Meanings
adjectivepart-time (not comparable)
alternative part time
- not comparableFor, during, or involving less than the normal time for some activity, especially the number of hours an employee works.
Shaylene had begun working there two weeks earlier on a part-time basis.
2026 August 6, Nicholas Muhoro, “An Ohio Teen Vanished During a One-Mile Drive in 1994. Her Locked Car Was Found Hours Later”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 06 Aug 20261 more example
TThere were five dot balls in the first over, bowled by seamer Matt Henry, and only five runs in the second, off Glenn Phillips' part-time spin.
2026 March 8, Matthew Henry, “Superb India crush New Zealand to defend T20 title”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2026
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
adjectiveinvolving less than the standard or customary time for an activity
Opposite
adverbfor less than the standard number of hours
Similar
half-timeparttime
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic وَظِيفَة بِدَوَامٍ جُزْئِيّ, عَمَل جُزْئِيّ
- وَظِيفَة بِدَوَامٍ جُزْئِيّinvolving less than the normal time
- عَمَل جُزْئِيّ (ʕamal juzʔiyy)involving less than the normal time
- جُزْئِيّ (juzʔiyy)involving less than the normal time
- جُزْئِيَّة (juzʔiyya)involving less than the normal time
Catalan a temps parcial
- a temps parcialinvolving less than the normal time
Chinese Cantonese 兼職 /兼职
- 兼職 /兼职 (gim¹ zik¹)involving less than the normal time
Chinese Mandarin 兼職 /兼职, 兼任
- 兼職 /兼职 (jiānzhí)involving less than the normal time
- 兼任 (jiānrèn)involving less than the normal time
Danish deltids-
- deltids-involving less than the normal time
Dutch deeltijds, parttime
- deeltijdsinvolving less than the normal time
- parttimeinvolving less than the normal time
Estonian poole kohaga, osalise tööajaga
- poole kohagainvolving less than the normal time
- osalise tööajagainvolving less than the normal time
Finnish osa-aikainen, sivutoiminen
- osa-aikaineninvolving less than the normal time
- sivutoimineninvolving less than the normal time
French à temps partiel
- à temps partielinvolving less than the normal time
German Teilzeit-
- Teilzeit-involving less than the normal time
Hungarian részidős, részmunkaidős
- részidősinvolving less than the normal time
- részmunkaidősinvolving less than the normal time
Indonesian paruh waktu, sambilan
- paruh waktuinvolving less than the normal time
- sambilaninvolving less than the normal time
Irish páirtaimseartha
- páirtaimsearthainvolving less than the normal time
Japanese パートタイム
- パートタイム (pātotaimu)involving less than the normal time
Korean 파트타임의, 아르바이트
- 파트타임의 (pateutaim-ui)involving less than the normal time
- 아르바이트 (areubaiteu)involving less than the normal time
Malay sambilan, separuh masa
- sambilaninvolving less than the normal time
- separuh masainvolving less than the normal time
Māori harangotengote, hamanga
- harangotengoteinvolving less than the normal time
- hamangainvolving less than the normal time
- hangereinvolving less than the normal time
Norwegian Bokmål deltid, deltids-
- deltidinvolving less than the normal time
- deltids-involving less than the normal time
Polish na pół etatu, niepełnoetatowy
- na pół etatuinvolving less than the normal time
- niepełnoetatowyinvolving less than the normal time
Portuguese de meio expediente
- de meio expedienteinvolving less than the normal time
Russian за́нятый непо́лное рабо́чее вре́мя, на полста́вки
- за́нятый непо́лное рабо́чее вре́мя (zánjatyj nepólnoje rabóčeje vrémja)involving less than the normal time
- на полста́вки (na polstávki)involving less than the normal time
Scottish Gaelic pàirt-ùine, pàirt-thìde
- pàirt-ùineinvolving less than the normal time
- pàirt-thìdeinvolving less than the normal time
Spanish a tiempo parcial, de jornada parcial
- a tiempo parcialinvolving less than the normal time
- de jornada parcialinvolving less than the normal time
Swedish deltids-
- deltids-involving less than the normal time
Ukrainian частково зайнятий, зайнятий неповний робочий час
- частково зайнятий (častkovo zajnjatyj)involving less than the normal time
- зайнятий неповний робочий час (zajnjatyj nepovnyj robočyj čas)involving less than the normal time
Vietnamese bán thời gian
- bán thời gianinvolving less than the normal time
Welsh rhan-amser
- rhan-amserinvolving less than the normal time
Cite this entry
APA
part-time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/part-time
MLA
“part-time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/part-time. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “part-time,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/part-time.
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