mi-parti

== English == === Alternative forms === miparti (rare) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from French mi-parti (literally “divided down the middle”), from Middle French mi-parti, from Old French miparti, past participle of mipartir (“to split in half”), from mi (“middle”) +‎ partir (“to split”); compare medial and party (“divided”). Though the term is mentioned beginning in the 17th century, actual use is apparently only recorded from the 19th century onwards. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /miːˈpɑːti/, /ˌmiːpɑːˈtiː/, /ˌmiːpəˈtiː/ (General American) IPA(key): /miˈpɑɹti/, /ˌmipɑɹˈti/, /ˌmiːpɚˈti/ === Adjective === mi-parti (not comparable) (heraldry, clothing, chiefly historical) Vertically divided into distinctly-coloured or patterned halves; party per pale. === Noun === mi-parti (countable and uncountable, plural mi-partis) (chiefly historical, rare) A garment vertically divided into two distinctly-coloured or patterned halves.