particula

See also: partícula and particulă

Latin

Etymology

From pars (“part, piece”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /parˈti.ku.la/, [pärˈt̪ɪkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /parˈti.ku.la/, [pärˈt̪iːkulä]

Noun

particula f (genitive particulae); first declension

1. 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.