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part-time

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

For, during, or involving less than the normal time for some activity, especially the number of hours an employee works.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

involving less than the standard or customary time for an activity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • part-time employees
  • a part-time job

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: parttime

Antonyms: full-time

3

adverb

Meaning 3

for less than the standard number of hours

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he works part-time

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: half-time

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From part + time.

Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: وَظِيفَة بِدَوَامٍ جُزْئِيّ — involving less than the normal time
  • Arabic: عَمَل جُزْئِيّ (ʕamal juzʔiyy) — involving less than the normal time
  • Arabic: جُزْئِيّ (juzʔiyy) — involving less than the normal time
  • Arabic: جُزْئِيَّة (juzʔiyya) — involving less than the normal time
  • Arabic: بارت تايم (bārt tāym) — involving less than the normal time
  • Catalan: a temps parcial — involving less than the normal time
  • Chinese Cantonese: 兼職 /兼职 (gim1 zik1) — involving less than the normal time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 兼職 /兼职 (jiānzhí) — involving less than the normal time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 兼任 (jiānrèn) — involving less than the normal time
  • Danish: deltids- — involving less than the normal time
  • Dutch: deeltijds — involving less than the normal time
  • Dutch: parttime — involving less than the normal time
  • Estonian: poole kohaga — involving less than the normal time
  • Estonian: osalise tööajaga — involving less than the normal time
  • Finnish: osa-aikainen — involving less than the normal time
  • Finnish: sivutoiminen — involving less than the normal time
  • French: à temps partiel — involving less than the normal time
  • Georgian: ნახევარგანაკვეთიანი (naxevarganaḳvetiani) — involving less than the normal time
  • Georgian: არასრული (arasruli) — involving less than the normal time
  • Georgian: ნაწილობრივი (nac̣ilobrivi) — involving less than the normal time
  • German: Teilzeit- — involving less than the normal time
  • Hungarian: részidős — involving less than the normal time
  • Hungarian: részmunkaidős — involving less than the normal time
  • Indonesian: paruh waktu — involving less than the normal time
  • Indonesian: sambilan — involving less than the normal time
  • Irish: páirtaimseartha — involving less than the normal time
  • Japanese: パートタイム (pātotaimu) — involving less than the normal time
  • Korean: 파트타임의 (pateutaim-ui) — involving less than the normal time
  • Korean: 아르바이트 (areubaiteu) — involving less than the normal time
  • Malay: sambilan — involving less than the normal time
  • Malay: separuh masa — involving less than the normal time
  • Māori: harangotengote — involving less than the normal time
  • Māori: hamanga — involving less than the normal time
  • Māori: hangere — involving less than the normal time
  • Norwegian Bokmål: deltid — involving less than the normal time
  • Norwegian Bokmål: deltids- — involving less than the normal time
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: deltid — involving less than the normal time
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: deltids- — involving less than the normal time
  • Polish: na pół etatu — involving less than the normal time
  • Polish: niepełnoetatowy — involving less than the normal time
  • Portuguese: de meio expediente — involving less than the normal time
  • Russian: за́нятый непо́лное рабо́чее вре́мя (zánjatyj nepólnoje rabóčeje vrémja) — involving less than the normal time
  • Russian: на полста́вки (na polstávki) — involving less than the normal time
  • Scottish Gaelic: pàirt-ùine — involving less than the normal time
  • Scottish Gaelic: pàirt-thìde — involving less than the normal time
  • Spanish: a tiempo parcial — involving less than the normal time
  • Spanish: de jornada parcial — involving less than the normal time
  • Swedish: deltids- — involving less than the normal time
  • Ukrainian: частково зайнятий (častkovo zajnjatyj) — involving less than the normal time
  • Ukrainian: зайнятий неповний робочий час (zajnjatyj nepovnyj robočyj čas) — involving less than the normal time
  • Vietnamese: làm thêm — involving less than the normal time
  • Welsh: rhan-amser — involving less than the normal time
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