Meaning

6 senses
  1. A very small piece of matter, a fragment; especially, the smallest possible part of something.

    Teilchen, Partikel

    части́цаčastíca, крупи́цаkrupíca

    части́нкаčastýnka, ча́сткаčástka, части́цяčastýcja

  2. Any of various physical objects making up the constituent parts of an atom; an elementary particle or subatomic particle.

    Partikel, Teilchen

    части́цаčastíca

    части́нкаčastýnka

  3. 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).

  4. A part of speech which cannot be inflected.

    Partikel, Redeteilchen

    части́цаčastíca

    ча́сткаčástka

  5. In the Roman Catholic church, a crumb of consecrated bread; also the smaller breads used in the communion of the laity.

    the Sacred Particle

    Partikel

  6. A little bit.

More definitions
  • a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs
  • a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions
  • (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

Examples

93 sentences
  1. Particles of dust float in the atmosphere.

    Частинки пилу літають в атмосфері.

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  2. The girls talked about particle physics.

    deDie Mädchen unterhielten sich über Elementarteilchenphysik.

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  3. The electron is an elementary particle.

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  4. An electron is an elementary particle.

    ruЭлектрон — это элементарная частица.

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  5. Alpha particles carry a positive charge.

    ruАльфа-частицы несут положительный заряд.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
body with very small size:
Русский
By meaning 1
body with very small size:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
body with very small size:
word that does not obviously belong to any particular part of speech:

Origin

From Middle French particule, and its source, Latin particula (“small part, particle”), di

From Middle French particule, and its source, Latin particula (“small part, particle”), diminutive of pars (“part, piece”). Semantically displaced native Old English grot whence modern English groat.

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