Meaning of parti | Babel Free

Definitions

1. lot, quantity, batch
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2. party
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3. game (of e.g. chess or tennis)
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4. A prospective spouse perceived as an economical or social boon rather than a person; a parti
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5. part
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6. side
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Equivalents

Examples

“Vi har købt et parti hvidløg.”

We have bought a batch of garlic.

“Fra Island, Skotland etc. er intet Parti Fisk ankommet til dette Distrikt.”

From Iceland, Scotland etc., no batch of fish has arrived to this district.

“Skal vi tage et parti skak?”

Shall we play a game of chess?

“Han ansås som det bedste parti på øen.”

He was seen as the best parti on the island.

“Vennen havde en nevø, som skulle være et godt parti - og som ville acceptere, at jeg havde været gift tidligere.”

The friend had a nephew, who was allegedly a good parti - and who would accept that I had been married before.

“Han var et godt parti. Et godt parti! Hun sukkede. Herman havde giftet sig med Lydia fordi han troede, at han elskede hende.”

He was a good parti. A good parti! She sighed. Herman had married Lydia because he thought he loved her.

“At hun kunne gøre et så godt parti, tyder på, at adelen modsat kongen ikke var så forarget over hendes affære med prins Christian, selv om man selvfølgelig heller ikke bør se bort fra, at hun med sit særdeles omfattende jordegods nu en gang var et godt parti.”

That she could get so good a husband would indicate that the nobility, as opposed to the king, was not so offended by her affair with prince Christian, although, naturally, one must keep in mind that, with her quite expansive properties of land, she was after all a good parti.

CEFR level