partie French · revision 17362

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1119, Philippe de Thaon, Comput}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /paʁ.ti/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''partie''' ''f'' (plural parties)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the feminine past participle, used as a noun, of Old French [[m|fro|partir|t=to divide, share]], the old sense of [[partir]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Wiktionary) “Partir” is inherited from Late Latin “partīre”, classical [[la|partior|t=to share, divide]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) The French noun was used to translate Latin [[m|la|pars|t=part]] in its senses of an actor's role, the sexual parts, and a party in law.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ Compare [[oc|partida]], [[es|partida]] and [[it|partita]].^(Littré 1873)^(REW 1935)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in Philippe de Thaon's ''Comput'' (1119), meaning an element of a whole (''la primiere partie'' of the signs of the zodiac), and of a part of the body.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Old French it named a territory, and ''les quatre parties del mund'' were the four cardinal points (about 1170); Brunetto Latini divides the earth into three ''parties'', Asia, Africa and Europe (about 1265).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) ''En partie'' “partly” dates from about 1220.^(TLFi) ''Parties honteuses'' (15th century), ''parties naturelles'' (1559) and simply ''les parties'' (1651) named the genitals.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ In law ''partie'' is a party to a suit (1248, ''averse partie''), with ''partie civile'' (1549); ''prendre à partie'' “to take to task” is in Cotgrave (1611).^(TLFi) About 1160 it meant a faction or side, later a common undertaking, whence ''partie liée'' (1682).^(TLFi) An actor's or singer's part is recorded in 1520, and a game or match in 1589 (a letter of Henri de Navarre), whence ''partie de cartes''; a party of pleasure, ''faire partie'', is Molière's (1661), and ''partie fine'' dates from 1786.^(TLFi) In bookkeeping ''partie double'' “double entry” is from 1673.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1119 – “Part”, in Philippe de Thaon.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1160 – “Faction, side”.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1220 – ''En partie''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1248 – A party in a lawsuit.^(TLFi)

+ * 1520 – An actor's part.^(TLFi)

+ * 1589 – A game, in a letter of Henri de Navarre.^(TLFi)

+ * 1611 – ''Prendre à partie'', in Cotgrave.^(TLFi)

+ * 1661 – ''Faire partie'', in Molière.^(TLFi)

+ * 1673 – ''Partie double'' in bookkeeping.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|part]], portion: ''une partie du gâteau'', ''en partie'': partly, ''faire partie de'': to belong to.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # A [[m|en|game]], match: ''une partie de cartes''.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # An outing, party of pleasure: ''partie de pêche'', ''partie fine''.^(TLFi)

+ # ''(law)'' A [[m|en|party]]: ''partie civile'', ''prendre à partie'': to take to task.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # Field, line: ''il est de la partie''.^(TLFi)

+ # ''(music)'' A part.^(TLFi)

+ # ''(mathematics)'' A [[m|en|subset]].^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''Les parties'': the private parts ''(familiar)''.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[contrepartie]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[partir]]

+ * [[parti]]

+ * [[part]]

+ * [[partage]]

+ * [[la|pars]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}