particle

particle - English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpɑːtɪk(ə)l/
(General American) IPA: /ˈpɑɹtɪkəl/

Noun

particle (plural particles)

A very small piece of matter, a fragment; especially, the smallest possible part of something.
(physics) Any of various physical objects making up the constituent parts of an atom; an elementary particle or subatomic particle.
(linguistics) 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).
(linguistics) A part of speech which cannot be inflected.
(Christianity) In the Roman Catholic church, a crumb of consecrated bread; also the smaller breads used in the communion of the laity.
A little bit.

Synonyms

see particle
p-word

Hyponyms

linguistics

aspect particle
modal particle

particle physics

bradyon
elvisbrion
faster-than-light particle
luxon
superluminal particle
tachyon
tachyonic particle

Derived terms

charged-particle
multiparticle

Related terms

Translations

Albanian: grimcë (sq) f
Arabic: جُسَيْم‎ (ar) m (jusaym)
Armenian: մասնիկ (hy) (masnik)
Asturian: partícula f
Azerbaijani: zərrə (az), hissəcik
Bashkir: киҫәксә (kiθäksä), бөртөк (börtök)
Belarusian: часці́ца f (čascíca)
Bengali: কণা (bn) (kona)
Bulgarian: части́ца (bg) f (častíca)
Burmese: အမှုန်အမွှား (my) (a.hmun-a.hmwa:), အမှုန် (my) (a.hmun)
Catalan: partícula (ca) f
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 粒子 (zh) (lìzi)
Czech: částice (cs) f
Danish: partikel (da) c, lille del c
Dutch: deeltje (nl) n, partikel (nl) n
Estonian: osake (et)
Finnish: hiukkanen (fi), partikkeli (fi)
French: particule (fr) f
Galician: partícula (gl) f
Georgian: ნაწილაკი (nac̣ilaḳi)
German: Teilchen (de) n, Partikel (de) n or f
Greek: μόριο (el) n (mório)
Hebrew: חֶלְקִיק‎ (he) m (khelkik), גַרגִיר‎ (he) m (gargir)
Hindi: कण (hi) m (kaṇ)
Hungarian: részecske (hu)
Interlingua: particula
Italian: granello (it) m, pezzetto (it) m
Japanese: 粒子 (ja) (りゅうし, ryūshi)
Kazakh: бөлшек (kk) (bölşek), бүртік (bürtık)
Khmer: ចុណ្ណភាព (connaʼphiəp)
Korean: 입자(粒子) (ipja), 립자(粒子) (ripja) (North Korea)
Kyrgyz: бөлүкчө (ky) (bölükçö)
Lao: ອະນຸພາກ (ʼa nu phāk)
Latin: particula f
Latvian: daļiņa f
Lithuanian: dalelė f
Macedonian: честичка f (čestička)
Maori: paku, pakuriki, korakora, matūriki
Norman: partitchule f
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: partikkel (no) m
Ottoman Turkish: مار‎ (mar)
Persian: ذره‎ (fa) (zarre)
Polish: cząstka (pl) f
Portuguese: partícula (pt) f
Romanian: particulă (ro) f
Russian: части́ца (ru) f (častíca), крупи́ца (ru) f (krupíca)
Rusyn: части́ця f (častýcja)
Sanskrit: कण (sa) m (kaṇa)
Scottish Gaelic: bìdeag f, criomag f, mìr m
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: чѐстица f
- Roman: čèstica (sh) f
Slovak: častica f
Slovene: delček m, delec m
Spanish: partícula (es) f
Swahili: chembechembe (sw), punje (sw)
Swedish: partikel (sv) c
Tajik: зарра (tg) (zarra)
Thai: อนุภาค (th) (à-nú-pâak)
Tibetan: རྡུལ་ཕྲན (rdul phran)
Turkish: parçacık (tr)
Ukrainian: части́нка (uk) f (častýnka), ча́стка (uk) f (částka), части́ця f (častýcja)
Uyghur: زەررە‎ (zerre)
Uzbek: zarra (uz), boʻlak (uz)
Vietnamese: hạt (vi)

