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English

rank|spirit|sometimes|account|453|party|sight|electronic|sea

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/p��.ti/
(General American|US) IPA|/p�ɹ.ti/
audio|en-us-party.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|��(r)ti
Hyphenation: par·ty

Etymology
From OF. partie.

Noun
wikipedia|party|party (gathering)
en-noun|parti|es

1. A social gathering for entertainment and fun.

#: I'm throwing a huge party for my 21st birthday.

1. law A person participating in a contract or legal action.

#: The contract requires that the party of the first part pay the fee.

1. A legal entity which represents a faction of the people from a country and is united under one specific political platform of issues.

#: The green party took 12% of the vote.

1. (In 18th & 19th century Britain) A parliamentary faction without a corresponding legal entity.
2. A group of people travelling or attending an event together, or participating in the same activity.

#: We're expecting a large party from the London office.

Derived terms
rel-top|terms derived from party
bachelor party
bachelorette party
cocktail party
green party
hen party
party blower
party crasher
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party pie
party puffer
party strengths (see strength).
partyer
political party
stag party
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Translations
trans-top|social gathering
Albanian: festë
Catalan: festa f, sarau m
Chinese: 派�, 派对 (pàiduì)
Crimean Tatar: cıyın , botka
Czech: t-|cs|ve�írek|m, t-|cs|párty|f
Dutch: feest (n, -en), partij (f, -en), viering (f, -en)
Esperanto: t-|eo|festo|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|juhla, t-|fi|juhlat|p, t-|fi|bailut|p, t-|fi|bileet|p
French: t+|fr|fête|f
German: t+|de|Party|f, t+|de|Fest|n, t+|de|Feier|f
trreq|Hebrew
trans-mid
Hungarian: t-|hu|összejövetel
Italian: t+|it|festa|f
Norwegian: t-|no|fest|m
Portuguese: festa f, reveillon, balada, night
Russian: ���овка f, ве�е�инка f, па�и f
Serbian: zabava f, žur m, sedeljka f, žurka f, ve�erinka f
Slovenian: zabava
Spanish: t+|es|fiesta|f, t-|es|reventón|m, t-|es|pachanga|f, t-|es|carrete|m
Swedish: t+|sv|fest, t-|sv|party|n
Turkish: t+|tr|e�lenceli toplantı, t-|tr|�ölen
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trans-top|(law)person
Catalan: part, f
Czech: t+|cs|strana|f
Finnish: osapuoli, asianosainen
trans-mid
German: t+|de|Partei|f
Italian: t+|it|parte|f
Serbian: stranka
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trans-top|political group
Arabic: Arab|حزب IPAchar|(ħezb) m
Catalan: partit, m
Chinese: �黨, �� (zhèngd�ng)
Czech: t+|cs|strana|f
Dutch: partij (f, -en)
Finnish: t+|fi|puolue
French: t+|fr|parti|m
German: t+|de|Partei|f
Greek: t+|el|κ�μμα|n|sc=Grek (kómma)
Hungarian: párt
Italian: t+|it|partito|n
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (����, seit�)
Korean: �� (jeongdang)
Kurdish: KUchar|پارت�
Norwegian: t+|no|parti|n
Portuguese: t+|pt|partido|m
Russian: па��и� (pártija) f
Serbian: stranka f
Slovene: stranka f
Spanish: t-|es|partido|m
Swedish: t+|sv|parti|n
Turkish: t+|tr|parti
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Verb
en-verb|parties|partying|partied

1. intransitive To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.

#: We partied until the early hours.

Translations
trans-top|to celebrate at a party
Serbian: slaviti, proslaviti
trans-mid
Spanish: divertirse, fiestar
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Swedish

Noun
sv-noun-reg-n

1. #English|Party; social gathering

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