire
  • Haitian Creole: patnè
    • → French: patnè
  • → Russian: партнёр (partnjór)
    • → Georgian: პარტნიორი (ṗarṭniori)
• → German: Partner
• → Hungarian: partner
• → Irish: páirtnéir
• → Italian: partner
• → Japanese: パートナー (pātonā)
• → Korean: 파트너 (pateuneo)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: partner
• → Persian: پارتنر (pârtner)
• → Polish: partner
• → Portuguese: partner
• → Serbo-Croatian: pȁrtner, па̏ртнер
• → Swedish: partner
• → West Frisian: partner

Translations

someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest

Albanian: partner (sq) m Arabic: شَرِيك m (šarīk), شَرِيكَة f (šarīka), رَفِيق m (rafīq), رَفِيقَة f (rafīqa) Armenian: գործընկեր (hy) (gorcənker), գործակից (hy) (gorcakicʻ) Azerbaijani: şərik, ortaq Belarusian: партнёр m (partnjór), партнёрка f (partnjórka) Bengali: সঙ্গী (bn) (śoṅgi) Bulgarian: партньо́р m (partnjór), партньо́рка f (partnjórka), съдру́жник (bg) m (sădrúžnik), съдру́жничка f (sădrúžnička) Chinese: Mandarin: 伙伴 (zh) (huǒbàn), 搭檔 / 搭档 (zh) (dādàng, dādǎng) Comorian: Ngazidja Comorian: mshariki class 1/2 Czech: partner (cs), partnerka f Danish: partner (da) c Dutch: partner (nl) m Esperanto: partnero Estonian: partner (et) Finnish: partneri (fi), kumppani (fi), yhteistyökumppani French: partenaire (fr) m, associé (fr) m Galician: compañeiro (gl) m Georgian: პარტნიორი (ṗarṭniori) German: Partner (de) m, Partnerin (de) f Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰 m (gadaila) Greek: σύντροφος (el) m (sýntrofos) Ancient Greek: κοινωνός m (koinōnós) Hebrew: שֻׁתָּף \ שותף (he) (shutáf) Hindi: साथी (hi) m (sāthī), पार्टनर m (pārṭanar) Hungarian: partner (hu), társ (hu) Indonesian: partner (id), mitra (id) Italian: socio (it) m, socio di affari m Japanese: パートナー (ja) (pātonā), 相棒 (ja) (あいぼう, aibō), 伴侶 (ja) (はんりょ, hanryo), 仲間 (ja) (なかま, nakama) Kazakh: серіктес (serıktes), серік (serık) Korean: 파트너 (ko) (pateuneo), 동반자(同伴者) (ko) (dongbanja), 동료(同僚) (ko) (dongnyo) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ھاوبەش (hawbeş) Northern Kurdish: hevpar (ku), hevpişk (ku), hevkar (ku) Kyrgyz: шерик (ky) (şerik), партнёр (partnyor), өнөк (ky) (önök) Lao: ພາຄີ (phā khī), ພາຄິນີ (phā khi nī) (female) Latin: consors m or f, particeps m or f Latvian: partneris m, partnere f Lithuanian: partneris m, partnerė f Macedonian: па́ртнер m (pártner), па́ртнерка f (pártnerka) Malay: rakan kongsi Malayalam: പങ്കാളി (ml) (paṅkāḷi) Māori: hoa mārena (marriage), hoa patui Norwegian: Bokmål: partner (no) m Nynorsk: partnar m Pashto: شريک (ps) m (šarík) Persian: Iranian Persian: هَنْباز (hanbâz), اَنْباز (anbâz), شَریک (šarik), هَمْکار (hamkâr), رَفیق (rafiġ), هَمْراه (fa) (hamrâh), ایرْمان (fa) (irmân) Plautdietsch: Poatna m Polish: partner (pl) m, partnerka (pl) f Portuguese: parceiro (pt) m, parceira f Romanian: partener (ro) m, parteneră (ro) f Russian: партнёр (ru) m (partnjór), партнёрша (ru) f (partnjórša), това́рищ (ru) m (továrišč), компаньо́н (ru) m (kompanʹón), компаньо́нка (ru) f (kompanʹónka), напа́рник (ru) m (napárnik), напа́рница (ru) f (napárnica) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: па̏ртнер m, па̏ртнерица f Latin: pȁrtner (sh) m, pȁrtnerica (sh) f Slovak: partner m, partnerka f Slovene: družbenik m, družbenica f, družabnik m, družabnica f Spanish: compañero (es) m, partenaire m or f, parcero (es) m, socio (es) m, copartícipe m or f, compañón (es) m (dated), partner m or f (pártner) (DPD, Spain), chero (es) m Swedish: partner (sv) c Tajik: шарик (šarik), ҳариф (harif), ҳамроҳ (tg) (hamroh), рафиқ (rafiq), эрмон (ermon) Thai: หุ้นส่วน (th) (hûn-sùuan), ภาคี (paa-kii), ภาคินี (th) (paa-kí-nii) (female) Turkish: ortak (tr), şerik (tr) Ottoman Turkish: اورتاق (ortak), شریك (şerik) Turkmen: hyzmatdaş, işdeş, ýoldaş, şärik Ukrainian: партне́р (uk) m (partnér), партне́рка f (partnérka), компаньйо́н m (kompanʹjón), компаньйо́нка f (kompanʹjónka) Urdu: ساتھی (ur) m (sāthī), شَرِیک m (śarīk), رَفِیق m (rafīq), آڑی (ur) m (āṛī) Uzbek: partnyor (uz), sherik (uz) Vietnamese: đồng liêu (vi), đồng nghiệp

