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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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parcel
English
Etymology
From Middle English parcel, from Old French parcelle (“a small piece or part, a parcel, a particle”), from Vulgar Latin *particella, diminutive of Latin particula (“particle”), diminutive of pars (“part, piece”). Doublet of particle.
Pronunciation
- enPR: pär?-s?l, IPA(key): /?p??s?l/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): [?p?a?.s??]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [?p???.s??]
- (General American) IPA(key): [?p???.s??]
- Rhymes: -??(r)s?l
- Hyphenation: par?cel
Noun
parcel (plural parcels)
- A package wrapped for shipment.
- Synonym: package
- At twilight in the summer […] the mice come out. They […] eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly […] on the floor.
- An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
- A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
- Synonym: plot
- (obsolete) A group of birds.
- An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, Act II, Scene 3,[2]
- […] this youthful parcel
- Of noble bachelors stand at my bestowing,
- 1847, Herman Melville, Omoo, Part 2, Chapter 79,[3]
- […] instead of sitting (as she ought to have done) by her good father and mother, she must needs run up into the gallery, and sit with a parcel of giddy creatures of her own age […]
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, Act II, Scene 3,[2]
- A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
- A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
- 1731, John Arbuthnot, An essay concerning the nature of aliments, London: J. Tonson, Chapter 4, p. 85,[4]
- The same Experiments succeed on two Parcels of the White of an Egg […]
- 1881, John Addington Symonds, The Renaissance in Italy, Volume 5, Part I, New York: Henry Holt, Chapter 1, p. 2,[5]
- The parcels of the nation adopted different forms of self-government, sought divers foreign alliances.
- 1731, John Arbuthnot, An essay concerning the nature of aliments, London: J. Tonson, Chapter 4, p. 85,[4]
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- lot
- allotment
Verb
parcel (third-person singular simple present parcels, present participle parceling or parcelling, simple past and past participle parceled or parcelled)
- To wrap something up into the form of a package.
- To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.
- Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way.
- To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into.
- 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act II, Scene 2,[6]
- Their woes are parcell’d, mine are general.
- 1667, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour, London: H. Herringman, Act I, Scene 2, p. 12,[7]
- Those ghostly Kings would parcel out my pow’r,
- And all the fatness of my Land devour;
- 1864, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Aylmer’s Field” in Enoch Arden, etc., London: Edward Moxon, pp. 94-95,[8]
- Then the great Hall was wholly broken down,
- And the broad woodland parcell’d into farms;
- 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act II, Scene 2,[6]
- To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act V, Scene 2,[9]
- […] that mine own servant should
- Parcel the sum of my disgraces by
- Addition of his envy!
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act V, Scene 2,[9]
Translations
Adverb
parcel (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Part or half; in part; partially.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act II, Scene 1,[10]
- Thou didst swear to me upon a parcel-gilt goblet […]
- 1826, Walter Scott, Woodstock, or The Cavalier, Chapter 4,[11]
- […] as the worthy dame was parcel blind and more than parcel deaf, knowledge was excluded by two principal entrances […]
- 1864, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Aylmer’s Field” in Enoch Arden, etc., London: Edward Moxon, p. 59,[12]
- here was one [a hut] that, summer-blanch’d,
- Was parcel-bearded with the traveller’s-joy
- In Autumn, parcel ivy-clad;
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act II, Scene 1,[10]
Further reading
- parcel in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- parcel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Placer, carpel, craple, placer
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from French parcelle (“parcel”), from Latin particula (“particle”), diminutive of pars (“part”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [p???s?l?]
Noun
parcel c (singular definite parcellen, plural indefinite parceller)
- parcel, lot (subdivided piece of land registred independently in official records)
- (informal) detached house
- Synonym: parcelhus
Inflection
Portuguese
Noun
parcel m (plural parcéis)
- a shoal, a sandbank
- Synonyms: vau, vado, baixo, baixio, esparcel, restinga, sirte
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