bipartisan

bipartisan

See also: bi-partisan

English

Alternative forms

• bi-partisan

Etymology

From bi- +‎ partisan.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbaɪˈpɑː(ɹ).tɪ.zæn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /baɪˈpɑɹ.tə.sən/, /-zən/

Adjective

bipartisan (not comparable)

1. (politics) Relating to, or supported by two groups, especially by two political parties.

   a bipartisan bill

   • 2010 February 11, Derek Thompson, “Bipartisan Jobs Bill Receives Bipartisan Boos”, in The Atlantic‎, retrieved 2023-02-17:

     The derision for this bipartisan bill is—sigh—bipartisan. Hugh Hewitt scoffs at the idea that employers will respond to a $1000 gimmick.

Usage notes

Bipartisan is more common in countries where the two-party system prevails, like the United States, Jamaica, and Malta. Cross-party is the usual and preferable description for countries with the multi-party system even if two parties are dominant.

Derived terms

• bipartisanship

Translations

relating to, or supported by two groups, especially by two political parties

Finnish: kaksipuolueinen French: bipartisan (fr) Galician: bipartidista m or f Georgian: ორპარტიული (orṗarṭiuli) German: parteiübergreifend (de), überparteilich Ido: dupartisana, dupartisala (io) Italian: bipartisan (it) Portuguese: bipartidário m, bipartidária f Russian: двухпарти́йный (ru) (dvuxpartíjnyj) Swedish: blocköverskridande (sv) Vietnamese: lưỡng đảng

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French

Adjective

bipartisan (feminine bipartisane, masculine plural bipartisans, feminine plural bipartisanes)

1. bipartisan

Further reading

• “bipartisan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bipartisan.

Adjective

bipartisan (invariable)

1. bipartisan