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partages

partages is the plural of partage.

Meaning of partage

Noun

partage (countable and uncountable, plural partages)

  1. (obsolete) A part, portion or share.
  2. (archaic) 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. (historical) The formerly standard practice of dividing up artifacts between archaeologists, their patrons, and the host territory.

Questions about partages

What is partages the plural of?
Partages is the plural of partage.

Words near partages in the dictionary

  1. part.
  2. partable
  3. partaga
  4. partagas
  5. partage
  6. partages
  7. Partain
  8. Partains
  9. partakable
  10. partake
  11. partakeable

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