Arabic: جُسَيْم‎ (ar) m (jusaym)
Armenian: մասնիկ (hy) (masnik)
Asturian: partícula f
Bengali: কণা (bn) (kona)
Bulgarian: частица (bg) f (častica)
Catalan: partícula (ca) f
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 基本粒子 (zh) (jīběn lìzǐ)
Czech: částice (cs) f
Danish: partikel (da) c, elementarpartikel c
Dutch: deeltje (nl) n
Finnish: alkeishiukkanen (fi) (elementary particle), subatominen hiukkanen (subatomic particle), hiukkanen (fi)
French: particule (fr) f
Galician: partícula (gl) f
Georgian: ნაწილაკი (nac̣ilaḳi)
German: Partikel (de) n, Teilchen (de) n
Greek: σωματίδιο (el) n (somatídio)
Haitian Creole: patikil
Hebrew: חֶלְקִיק‎ (he) m (khelkik)
Hungarian: részecske (hu)
Ido: partikulo (io)
Interlingua: particula
Italian: particella (it) f
Japanese: 素粒子 (そりゅうし, soryūshi)
Korean: 소립자(素粒子) (ko) (soripja)
Malayalam: കണം (ml) (kaṇaṃ), കണിക (ml) (kaṇika)
Maori: korakora
Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: үндсэн мөхлөг (ündsen möxlög)
Norman: partitchule f
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: partikkel (no) m
Polish: cząstka (pl) f
Portuguese: partícula (pt) f
Romanian: particulă (ro) f
Russian: части́ца (ru) f (častíca)
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: чѐстица f
- Roman: čèstica (sh) f
Slovak: častica f
Slovene: delec m
Spanish: partícula (es) f
Swahili: chembechembe (sw)
Swedish: partikel (sv) c
Tagalog: tipik
Turkish: parçacık (tr)
Ukrainian: части́нка (uk) f (častýnka)
Urdu: ذَرَّہ‎ m (zarrah)
Welsh: gronyn (cy) m

Arabic: أَدَاة‎ f (ʔadāh), حَرْف‎ (ar) m (ḥarf)
Armenian: եղանակավորող բառ (hy) (ełanakavoroł baṙ)
Azerbaijani: ədat
Belarusian: часці́ца f (čascíca)
Bengali: হরফ (bn) (horoph)
Bulgarian: части́ца (bg) f (častíca)
Burmese: ပစ္စည်း (my) (paccany:)
Catalan: partícula (ca) f
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 助詞／助词 (zh) (zhùcí)
Czech: částice (cs) f
Danish: partikel (da) c
Dutch: partikel (nl) n
Esperanto: partikulo (eo)
Estonian: partikkel
Finnish: partikkeli (fi)
French: particule (fr) f
Galician: partícula (gl) f
German: Partikel (de) f or n, Redeteilchen n
Greek: μόριο (el) n (mório)
Hebrew: מִלִּית‎ (he) f (milít)
Hungarian: partikula (hu)
Icelandic: smáorð (is) n
Interlingua: particula
Irish: páirteagal m, mír f
Italian: particella (it) f
Japanese: 助詞 (ja) (じょし, joshi), 助辞 (ja) (じょじ, joji), てにをは (ja) (tenioha)
Kazakh: демеулік (demeulık)
Khmer: និបាត (km) (nibaat), អព្យយ (km) (ʼappyĕəʼyĕəʼ)
Korean: 조사(助詞) (ko) (josa)
Kyrgyz: частица (çastitsa), бөлүкчө (ky) (bölükçö)
Lao: ອະນຸພາກ (ʼa nu phāk)
Latvian: partikula f
Lithuanian: dalelytė f
Macedonian: честичка f (čestička)
Maori: weu, pūtūmua, pūmahi
Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: сул үг (mn) (sul üg)
Norman: partitchule f
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: partikkel (no) m
Persian: حرف‎ (fa) (harf)
Polish: partykuła (pl) f
Portuguese: partícula (pt) f
Romanian: particulă (ro) f
Russian: части́ца (ru) f (častíca)
Scottish Gaelic: mion-fhacal m
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: чѐстица f
- Roman: čèstica (sh) f, rijèčca (sh) f, rèčca f
Slovak: častica f
Slovene: členek (sl) m
Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: partikla f
- Upper Sorbian: časćica f, partikla f
Spanish: partícula (es) f
Swedish: partikel (sv) c
Thai: อนุภาค (th) (à-nú-pâak)
Turkish: edat (tr), ilgeç (tr)
Ukrainian: ча́стка (uk) f (částka)
Uzbek: yuklama (uz)
Vietnamese: trợ từ (vi)
Welsh: geiryn m

Old Norse: málfylling f

Anagrams

crepital, preictal, prelatic