ETYM French apanage, from Old Fren. apaner to nourish, support, from Late Lat. apanare to furnish with bread, to provision; Latin ad + pains bread.
1. A grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family; SYN. apanage.
2. Any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to one's station in life; SYN. apanage. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Fren. chapitre, French chapitre, from Latin capitulum, dim. of caput head, the chief person or thing, the principal division of a writing, chapter. Related to Chief, and cf, Chapiter.
1. A subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled.
2. A local branch of some fraternity or association.
3. A series of related events forming an episode.
4. A distinct period in history or in a person's life.
5. An ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church.
In the Christian church, the collective assembly of canons (priests) who together administer a cathedral. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. del, deel, part, AS. dael; akin to OS. dęl, Dutch and Dan. deel, German theil, teil, Icel. deild, Swed. del, Goth. dails. Related to Dole.
1. (Card game) The act of distributing playing cards.
2. A particular instance of buying or selling; SYN. trade, business deal.
3. A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
4. The act of apportioning or distributing something.
5. The type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement). + prikaži više

ETYM French détail, from détailler to cut in pieces, tell in detail; pref. dé- (Latin de or dis-) + tailler to cut. Related to Tailor.
1. An isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; SYN. item, point.
2. A small part that can be considered separately from the whole; SYN. particular, item.
3. Extended treatment of particulars.
4. A crew of workers selected for a particular task. + prikaži više

ETYM French part, Latin pars, gen. partis; cf. parere to bring forth, produce. Related to Parent, Depart, Parcel, Partner, Party, Portion.
1. A portion of a natural object; SYN. piece.
2. Something less than the whole of a human artifact; SYN. portion.
3. Something determined in relation to something that includes it; SYN. portion, component part, component.
4. One of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; SYN. section, division.
5. The melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; SYN. voice.
6. So far as concerns the actor specified; or.
7. A line where the hair is parted.
Written music designated for an individual musician or group of musicians, for example the “soprano part”, in contrast to a score, which provides all the parts on each page. A part, or voice, can also be an independent line of a contrapuntal work, for example a fugue in four parts.
A large-scale section of a composition is also called a part, for example Part I of Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius 1900. + prikaži više

ETYM Latin particula, dim of pars, gen partis, a part: cf. French particule. Related to Part, Parcel.
1. A body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions.
2. A function word having different uses in different languages.
A subatomic object with a definite mass and charge.
In grammar, a category that includes such words as up, down, in, out, which may be used either as prepositions (also called prepositional particles), as in up the street and down the stairs, or as adverbs (identified as adverbial particles), as in pick up the book/pick the book up. A verb with a particle (for example, put up) is a phrasal verb. + prikaži više

ETYM French partition, Latin partitio. Related to Part.
A vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another); SYN. divider.
Division of a country into two or more nations. Ireland was divided into Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. The division of the Indian subcontinent into India and Pakistan took place in 1947. Other examples of partition include Korea 1953 and Vietnam 1954. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. pece, French pičce, Late Lat. pecia, petia, petium, probably of Celtic origin; cf. w. peth a thing, a part, portion, a little, Armor. pez, Gael. and Irish cuid part, share. Related to Petty.
(Homonym: peace).
1. A separate part of a whole.
2. A serving that has been cut from a larger portion; SYN. slice.
3. An instance of some kind; SYN. bit.
4. An item that is an instance of some type; or.
5. An artistic or literary composition.
6. A distance.
7. An object created by a sculptor. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. scrappe, from Icel. skrap trifle, cracking. Related to Scrape.
1. A small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
2. A fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract.
3. A remnant; any part or piece not needed in the completion of a task.

ETYM Old Eng. slice, sclice, Old Fren. esclice, from esclicier, esclichier, to break to pieces, of German origin; cf. Old High Germ. slîzan to split, slit, tear, German schleissen to slit. Related to Slit.
1. A thin flat piece cut off of some object.
2. A share of something; SYN. piece.
3. A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; SYN. fade.
4. A spatula for spreading paint or ink. + prikaži više

(Homonym: tracked).
1. A brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet; SYN. pamphlet.
2. A system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose.
3. An extended area of land; SYN. piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel.

ETYM French, from Late Lat. partials, from Latin pars, gen. partis, a part; cf. French partiel. Related to Part.
1. Being or affecting only a part; not total.
2. Showing favoritism; SYN. unfair.
3. Markedly fond of someone or something — used with to.