partage

See also: partagé

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːtɪd͡ʒ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑɹtɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

partage (countable and uncountable, plural partages)

1. (obsolete) A part, portion or share.
2. (now rare) Division, sharing; the act of portioning out or dividing up.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 46, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     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.

3. (historical, archaeology) The formerly standard practice of dividing up artifacts between archaeologists, their patrons, and the host territory.

References

• “partage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

From partir +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʁ.taʒ/

Noun

partage m (plural partages)

1. sharing (act of sharing)

   ligne de partage des eaux ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• partager

Verb

partage

1. inflection of partager:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “partage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• tapager