Meaning

  1. (transitive) to split (divide something, especially in two roughly equal parts)
  2. (intransitive, pronominal) to split; to break apart (become divided, especially in two roughly equal parts)
  3. (formal, intransitive) to depart; to leave; to go away
  4. (euphemistic, intransitive) to leave us; to depart (die)
  5. (intransitive) to come (be caused by)
  6. (colloquial, intransitive) to start behaving (in a particular way)
  7. (colloquial, intransitive) to fall on; to attack

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/paʁˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/
Etymology

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese partir, from Latin partīre (“to distribute, to divide”).

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