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Etymology
From L. particula �small part, particle�, diminutive of pars �part, piece�.

Pronunciation
italbrac|RP IPA|/�p��tɪk�l/
italbrac|US IPA|/�p��rtɪk�l/
audio|en-us-particle.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|��(r)tɪk�l

Noun
en-noun

1. A body with very small size; a fragment.
2. physics An elementary particle or subatomic particle.
3. linguistics A word that has a particular grammatical function but does not obviously belong to any particular part of speech, such as the word to in English infinitives.

Translations
trans-top|body with very small size
Czech: t-|cs|�ástice|f
Danish: partikel c, lille del c
Finnish: t+|fi|hiukkanen, t+|fi|partikkeli
Greek: t|el|μ��ιο|n|sc=Grek (mório)
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Japanese: �� (ryūshi)
Russian: �а��и�а (�astíca) f, к��пи�а (krupíca) f
Portuguese: t+|pt|partícula|f
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trans-top|elementary particle or subatomic particle
Czech: t-|cs|�ástice|f
Dutch: t-|nl|deeltje|n
Danish: partikel c, elementarpartikel c
Finnish: t+|fi|hiukkanen
Greek: t|el|��μα�ίδιο|n|sc=Grek (somatídio)
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Japanese: �� (ryūshi)
Russian: t+|ru|�а��и�а|f|tr�astíca|scCyrl
Portuguese: t+|pt|partícula|f
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trans-top|word that does not belong to any particular part of speech
Czech: t-|cs|�ástice|f
Danish: småord n
Danish: t|nl|partikel|n
Finnish: t+|fi|partikkeli
Greek: t|el|μ��ιο|n|sc=Grek (mório)
Icelandic: t+|is|smáorð|n
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Japanese: �� (���, joshi)
Russian: t+|ru|�а��и�а|f|tr�astíca|scCyrl
Portuguese: t+|pt|partícula|f
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trans-top|Translations to be checked
ttbc|Breton: rannig f -où pl (1,2,3)
ttbc|Esperanto: partiklo
ttbc|French: particule f (1, 2)
ttbc|German: Partikel n (1,2), Partikel f (3)
ttbc|Interlingua: particula (1)
ttbc|Italian: particella f (1, 2, 3), briciolo, granello, grano
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ttbc|Korean: � 카(1), 미릴카 (1,2)
ttbc|Polish: cz�stka f (1, 2), partyku�a f (3)
ttbc|Spanish: partícula f (1)
ttbc|Swedish: partikel c (1,2)
ttbc|Telugu: ర�ణ�వ� (reaNuvu) (1)
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Related terms
rel-top
part
particle accelerator
particle board
particle physics
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particular
particulate
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