parting

Other forms of parting

plural

partings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about parting

What does parting mean?

parting means "the act of departing politely". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in parting?

parting has 2 syllables: par-ting. The stress falls on "par". In IPA it is /ˈpɑɹtɪŋ/.

What is another word for parting?

Close synonyms include farewell, leave, leave-taking, part. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is parting a common word?

parting is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with parting?

1 word rhymes with parting. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.