particulier

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch particulier, from Middle French particulier, from Old French particuler, from Latin particulāris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɑr.ti.kyˈliːr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: par‧ti‧cu‧lier
• Rhymes: -iːr

Adjective

particulier (not comparable)

1. private

   particuliere belangen — private interests

Inflection

Declension of particulier
uninflected	particulier
inflected	particuliere
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		particulier
indefinite	m./f. sing.	particuliere
	n. sing.	particulier
	plural	particuliere
definite		particuliere
partitive		particuliers

Descendants

• Afrikaans: partikulier
• → Indonesian: partikelir
  • → Petjo: partiklier
• → Javanese: ꦥꦂꦠꦶꦏꦼꦭꦶꦂ (partikelir)

Noun

particulier m or f (plural particulieren, diminutive particuliertje n)

1. private individual
2. (obsolete) citizen, private citizen

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French particulier, from Old French particulier, borrowed from Latin particularis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʁ.ti.ky.lje/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

particulier (feminine particulière, masculine plural particuliers, feminine plural particulières)

1. particular
2. peculiar

Derived terms

• en particulier

Noun

particulier m (plural particuliers, feminine particulière)

1. an individual; a specified person

Derived terms

• particulièrement

Further reading

• “particulier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French particulier.

Adjective

particulier m (feminine singular particuliere, masculine plural particuliers, feminine plural particulieres)

1. particular

Descendants

• French: particulier

Old French

Alternative forms

• particuler

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin particularis.

Adjective

particulier m (oblique and nominative feminine singular particuliere)

1. particular (relating to a part)
2. wild; feral

Descendants

• Middle French: particulier
  • French: particulier

References

• “particulier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.