particula
See also: partícula and particulă
Latin
Etymology
From pars (“part, piece”) + -cula (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /parˈti.ku.la/, [pärˈt̪ɪkʊɫ̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /parˈti.ku.la/, [pärˈt̪iːkulä]
Noun
particula f (genitive particulae); first declension
- Diminutive of pars (“part, piece”): small part, particle
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | particula | particulae |
| Genitive | particulae | particulārum |
| Dative | particulae | particulīs |
| Accusative | particulam | particulās |
| Ablative | particulā | particulīs |
| Vocative | particula | particulae |
Derived terms
- particulāris
- particulātim
- particella
Descendants
- Ibero-Romance: (unexpected /ˈi/ perhaps from analogy with partīre)
- Aragonese: partilla
- Asturian: partiya
- Galician: partilla
- Portuguese: partilha
- Spanish: partija
Borrowings:
- → Aragonese: partícula
- → Asturian: partícula
- → Catalan: partícula
- → English: particle
- → French: particule
- → Galician: partícula
- → German: Partikel
- → Irish: páirteagal
- → Italian: particola
- → Norman: partitchule
- → Portuguese: partícula
- → Romanian: particulă
- → Sicilian: partìcula
- → Spanish: partícula
References
- “particula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “particula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- particula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- particula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette