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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): /ˈpɑːtnə(ɹ)/
(US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑɹtnɚ/, [ˈpɑɹʔnɚ]
(General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐːtnə/
Audio (US): (file)
Hyphenation: part‧ner

Noun

partner (plural partners)

Either of a pair of people or things that belong together.
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, →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, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter I, in The Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published 1919, →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.
(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.
(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

Descendants

→ Albanian: partner
→ Czech: partner
→ Danish: partner
→ Dutch: partner
→ French: partenaire
- → 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 (sǎdrúžnik), съдру́жничка f (sǎdrúžnička)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 伙伴 (zh) (huǒbàn), 搭檔 / 搭档 (zh) (dādàng, dādǎng)
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: 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)
Maori: hoa mārena (marriage), hoa patui
Ngazidja Comorian: mshariki class 1/2
Norwegian:
Bokmål: partner (no) m

Nynorsk: partnar m
Ottoman Turkish: اورتاق (ortak), شریك (şerik)
Pashto: شريک (ps) m (šarík)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: هَنْباز (hanbâz), اَنْباز (anbâz), شَریک (šarik), هَمْکار (hamkâr), رَفیق (rafiġ)
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

Roman: 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)
Thai: หุ้นส่วน (th) (hûn-sùuan), ภาคี (paa-kii), ภาคินี (th) (paa-kí-nii) (female)
Turkish: ortak (tr)
Turkmen: hyzmatdaş, işdeş, ýoldaş
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)
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: 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
Maori: 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 (sǎprúg), съпру́га (bg) f (sǎprúga)
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)
Maori: 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
Maori: 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)

(transitive) To join as a partner.
(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:
  “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)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

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

	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

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

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