Meanings
nounpartnership (countable and uncountable, plural partnerships)
plural partnerships
- countableuncountableThe state of being associated with a partner.
scientists working in close partnership with colleagues overseas
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
From partner + -ship. Cognate with West Frisian partnerskip (“partnership”), Dutch partnerschap (“partnership”), Low German Partnerschop (“partnership”), German Partnerschaft (“partnership”), Danish partnerskab (“partnership”), Danish partnerskab (“partnership”), Norwegian Bokmål partnerskap (“partnership”), Norwegian Nynorsk partnerskap (“partnership”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek κοινωνία
- κοινωνία (koinōnía)state of being associated with a partner
Arabic شِرَاكَة
- شِرَاكَة (širāka)association of two or more people to conduct a business
Bengali অংশীদারি কারবার
- অংশীদারি কারবার (oṅśidari karbar)association of two or more people to conduct a business
Bulgarian партньо́рство, съдру́жие
- партньо́рство (partnjórstvo)state of being associated with a partner
- съдру́жие (sădrúžie)state of being associated with a partner
- партньо́рство (partnjórstvo)association of two or more people to conduct a business
Chinese Mandarin 合夥關係 /合伙关系, 合作關係 /合作关系
- 合夥關係 /合伙关系 (héhuǒ guānxì)state of being associated with a partner
- 合作關係 /合作关系 (hézuò guānxì)state of being associated with a partner
- 夥伴關係 /伙伴关系 (huǒbàn guānxì)state of being associated with a partner
- 合股關係 /合股关系 (hégǔ guānxì)association of two or more people to conduct a business
- 合夥企業 /合伙企业 (héhuǒ qǐyè)association of two or more people to conduct a business
Czech partnerství, partnerství
- partnerstvístate of being associated with a partner
- partnerstvíassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
Danish partnerskab
- partnerskabstate of being associated with a partner
Dutch maatschap, partnerschap
- maatschapstate of being associated with a partner
- partnerschapstate of being associated with a partner
- vennootschapassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
Esperanto partnereco
- partnerecostate of being associated with a partner
Finnish kumppanuus, henkilöyhtiö
- kumppanuusstate of being associated with a partner
- henkilöyhtiöassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
French partenariat, compagnie
- partenariatstate of being associated with a partner
- compagnieassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
- sociétéassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
German Partnerschaft, Personengesellschaft
- Partnerschaftstate of being associated with a partner
- Personengesellschaftassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
Hindi भागीदारी
- भागीदारी (bhāgīdārī)association of two or more people to conduct a business
Hungarian élettársi kapcsolat, partnerség
- élettársi kapcsolatstate of being associated with a partner
- partnerségassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
Indonesian kemitraan, perusahaan persekutuan
- kemitraanassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
- perusahaan persekutuanassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
Italian partenariato, società
- partenariatostate of being associated with a partner
- societàassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
- cooperazioneassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
- collaborazioneassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
- partnershipassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
Japanese パートナーシップ, 協力関係
- パートナーシップ (pātonāshippu)association of two or more people to conduct a business
- 協力関係 (kyōryokukankei)association of two or more people to conduct a business
Korean 파트너십
- 파트너십 (pateuneosip)association of two or more people to conduct a business
Latin consortium, consortium
- consortiumstate of being associated with a partner
- consortiumassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
Lithuanian partnerystė
- partnerystėassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
Malay perkongsian, perkongsian
- perkongsianstate of being associated with a partner
- perkongsianassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
Māori patuitanga, patuitanga
- patuitangastate of being associated with a partner
- patuitangaassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
Norwegian Bokmål partnerskap, partnerskap
- partnerskapstate of being associated with a partner
- partnerskapassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
Persian شراکت
- شراکت (šerâkat)association of two or more people to conduct a business
Polish partnerstwo, spółka partnerska
- partnerstwostate of being associated with a partner
- spółka partnerskaassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
Portuguese parceria, sociedade
- parceriastate of being associated with a partner
- sociedadeassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
Punjabi ਸਾਂਝ, سان٘جھ
- ਸਾਂਝ (sāñjh)association of two or more people to conduct a business
- سان٘جھ (sāṉjh)association of two or more people to conduct a business
Russian партнёрство, партнёрство
- партнёрство (partnjórstvo)state of being associated with a partner
- партнёрство (partnjórstvo)association of two or more people to conduct a business
- това́рищество (továriščestvo)association of two or more people to conduct a business
Scottish Gaelic companas, companas
- companasstate of being associated with a partner
- companasassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
Slovak partnerstvo, partnerstvo
- partnerstvostate of being associated with a partner
- partnerstvoassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
Spanish asociación, colaboración
- asociaciónstate of being associated with a partner
- colaboraciónstate of being associated with a partner
- compadrajestate of being associated with a partner
- compadrazgostate of being associated with a partner
- compadreostate of being associated with a partner
- compañíaassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
- sociedadassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
- consorcioassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
- alianzaassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
- compañaassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
- partenariadoassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
- cheralassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
Swedish partnerskap
- partnerskapstate of being associated with a partner
Tagalog bakasan
- bakasanassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
Turkish ortaklık, ortaklık
- ortaklıkstate of being associated with a partner
- ortaklıkassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
Ukrainian партне́рство, партне́рство
- партне́рство (partnérstvo)state of being associated with a partner
- партне́рство (partnérstvo)association of two or more people to conduct a business
- товари́ство (tovarýstvo)association of two or more people to conduct a business
Urdu شراکت
- شراکت (śirākat)association of two or more people to conduct a business
Vietnamese công ty hợp danh
- công ty hợp danhassociation of two or more people to conduct a business
Welsh partneriaeth
- partneriaethstate of being associated with a partner
Yiddish שותּפֿות
- שותּפֿות (shutfes)state of being associated with a partner
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APA
partnership. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/partnership
MLA
“partnership.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/partnership. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “partnership,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/partnership.
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