partitur

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noun

A full score, conductor's score (with a separate line for every part).

OriginGerman Partitur ← Italian partitura ← Latin partito →
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Meanings

nounpartitur (plural partiturs)

plural partiturs

  1. rareentertainmentA full score, conductor's score (with a separate line for every part).

    The partiturs for the popular shows, though, were apparently sent out one time too many.

    2011, Steven Suskin, The Sound of Broadway Music: A Book of Orchestrators and Orchestrations

Origin

  1. Latinpartito
  2. Italianpartitura“partition, musical score”
  3. GermanPartitur
  4. Englishpartitur

From German Partitur, from Italian partitura (“partition, musical score”) , from Latin partito, from partīre (“divide, partition, share”) (Classical Latin partīrī) and -ura.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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