Translation
party (political); game, round (in chess)
Word origin
From French parti and German Partei, ultimately from Latin partire ('to divide'), from pars ('part'). A party is one side of a divided whole. Esperanto keeps partio for the political body and the chess game, and parto for an ordinary part.
- Origin
- Latin, via French parti and German Partei
- Root
- pars
- English cognates
- party, partisan
Examples
elekton?
Which party won the election?
politika .
He is a member of a big political party.
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The two parties did not agree about the new law.
Do not reach for when you mean a birthday party - that is a . is the political kind, plus one tidy extra sense: a game of chess is ŝakpartio, a round you play out to the end.
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