parts
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɑːts/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ts
Noun
parts
- plural of part
Noun
parts pl (plural only)
- Intellectual ability or learning.
- He was a man of great parts but little virtue.
- (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.
- 1854, Lord Cockburn, Memoir of Thomas Thomson, Scotland Bannatyne Club, page 241:
- (euphemistic) The genitals, short for private parts.
Hyponyms
Translations
Verb
parts
- third-person singular simple present indicative of part
Anagrams
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpars/
- (Valencia) IPA(key): /ˈpaɾts/
Etymology 1
Noun
parts
- plural of part (birthing)
Etymology 2
Noun
parts
- plural of part (division, portion)
- les parts (genitals, privates parts)
Etymology 3
Adjective
parts
- masculine plural of part (Parthian)
Noun
parts
- masculine plural of part
Chinese
Alternative forms
- part屎, part士
Etymology
From English parts. Compare Japanese パーツ (pātsu).
Pronunciation
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
parts
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, chiefly engineering) part; component
Usage notes
Unlike English, parts can be used when there is only one instance of the noun, as Cantonese does not distinguish between singular and plural noun forms.
Related terms
References
French
Noun
parts f
- plural of part
Icelandic
Noun
parts
- indefinite genitive singular of partur
Swedish
Noun
parts
- indefinite genitive singular of part