a member of a business or law partnership

Armenian: գործընկեր (hy) (gorcənker), մասնակից (hy) (masnakicʻ) Bulgarian: партньо́р m (partnjór), партньо́рка f (partnjórka) Catalan: soci (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 伙伴 (zh) (huǒbàn) Danish: partner (da), kompagnon (da) Dutch: partner (nl) m Finnish: kumppani (fi), yhtiömies (fi) German: Gesellschafter (de) m, Gesellschafterin (de) f Greek: συνέταιρος (el) m or f (synétairos) Ancient Greek: μέτοχος m (métokhos) Indonesian: mitra (id) Italian: associato (it) m Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ھاوبەش (hawbeş) Macedonian: па́ртнер m (pártner), па́ртнерка f (pártnerka), о́ртак m (órtak) Malay: rakan kongsi Māori: hoa pakihi, hoa hinonga Norwegian: Bokmål: partner (no) m Nynorsk: partnar m Polish: partner (pl) m, partnerka (pl) f Portuguese: parceiro (pt) m, sócio (pt) Romanian: partener (ro) m Russian: партнёр (ru) m (partnjór), партнёрша (ru) f (partnjórša), това́рищ (ru) m (továrišč), компаньо́н (ru) m (kompanʹón), компаньо́нка (ru) f (kompanʹónka) Spanish: socio (es) Swedish: kompanjon (sv) c, partner (sv) c Vietnamese: đối tác (vi)

