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FRENCH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

partir.

to share, to share out, to divide

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/paʁ.tiʁ/

  1. to share, to share out, to divide

    obsolete · transitive
    Avoir maille à partir avec quelqu'un.

  2. to go away, leave, depart

    intransitive

  3. to originate

    intransitive
    Toutes les artères partent du cœur.

  4. to die

    euphemistic · intransitive
    Il ne s'est pas vu partir

  5. to emanate

    figuratively · intransitive
    Cette croyance est partie d'un mauvais principe.

  6. to start

    Quebec · informal · transitive
    partir une affaire

  7. to go

    intransitive
    Moi et mes amies, on est parties au cinéma
    Layan et moi on est parties à l'école ensemble.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French partir, from Old French partir, from Latin partīre.

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