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English

Etymology

From Latin particula (“small part, particle”), diminutive of pars (“part, piece”).

Pronunciation

Noun

particle (plural particles)

  1. A body with very small size; a fragment.
  2. (physics) An elementary particle or subatomic particle.
  3. (linguistics) A word that has a particular grammatical function but does not obviously belong to any particular part of speech, such as the word to in English infinitives or O as the vocative particle.

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