spouse, domestic, or romantic partner

Arabic: حَبِيب m (ḥabīb), حَبِيبَة f (ḥabība) Iraqi Arabic: صاحب, صاحبة Armenian: ամուսին (hy) (amusin) Belarusian: партнёр m (partnjór), партнёрка f (partnjórka), сужэ́нец m (sužénjec), сужэ́нка f (sužénka) Bulgarian: партньо́р m (partnjór), партньо́рка f (partnjórka), съпру́г (bg) m (săprúg), съпру́га (bg) f (săprúga), полови́нка f (polovínka) (for male & female partner) Catalan: parella (ca) f, company (ca) m, companya (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 伴侶 / 伴侣 (zh) (bànlǚ) Danish: partner (da) Dutch: partner (nl) c Esperanto: koramiko, koramikino (female), kunvivanto, kunvivantino (female), kunulo (unmarried life partner) Finnish: partneri (fi), puoliso (fi), kumppani (fi), (domestic only) avomies (fi) m French: partenaire (fr) m or f, compagnon (fr) m, compagne (fr) f, conjoint (fr) m, conjointe (fr) f Galician: compañeiro (gl) m, compañeira f German: Partner (de) m, Partnerin (de) f, Lebensgefährte (de) m, Lebensgefährtin (de) f Greek: σύντροφος (el) m or f (sýntrofos) Hebrew: בֶּן זוּג (he) m (ben zúg), בֶּן זוּג \ בת זוג (he) f (bat zúg) Irish: páirtnéir m Italian: compagno (it) m, compagna (it) f, convivente (it) m Japanese: 伴侶 (ja) (はんりょ, hanryo), 恋人 (ja) (こいびと, koibito) Korean: 애인(愛人) (ko) (aein), 반려자(伴侶者) (ko) (ballyeoja) Lao: ຄູ່ (khū) Macedonian: па́ртнер m (pártner), па́ртнерка f (pártnerka), со́пруг m (sóprug), со́пруга f (sópruga) Malay: pasangan (ms) Malayalam: പങ്കാളി (ml) (paṅkāḷi) Māori: hoa mārena Norman: parchonnyi m, parchonniéthe f Norwegian: Bokmål: partner (no) m, samboer (no) m (conmon-law spouse) Nynorsk: partnar m Persian: Iranian Persian: هَمْبَسْتَر (hambastar), پارتنر (pârtner) Polish: partner (pl) m, partnerka (pl) f Portuguese: parceiro (pt) m, parceira f Quechua: yana Romanian: partener (ro) m, parteneră (ro) f Russian: супру́г (ru) m (suprúg), супру́га (ru) f (suprúga), партнёр (ru) m (partnjór), партнёрша (ru) f (partnjórša) Spanish: pareja (es) f, compañero (es) m, compañera (es) f Swedish: partner (sv) c, äkta hälft (sv) c Thai: คู่ (th) (kûu) Ukrainian: партне́р (uk) m (partnér), партне́рка f (partnérka), супру́г m (suprúh), супру́га f (suprúha)

dancing partner

Armenian: զուգընկեր (hy) (zugənker), զուգընկերուհի (zugənkeruhi) Bulgarian: партньо́р m (partnjór), партньо́рка f (partnjórka) Danish: partner (da) c, kavaler c Esperanto: kundancantino (female) Finnish: pari (fi), tanssipari (fi), partneri (fi) German: Partner (de) m, Partnerin (de) f Greek: παρτενέρ (el) m or f (partenér) Macedonian: па́ртнер m (pártner), па́ртнерка f (pártnerka) Manx: co-ghaunseyr m Māori: hoa kanikani Norwegian: Bokmål: partner (no) m Nynorsk: partnar m Persian: Iranian Persian: هَمْرَقْص (hamraġs) Polish: partner (pl) m, partnerka (pl) f Portuguese: parceiro (pt) m, parceira f Romanian: partener (ro) m, parteneră (ro) f Russian: партнёр (ru) m (partnjór), партнёрша (ru) f (partnjórša) Spanish: pareja (es) f, compañero (es) m, compañera (es) f, parejo (es) m (rural) Swedish: partner (sv) c

either member of a pair in a card game or sports team (1.4)

Bulgarian: партньо́р m (partnjór), партньо́рка f (partnjórka) Danish: partner (da) c, medspiller (da) c Dutch: medespeler (nl) m Finnish: pari (fi) German: Partner (de) m, Partnerin (de) f Greek: συμπαίκτης (el) m (sympaíktis), συμπαίκτρια (el) f (sympaíktria) Japanese: パートナー (ja) (pātonā) Malay: regu Norwegian: Bokmål: partner (no) m Nynorsk: partnar m Persian: Iranian Persian: یار (fa) (yâr) Polish: partner (pl) m, partnerka (pl) f Portuguese: parceiro (pt) m, parceira f Romanian: partener (ro) m, parteneră (ro) f Russian: партнёр (ru) m (partnjór), партнёрша (ru) f (partnjórša)

