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particular
English
Alternative forms
- perticular (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English particuler, from Anglo-Norman particuler, Middle French particuler, particulier, from Late Latin particularis (“partial; separate, individual”), from Latin particula (“(small) part”). Equivalent to particle +? -ar. Compare particle.
Pronunciation
- (rhotic) IPA(key): /p??t?kj?l?/
- (non-rhotic) IPA(key): /p??t?kj?l?/
- (US, rhotic, r-dissimilation) IPA(key): /p??t?kj?l?/
- Hyphenation: par?tic?u?lar
- Rhymes: -?kj?l?(?)
Adjective
particular (comparative more particular, superlative most particular) (also non-comparable)
- (obsolete) Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.
- Specific; discrete; concrete.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:specific
- Antonym: general
- Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
- Synonyms: optimized, specialistic
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Gardens
- wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular juice out of the earth
- (obsolete) Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, King Lear, V.1:
- or these domesticke and particular broiles, Are not the question heere.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, King Lear, V.1:
- Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).
- (comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; fastidious.
- Synonyms: minute, precise, fastidious; see also Thesaurus:fastidious
- Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:meticulous
- (law) Containing a part only; limited.
- (law) Holding a particular estate.
- (logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- particular in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Noun
particular (plural particulars)
- A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point. [from 15th c.]
- (obsolete) A person's own individual case. [16th-19th c.]
- 1658, Henry Hammond, Whole Duty of Man
- temporal blessings, whether such as concern the public […] or such as concern our particular
- 1658, Henry Hammond, Whole Duty of Man
- (now philosophy, chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.) [from 17th c.]
Related terms
- universal
- for one's particular
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin particularis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /p??.ti.ku?la/
- (Central) IPA(key): /p?r.ti.ku?la/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /pa?.ti.ku?la?/
Adjective
particular (masculine and feminine plural particulars)
- private
- particular
Derived terms
- particularment
Related terms
- partícula
- particularitat
Further reading
- “particular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “particular” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “particular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “particular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin particul?ris, corresponding to partícula +? -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /p??.ti.ku.?la?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pa?.?t??i.ku.?la?/, [p??.?t??i.k?.?l?ä?]
- Hyphenation: par?ti?cu?lar
Adjective
particular m or f (plural particulares, comparable)
- private (concerning, accessible or belonging to an individual person or group)
- private (not belonging to the government)
- Synonym: privado
- Antonym: público
- particular; specific
- Synonym: específico
- particular; distinguished; exceptional
- Synonym: excepcional
Inflection
Derived terms
- em particular
Related terms
- partícula
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin particul?ris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa?tiku?la?/, [pa?.t?i.ku?la?]
Adjective
particular (plural particulares)
- specific, particular
- Synonyms: concreto, específico
- peculiar, strange
- Synonyms: raro, extraño
- personal
- Synonym: íntimo
- private
- Synonym: privado
Related terms
- partícula
Noun
particular m (plural particulares)
- individual, private citizen
Further reading
- “particular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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matter
English
Etymology
From Middle English matere, mater, from Anglo-Norman matere, materie, from Old French materie, matiere, from Latin materia (“matter, stuff, material”), derivative of Latin mater (“mother”). Doublet of Madeira.
Displaced native Middle English andweorc, andwork (“material, matter”) (from Old English andweorc (“matter, substance, material”)), Old English intinga (“matter, affair, business”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?mæt?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?mæt?/, [?mæ??]
- Homophone: madder
- Rhymes: -æt?(?)
- Hyphenation: mat?ter
Noun
matter (countable and uncountable, plural matters)
- Substance, material.
- (physics) The basic structural component of the universe. Matter usually has mass and volume.
- (physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles.
- Antonym: antimatter
- A kind of substance.
- Printed material, especially in books or magazines.
- (philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.
- A condition, subject or affair, especially one of concern.
- 1597, Francis Bacon, Of the Colours of Good and Evil
- if the matter should be tried by duel
- 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
- The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.
- 1597, Francis Bacon, Of the Colours of Good and Evil
- An approximate amount or extent.
- (obsolete) The essence; the pith; the embodiment.
- 1611, Ben Jonson, Oberon, the Faery Prince
- He is the matter of virtue.
- 1611, Ben Jonson, Oberon, the Faery Prince
- (obsolete) Inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
- (dated) Pus.
Synonyms
- material
- stuff
- substance
Derived terms
Related terms
- dark matter
Translations
Verb
matter (third-person singular simple present matters, present participle mattering, simple past and past participle mattered)
- (intransitive) To be important. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive, in negative constructions, now England regional, Caribbean) To care about, to mind; to find important. [from 17th c.]
- , Folio Society 1973, p.47:
- Besides, if it had been out of doors I had not mattered it so much; but with my own servant, in my own house, under my own roof […]
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 56:
- He matter'd not that, he said; coy maids made the fondest wives […].
- , Folio Society 1973, p.47:
- (intransitive, medicine, archaic) To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.
- Each slight sore mattereth.
Derived terms
- it doesn't matter
- no matter (“in spite of”)
Synonyms
- (be important): signify
Translations
French
Verb
matter
- Alternative spelling of mater
Conjugation
Anagrams
- mettra
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mat?/
Adjective
matter
- comparative degree of matt
- inflection of matt:
- strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- strong genitive/dative feminine singular
- strong genitive plural
Middle French
Alternative forms
- mater
Verb
matter
- to checkmate
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
matter m pl or f pl
- indefinite plural of matte (Etymology 1)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
matter f pl
- indefinite plural of matte (Etymology 1)
matter From the web:
- what matters
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