partito

Italian

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /parˈti.to/
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  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Hyphenation: par‧tì‧to

Adjective

partito (feminine partita, masculine plural partiti, feminine plural partite)

  1. (heraldry) party per pale; divided into two equal parts vertically

Noun

partito m (plural partiti)

  1. party, political party (political group)
    la direzione del partito ha scelto la linea politica ― the party's leadership has chosen the political line
  2. resolution, decision (resolution)
    per partito preso ― deliberately, on principle
  3. match, catch (possible wife or husband)
    un buon partito ― a good match

Derived terms

Participle

partito (feminine partita, masculine plural partiti, feminine plural partite)

  1. past participle of partire

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

partītō

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of partiō

References
  • “partito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • partito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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