Dictionary

partage en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɑɹtɪd͡ʒ/ (General-American)
• /ˈpɑːtɪd͡ʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle French partage, from partir (“to share”).

Meanings

1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A part, portion or share.
2. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Division, sharing; the act of portioning out or dividing up.
   • looke into our Royall house, where so many partages [tr. partages], so many surnames, and so many severall titles have so encumbred us, that the originall of the stocke is utterly lost. 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 46, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
3. (countable, historical, uncountable) The formerly standard practice of dividing up artifacts between archaeologists, their patrons, and the host territory.

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