Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

partnership

/ˈpɑɹtnɚʃɪp/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

Syllables
part-ner-ship
IPA
/ˈpɑɹtnɚʃɪp/
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being associated with a partner.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An association of two or more people to conduct a business.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The period when two specific batsmen are batting, from the fall of one wicket until the fall of the next; the number of runs scored during this period.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

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”).

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈpɑɹtnɚʃɪp/
  • British English: /ˈpɑːtnəʃɪp/

Usage

Inflected Forms

partnerships (plural)

Derived Forms

copartnership multipartnership prepartnership subpartnership

Phrases

civil partnership domestic partnership general partnership limited partnership public/private partnership public private partnership public-private partnership social partnership

Questions

How do you pronounce partnership?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɑɹtnɚʃɪp/.
What does partnership mean?
The state of being associated with a partner.
Where does partnership come from?
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”).

How to pronounce partnership

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