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particle.

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

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɑːtɪkl̩/Received-Pronunciation/ˈpɑɹtək(ə)l/General-American[-ɾə-]General-American
  1. A very small piece of matter, a fragment; especially, the smallest possible part of something.

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

  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.

  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
  6. A little bit.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *pérh₃tis? Proto-Italic *partis Latin pars Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -cula Latin particula Middle French particule English particle 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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