Verb

partner (third-person singular simple present partners, present participle partnering, simple past and past participle partnered)

1. (transitive) To join as a partner.
2. (intransitive, often with with) To work or perform as a partner.
   • 2020 October 6, Belinda Luscombe, “Would You Date Someone With Different Political Beliefs? Here's What a Survey of 5,000 Single People Revealed”, in Time‎^[2]:

     “In the current period, when people are embedded in social and informational bubbles with like-minded friends and relatives,” he says, “the idea of partnering with someone from a different bubble is understandably daunting. At a minimum it’s awkward and complicated.”

   • 2022 January 12, “Network News: New freight trips for Tesco and DRS”, in RAIL, number 948, page 12:

     Tesco has partnered with Direct Rail Services (DRS) to launch a new refrigerated rail freight service from Tilbury to Coatbridge.

Derived terms

• repartnered

Descendants

• ⇒ Cantonese: part (paat¹)

Translations

To join as a partner

Bulgarian: сдружавам се (sdružavam se) Macedonian: се здру́жи (se zdrúži) Polish: partnerować impf Portuguese: associar-se

To work or perform as partner

Bulgarian: партнирам (partniram) Danish: samarbejde (da) Macedonian: сорабо́тува (sorabótuva), се здру́жи (se zdrúži) Polish: partnerować impf Swedish: samarbeta (sv)

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Danish: (please verify) slå sig sammen Persian: (please verify) انباز شدن (anbâz šodan)

References

• “partner”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• Parrent

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Noun

partner m (plural partnerë, definite partneri, definite plural partnerët)

1. partner

Declension

Declension of partner

	singular	plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	partner	partneri	partnerë	partnerët
accusative	partnerin
dative	partneri	partnerit	partnerëve	partnerëve
ablative	partnerësh

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpartnɛr]

• Audio:

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Noun

partner m anim (female equivalent partnerka)

1. partner

Declension

Declension of partner (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	partner	partneři
genitive	partnera	partnerů
dative	partnerovi, partneru	partnerům
accusative	partnera	partnery
vocative	partnere	partneři
locative	partnerovi, partneru	partnerech
instrumental	partnerem	partnery

Related terms

• See part

• partnerka
• partnerský
• partnerství
• partnerův

Further reading

• “partner”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “partner”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “partner”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Danish

Etymology

From English partner.

Noun

partner c (singular definite partneren, plural indefinite partnere)

1. partner

Inflection

Declension of partner

common gender	singular	plural
indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	partner	partneren	partnere	partnerne
genitive	partners	partnerens	partneres	partnernes

References

• “partner” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrt.nər/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: part‧ner

Noun

partner m (plural partners, diminutive partnertje n)

1. partner, love interest, romantic and/or sexual companion

   Mijn partner en ik zijn al tien jaar samen. ― My partner and I have been together for ten years.

   Ze zocht naar een geschikte partner om mee te settelen. ― She was looking for a suitable love interest to settle down with.

2. partner, companion (someone whom one engages in business)

   Synonyms: deelgenoot, genoot, vennoot, maat, compagnon, zakenpartner

   In zaken is het belangrijk om een betrouwbare partner te hebben. ― In business, it's important to have a reliable partner.

   Hij werd mijn partnertje in ons kleine startup-avontuur. ― He became my little business companion in our small startup adventure.

