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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.

.

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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This word is part of lesson 24.