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particle
- /ˈpɑːtɪkl̩/ UK
- /ˈpɑɹtək(ə)l/ US
- [-ɾə-] US
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tɪkəl
Where it comes from
From Middle French particule, and its source, Latin particula (“small part, particle”), diminutive of pars (“part, piece”). Semantically displaced native Old English grot whence modern English groat.
noun particles
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A very small piece of matter, a fragment; especially, the smallest possible part of something.
Be content with the knowledge that, ere the voyage had ended, both she and I were desperately and unreasoningly in love with one another. Heaven knows that I can make the admission now without one particle of vanity.
Similar: bit, chip, chunk, tranche, clip, crumb, crumbling, cutting, flake, fleak, fragment, hunk
- Any of various physical objects making up the constituent parts of an atom; an elementary particle or subatomic particle. What, he asked himself, does quantum theory have to say about the familiar properties of particles such as position?
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A part of speech that has no inherent lexical definition but must be associated with another word to impart meaning, often a grammatical category: for example, the English word to in a full infinitive phrase (to eat) or O in a vocative phrase (O Canada), or as a discourse marker (mmm).
In English there is no grammatical device to differentiate predicational judgments from nonpredicational descriptions. This distinction does cast a shadow on the grammatical sphere to some extent, but recognition of it must generally be made in semantic terms. It is maintained here that in Japanese,
Similar: p-word
- A part of speech which cannot be inflected. 322. The parts of speech which are neither declined nor conjugated, are called by the general name of particles. 323. They are adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.
- In the Roman Catholic church, a crumb of consecrated bread; also the smaller breads used in the communion of the laity. the Sacred Particle
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A little bit.
"That doesn't make a particle of difference", replied Charlotte. "Not a particle."
Similar: atom, molecule, ace, thought, atomy, aught, bissel, continental, bit, crumb, glimpse, dab
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: speck, mote, atom, molecule, shred, piece, grading, accelerator, parcel, particulate, dust, particleboard, accelerant, fiber, ion, rsp
Translations
Every language
noun word that does not obviously belong to any particular part of speech
| Español | partícula |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 조사 josa |
| 日本語 | 助詞 joshi, 助辞 joji, てにをは tenioha |
| 中文 | 助詞 /助词 zhùcí |
| Português | partícula |
| Français | particule |
| Deutsch | Partikel, Redeteilchen |
| Italiano | particella |
| Ελληνικά | μόριο mório |
| Română | particulă |
| Русский | части́ца častíca |
| Tiếng Việt | trợ từ, tiểu từ |
| العربية | أَدَاة ʔadāh, حَرْف ḥarf |
| עברית | מִלִּית milít |
noun body with very small size
| Español | partícula |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 입자 ipja |
| 日本語 | 粒子 ryūshi |
| 中文 | 粒子 lìzi |
| हिन्दी | कण kaṇ, ज़र्रा zarrā |
| Kiswahili | chembechembe, punje |
| Português | partícula |
| Français | particule |
| Deutsch | Teilchen, Partikel |
| Italiano | granello, pezzetto |
| Ελληνικά | μόριο mório |
| Română | particulă |
| Русский | части́ца častíca, крупи́ца krupíca |
| Tiếng Việt | hạt |
| العربية | جُسَيْم jusaym, ذَرَّة ḏarra |
| עברית | חֶלְקִיק khelkik, גַרגִיר gargir |
noun physical object making up the constituent parts of an atom
| Español | partícula |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 소립자 soripja |
| 日本語 | 素粒子 soryūshi |
| 中文 | 基本粒子 jīběn lìzǐ |
| Kiswahili | chembechembe |
| Português | partícula |
| Français | particule |
| Deutsch | Partikel, Teilchen |
| Italiano | particella |
| Ελληνικά | σωματίδιο somatídio |
| Română | particulă |
| Русский | части́ца častíca |
| العربية | جُسَيْم jusaym |
| עברית | חֶלְקִיק khelkik |
noun crumb or fragment of consecrated bread
| Deutsch | Partikel |
|---|
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