• (RP) IPA: /ˈpɑːtnə(ɹ)/
• (America, CA) IPA: /ˈpɑɹtnɚ/, [ˈpɑɹʔnɚ]
• (AuE) IPA: /ˈpɐːtnə/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈpɐːtnɘ/

partner (plural partners)

1. Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest.
   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.
   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, London: Methuen, OCLC 12026604 ↗; republished New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1919, OCLC 491297620 ↗:

        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.
2. (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.
3. (Jamaica) A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period.

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

• French: partenaire, associé
• German: Partner
• Italian: socio, socio di affari
• Portuguese: parceiro, parceira
• Russian: партнёр
• Spanish: compañero

• Italian: associato
• Portuguese: parceiro, sócio
• Russian: партнёр
• Spanish: socio

• French: partenaire, compagnon, compagne
• German: Partner, Partnerin, Lebensgefährte, Lebensgefährtin
• Italian: compagno, compagna, convivente
• Portuguese: parceiro, parceira
• Russian: супру́г
• Spanish: pareja, compañero, compañera

• German: Partner, Partnerin
• Portuguese: parceiro, parceira
• Russian: партнёр

• German: Partner, Partnerin
• Portuguese: parceiro, parceira
• Russian: партнёр

partner (partners, present participle partnering; past and past participle partnered)

1. To make or be a partner.
2. To work or perform as a partner.

• Portuguese: associar-se