partir
French, verb/paʁ.tiʁ/
partir is spelled P-A-R-T-I-R (6 letters) and appears 302 times per million words in written French, the 273rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Partir is a French verb meaning “to go away, leave, depart” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tirer son origine, avoir son commencement, avoir pour point de départ”.
What does partir mean in English?
verb
- 1
obsoleteto share, to share out, to divide
Avoir maille à partir avec quelqu'un.
- 2
to go away, leave, depart
- 3
to originate
Toutes les artères partent du cœur.
- 4
to die
Il ne s'est pas vu partir
- 5
to emanate
Cette croyance est partie d'un mauvais principe.
- 6
Quebecinformalto start
partir une affaire
- 7
to go
Moi et mes amies, on est parties au cinéma
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tirer son origine, avoir son commencement, avoir pour point de départ. 2. Émaner. 3. Quitter un lieu pour un autre. 4. Se mettre à courir et, en parlant des animaux, des oiseaux, prendre sa course, s’envoler.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of partir
- avoir infinitive multiword-construction
- être + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- partant gerund participle present
- ayant gerund multiword-construction participle
- étant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- parti participle past
- pars first-person indicative present
- part indicative present singular
- partons first-person indicative plural
- partez indicative plural present
- partent indicative plural present
- partais first-person imperfect indicative
- partait imperfect indicative singular
- partions first-person imperfect indicative
- partiez imperfect indicative plural
- partaient imperfect indicative plural
- partis first-person historic indicative
- partit historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce partir?
- /paʁ.tiʁ/
- \paʁ.tiʁ\
- [paʁ.tiʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to partir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is partir in French?
partir appears 302 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).