partisan

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɑː.tɪˌzæn/
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• Australian: /ˈpɐː.tɪ.zæn/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈpɐː.tə.zɛn/
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• New-Zealand: /-zən/
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From French partisan, from Italian partigiano (“defender of a party”), from parte (“part”). Doublet of partigiano. Attested in English from the late 15th century in the noun sense of "party adherent", and in related adjective senses from the 16th century. The "guerrilla fighter" sense influenced by Serbo-Croatian partizan, Russian партиза́н (partizán), from the same source. The sense of "guerrilla fighter" is from c. 1690. The adjective in the military sense dates from the early 18th century.

From French partizaine, from Middle French partizaine, partisanne etc., from Italian partigiana, related to Etymology 1 above (apparently because it was seen as a typical weapon of such forces).

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حِزْبِيّ (ḥizbiyy) — adherent to a party or faction
• Bulgarian: партиен (partien) — adherent to a party or faction
• Czech: stranický — adherent to a party or faction
• Finnish: puolue- — adherent to a party or faction
• French: partisan — adherent to a party or faction
• French: partisane — adherent to a party or faction
• Greek: μεροληπτικός (meroliptikós) — adherent to a party or faction
• Irish: claonpháirteach — adherent to a party or faction
• Portuguese: partidário — adherent to a party or faction
• Russian: парти́йный (partíjnyj) — adherent to a party or faction
• Yiddish: צדדימדיק (tsdodimdik) — adherent to a party or faction
• Yiddish: פּאַרטיייִש (parteyish) — adherent to a party or faction
• Yiddish: סעקטאַנטיש (sektantish) — adherent to a party or faction
• Yiddish: קלײַזלדיק (klayzldik) — adherent to a party or faction
• Bulgarian: отдаден (otdaden) — devoted to a party or group
• Czech: stoupenecký — devoted to a party or group
• Finnish: puolue- — devoted to a party or group
• Finnish: ryhmäkuntainen — devoted to a party or group
• Finnish: puolueellinen — devoted to a party or group
• French: partisan — devoted to a party or group
• French: partisane — devoted to a party or group
• Romanian: părtinitor — devoted to a party or group
• Yiddish: צדדימדיק (tsdodimdik) — devoted to a party or group
• Yiddish: פּאַרטיייִש (parteyish) — devoted to a party or group
• Yiddish: סעקטאַנטיש (sektantish) — devoted to a party or group
• Yiddish: קלײַזלדיק (klayzldik) — devoted to a party or group
• Bulgarian: партизански (partizanski) — serving as a commander or member of a body of detached light troops
• Czech: partyzánský — serving as a commander or member of a body of detached light troops
• Finnish: partisaani- — serving as a commander or member of a body of detached light troops
• Finnish: sissi- — serving as a commander or member of a body of detached light troops
• French: partisan — serving as a commander or member of a body of detached light troops
• Polish: partyzancki — serving as a commander or member of a body of detached light troops
• Polish: bojowniczy — serving as a commander or member of a body of detached light troops
• Russian: партиза́нский (partizánskij) — serving as a commander or member of a body of detached light troops
• Ukrainian: партиза́нський (partyzánsʹkyj) — serving as a commander or member of a body of detached light troops
• Albanian: anëmbajtës — adherent to a party
• Arabic: حِزْبِيّ (ḥizbiyy) — adherent to a party
• Armenian: համախոհ (hamaxoh) — adherent to a party
• Armenian: կողմնակից (koġmnakicʻ) — adherent to a party
• Bulgarian: привърженик (privǎrženik) — adherent to a party
• Czech: stoupenec — adherent to a party
• Dutch: aanhanger — adherent to a party
• Finnish: kannattaja — adherent to a party
• Finnish: puolueaktiivi — adherent to a party
• French: militant — adherent to a party
• French: militante — adherent to a party
• Greek: οπαδός (opadós) — adherent to a party
• Hindi: पक्षपाती (pakṣapātī) — adherent to a party
• Hindi: पक्षधर (pakṣadhar) — adherent to a party
• Ido: partisano — adherent to a party
• Irish: páirtíneach — adherent to a party
• Italian: partigiano — adherent to a party
• Italian: partigiana — adherent to a party
• Portuguese: partidário — adherent to a party
• Russian: приве́рженец (privérženec) — adherent to a party
• Russian: сторо́нник (storónnik) — adherent to a party
• Russian: аде́пт (adɛ́pt) — adherent to a party
• Russian: побо́рник (pobórnik) — adherent to a party
• Russian: партизан (partizán) — adherent to a party
• Scottish Gaelic: taobhaiche — adherent to a party
• Spanish: partidario — adherent to a party
• Volapük: züpel — adherent to a party
• Albanian: anëmbajtës — fervent supporter of a party
• Bulgarian: привърженик (privǎrženik) — fervent supporter of a party
• Danish: partisoldat — fervent supporter of a party
• Esperanto: partizano — fervent supporter of a party
• Finnish: puoluepukari — fervent supporter of a party
• French: partisan — fervent supporter of a party
• French: partisane — fervent supporter of a party
• German: Partisan — fervent supporter of a party
• Greek: οπαδός (opadós) — fervent supporter of a party
• Greek: θιασιώτης (thiasiótis) — fervent supporter of a party
• Polish: zwolennik — fervent supporter of a party
• Polish: zwolenniczka — fervent supporter of a party
• Portuguese: partidário — fervent supporter of a party
• Romanian: partizan — fervent supporter of a party
• Bulgarian: копие (kopie) — type of spear
• Chinese Mandarin: 闊頭槍 /阔头枪 (kuòtóuqiāng) — type of spear
• Danish: partisan — type of spear
• Finnish: pertuska — type of spear
• French: pertuisane — type of spear
• German: Partisane — type of spear
• Ancient Greek: πλατύλογχον (platúlonkhon) — type of spear
• Ido: partizano — type of spear
• Irish: páirtiseán — type of spear
• Italian: partigiana — type of spear
• Kazakh: бедерлі найза (bederlı naiza) — type of spear
• Polish: partyzana — type of spear
• Polish: kapralski kij — type of spear
• Portuguese: partasana — type of spear
• Russian: протаза́н (protazán) — type of spear
• Russian: алеба́рда (alebárda) — type of spear
• Spanish: partesana — type of spear
• Bulgarian: копиеносец (kopienosec) — soldier
• Finnish: pertuskamies — soldier