Derived terms

• beleggingspartner
• handelspartner
• huwelijkspartner
• partnergeweld
• partnermoord
• partnerruil
• partnerschap
• partnerverlof
• werkpartner

French

Noun

partner m or f by sense (plural partners)

1. (obsolete, except for in Quebec) partner

Further reading

• “partner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Hungarian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English partner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒrtnɛr]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: part‧ner
• Rhymes: -ɛr

Noun

partner (plural partnerek)

1. partner

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	partner	partnerek
accusative	partnert	partnereket
dative	partnernek	partnereknek
instrumental	partnerrel	partnerekkel
causal-final	partnerért	partnerekért
translative	partnerré	partnerekké
terminative	partnerig	partnerekig
essive-formal	partnerként	partnerekként
essive-modal	partnerül	—
inessive	partnerben	partnerekben
superessive	partneren	partnereken
adessive	partnernél	partnereknél
illative	partnerbe	partnerekbe
sublative	partnerre	partnerekre
allative	partnerhez	partnerekhez
elative	partnerből	partnerekből
delative	partnerről	partnerekről
ablative	partnertől	partnerektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	partneré	partnereké
non-attributive possessive – plural	partneréi	partnerekéi

Possessive forms of partner

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	partnerem	partnereim
2nd person sing.	partnered	partnereid
3rd person sing.	partnere	partnerei
1st person plural	partnerünk	partnereink
2nd person plural	partneretek	partnereitek
3rd person plural	partnerük	partnereik

Derived terms

• partneri
• partnerség

Further reading

• partner in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner, 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”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpartnər/ [ˈpart̪̚.nər]
• Rhymes: -artnər
• Syllabification: part‧ner

Noun

partner (plural partner-partner or para partner)

1. partner
   1. either of a pair of people or things that belong together.
   2. a member of a business or law partnership.
   3. a spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic or sexual bond.
   4. someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance.
   5. someone with whom one plays on the same side in a game, such as card games or doubles tennis.

Derived terms

• berpartner

• partner setia

Further reading

• “partner”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpart.ner/
• Rhymes: -artner
• Hyphenation: pàrt‧ner

Noun

partner m or f by sense (invariable)

1. partner (all senses)

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• pardner, partnah

Etymology

From English partner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːdna/
• Hyphenation: part‧ner

Noun

partner (plural partner dem, quantified partner)

1. partner

   A just me and mi partner 'Dread' know how fi entertain di people. ― Only my partner, 'Dread', and I know how to entertain the people.

2. (financial): An informal saving scheme.

   It a work and a it me a throw partner out of and a it all put food pan mi table.

   It works and I use some of that money to contribute to the informal saving scheme I'm a part of. It puts food on the table.

See also

• throw partner

Further reading

• Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 430

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English partner.

Noun

partner m (definite singular partneren, indefinite plural partnere, definite plural partnerne)

1. a partner

Derived terms

• partnerskap

See also

• partnar (Nynorsk)

References

• “partner” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “partner” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

partner m (definite singular partneren, indefinite plural partnerar, definite plural partnerane)

1. (pre-1991) alternative form of partnar

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner, 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpar.tnɛr/

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• Rhymes: -artnɛr
• Syllabification: par‧tner

Noun

partner m pers (female equivalent partnerka)

1. partner (someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest)
2. partner (spouse, domestic, or romantic partner)
3. equal (someone of equal status to others)

Declension

Declension of partner

	singular	plural
nominative	partner	partnerzy/partnery (deprecative)
genitive	partnera	partnerów
dative	partnerowi	partnerom
accusative	partnera	partnerów
instrumental	partnerem	partnerami
locative	partnerze	partnerach
vocative	partnerze	partnerzy

Derived terms

adjective

• partnerski

noun

• partnerstwo

verb

• partnerować

Related terms

adverb

• partnersko

Further reading

• “partner”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “partner”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English partner, from Old French parçonneour (“joint heir”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʁ.t͡ʃi.neʁ/ [ˈpah.t͡ʃi.neh], /ˈpaʁt͡ʃ.neʁ/ [ˈpaht͡ʃ.neh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʁ.t͡ʃi.neʁ/ [ˈpah.t͡ʃi.neh], /ˈpaʁt͡ʃ.neʁ/ [ˈpaht͡ʃ.neh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾ.t͡ʃi.neɾ/, /ˈpaɾt͡ʃ.neɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʁ.t͡ʃi.neʁ/ [ˈpaχ.t͡ʃi.neχ], /ˈpaʁt͡ʃ.neʁ/ [ˈpaχt͡ʃ.neχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɻ.t͡ʃi.neɻ/, /ˈpaɻt͡ʃ.neɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾt.nɛɾ/

