partage

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UK/ˈpɑːtɪd͡ʒ/US/ˈpɑɹtɪd͡ʒ/

noun

A part, portion or share.

OriginMiddle French partage →
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Meanings

nounpartage (countable and uncountable, plural partages)

plural partages

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableA part, portion or share.
  2. archaiccountableuncountableDivision, sharing; the act of portioning out or dividing up.

    looke into our Royall house, where so many partages [tr. partages], so many surnames, and so many severall titles have so encumbred us, that the originall of the stocke is utterly lost.

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 46, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  3. countablehistoricaluncountablearchaeologyThe formerly standard practice of dividing up artifacts between archaeologists, their patrons, and the host territory.

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchpartage
  2. Englishpartage

From Middle French partage, from partir (“to share”).

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APA

partage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/partage

MLA

“partage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/partage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “partage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/partage.

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