parts
English
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - IPA(key): /pɑːts/
- Rhymes: -ɑːts
Noun
parts pl (plural only)
- Intellectual ability or learning.
- He was a man of great parts but little virtue.
- (usually with “these”, colloquial) Vicinity, region.
- 1854, Lord Cockburn, Memoir of Thomas Thomson, Scotland Bannatyne Club, page 241:
- We intend being at Leamington before long, unless some change in the weather should make our stay in these parts more tolerable.
- 1854, Lord Cockburn, Memoir of Thomas Thomson, Scotland Bannatyne Club, page 241:
- (euphemistic) The genitals, short for private parts.
Hyponyms
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpars/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈpaɾts/
Chinese
Alternative forms
- part屎, part士
Pronunciation
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French
Icelandic
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