Noun

partner m or f by sense (plural partneres)

1. (dance) a dance partner

   Synonym: par

Further reading

• “partner”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pârtner/
• Hyphenation: part‧ner

Noun

pȁrtner m anim (Cyrillic spelling па̏ртнер)

1. partner

Declension

Declension of partner

	singular	plural
nominative	partner	partneri
genitive	partnera	partnera
dative	partneru	partnerima
accusative	partnera	partnere
vocative	partneru	partneri
locative	partneru	partnerima
instrumental	partnerom	partnerima

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Noun

partner c

1. partner

   Synonyms: kompanjon, medspelare, moatjé

Usage notes

• The English plural partners is also used.

Declension

Declension of partner

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	partner	partners
definite	partnern	partnerns
plural	indefinite	partner	partners
definite	partnerna	partnernas

Related terms

• affärspartner
• allianspartner
• danspartner
• diskussionspartner
• dubbelpartner
• duettpartner
• företagspartner
• förhandlingspartner
• handelspartner
• koalitionspartner
• kärlekspartner
• livspartner
• partnerarbete
• partnerbyte
• partnerland
• partnerskap
• partnerval
• radarpartner
• regeringspartner
• samarbetspartner
• samtalspartner
• sexpartner
• sexualpartner
• sparringpartner
• spelpartner
• äktenskapspartner

References

• “partner”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Turkish

Etymology

From French partenaire, from English partner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾt.nɛɾ/

Noun

partner (definite accusative partneri, plural partnerler)

1. partner

Declension

Declension of partner

singular plural nominative partner partnerler definite accusative partneri partnerleri dative partnere partnerlere locative partnerde partnerlerde ablative partnerden partnerlerden genitive partnerin partnerlerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular partnerim partnerlerim 2nd singular partnerin partnerlerin 3rd singular partneri partnerleri 1st plural partnerimiz partnerlerimiz 2nd plural partneriniz partnerleriniz 3rd plural partnerleri partnerleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular partnerimi partnerlerimi 2nd singular partnerini partnerlerini 3rd singular partnerini partnerlerini 1st plural partnerimizi partnerlerimizi 2nd plural partnerinizi partnerlerinizi 3rd plural partnerlerini partnerlerini dative singular plural 1st singular partnerime partnerlerime 2nd singular partnerine partnerlerine 3rd singular partnerine partnerlerine 1st plural partnerimize partnerlerimize 2nd plural partnerinize partnerlerinize 3rd plural partnerlerine partnerlerine locative singular plural 1st singular partnerimde partnerlerimde 2nd singular partnerinde partnerlerinde 3rd singular partnerinde partnerlerinde 1st plural partnerimizde partnerlerimizde 2nd plural partnerinizde partnerlerinizde 3rd plural partnerlerinde partnerlerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular partnerimden partnerlerimden 2nd singular partnerinden partnerlerinden 3rd singular partnerinden partnerlerinden 1st plural partnerimizden partnerlerimizden 2nd plural partnerinizden partnerlerinizden 3rd plural partnerlerinden partnerlerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular partnerimin partnerlerimin 2nd singular partnerinin partnerlerinin 3rd singular partnerinin partnerlerinin 1st plural partnerimizin partnerlerimizin 2nd plural partnerinizin partnerlerinizin 3rd plural partnerlerinin partnerlerinin

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpartnɛr/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈpartnar/
• Rhymes: -artnɛr

Noun

partner m (plural partneriaid or partners)

1. partner

   Coordinate term: partneres

Mutation

Mutated forms of partner

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
partner	bartner	mhartner	phartner

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “partner”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from English parter.

Noun

partner c (plural partners)

1. partner

Derived terms

• partnerskip

Further reading

• “partner”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011