Thepartimen (Occitan:[paɾtiˈmen,paʀtiˈme];Catalan:partiment[pəɾtiˈmen]; also known aspartia orjoc partit) is a cognate form of the Frenchjeu-parti (pluraljeux-partis). It is agenre ofOccitanlyric poetry composed between twotroubadours, asubgenre of thetenso orcobla exchange in which one poet presents adilemma in the form of a question and the two debate the answer, each taking up a different side. Of the nearly 200 surviving Occitan debate songs, 120 arepartimens and 75 are opentensos.[1] Thepartimen was especially popular in poetic contests. See alsoTorneyamen.