parts

English

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /pɑːts/
• Rhymes: -ɑːts

Noun

parts

1. plural of part

Noun

parts pl (plural only)

1. Intellectual ability or learning.

   He was a man of great parts but little virtue.

2. (usually with “these”, colloquial) Vicinity, region.
   • 1854, Lord Cockburn, Memoir of Thomas Thomson, Scotland Bannatyne Club, page 241:

     We intend being at Leamington before long, unless some change in the weather should make our stay in these parts more tolerable.

3. (euphemistic) The genitals, short for private parts.

Hyponyms

• boy parts
• girl parts

Verb

parts

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of part

Anagrams

• S trap, TRAPS, prats, rapts, sprat, strap, tarps, traps

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpars/
• (Valencia) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾts/

Etymology 1

Noun

parts

1. plural of part (birthing)

Etymology 2

Noun

parts

1. plural of part (division, portion)

   les parts (genitals, privates parts)

Etymology 3

Adjective

parts

1. masculine plural of part (Parthian)

Noun

parts

1. masculine plural of part

Chinese

Alternative forms

• part屎, part士

Etymology

From English parts. Compare Japanese パーツ (pātsu).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paat¹ si²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paat¹ si²
    • Yale: pāat sí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paat⁷ si²
    • Guangdong Romanization: pad¹ xi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːt̚⁵ siː³⁵/

Noun

parts

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, chiefly engineering) part; component

See also

• part

References

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

French

Noun

parts f

1. plural of part

Icelandic

Noun

parts

1. indefinite genitive singular of partur

Swedish

Noun

parts

1. indefinite genitive singular of part

Anagrams

• spart