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partícula
partícula
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin particula (“particle”), diminutive of pars (“part”). Doublet of partilha, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
- (Paulista) IPA(key): /paɹ.ˈt͡ʃi.ku.la/, /paɹ.ˈt͡ʃi.ku.lɐ/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /paɻ.ˈt͡ʃi.ku.la/
Noun
partícula f (plural partículas)
- particle (body with very small size)
- (Christianity) host (consecrated bread)
- (linguistics) particle (word that has a particular grammatical function but does not obviously belong to any particular part of speech)
- (physics) elementary particle
Synonyms
- (small body): corpúsculo, fragmento, grão, pedaço
- (host): hóstia
- (elementary particle): partícula atómica, partícula elementar, partícula fundamental, partícula subatómica
Derived terms
- partícula alfa
- partícula apassivadora
- partícula beta
- partícula viral
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin particula. Doublet of partija, which was inherited.
Noun
partícula f (plural partículas)