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/paʁ.ti.ky.lje/

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Translation

particular, specific; private

Word origin

From Latin particularis ('concerning a part'), from particula, the diminutive of pars ('part'). English 'particular' and 'particle' come from the same root.

Origin
Latin
Root
particularis
English cognates
particular, particle, part

Grammar

Feminineparticulière
Masc pluralparticuliers
Fem pluralparticulières

Examples

, aux .

This case is a particular one, you cannot compare it to the others.

.

She takes private piano lessons.

' .

I have nothing in particular to report.

vendue , .

The house was sold to a private individual, not to an agency.

.

Particular attention must be paid to the first step.

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This word is part of lesson 31.