particulen.
/ˈpɑːtᵻkjuːl/, U.S. /ˈpɑrdəˌkjul/ 0. The French preposition de, used as a prefix of nobility in personal names.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a small part or proportion
particlea1400
pittancec1400
moiety1594
cantling1674
morceau1755
decimal1758
tithe1852
particule1889
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > [noun] > function word
particle1533
parcel1571
syncategorem1655
agency1778
empty word1854
symbolic1871
form-word1875
structural word1884
particule1889
pheme1906
structure word1925
function word1927
operator1938
logical word1940
keneme1950
rheme1953
functor1958
the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > a particle
grotc888
crumba1387
motec1390
particlea1398
pointa1400
specka1400
atomy1584
moment1594
dust1597
pickle1604
mite1605
atom1626
iota1636
ramentum1658
bodikin1668
part1669
dustling1674
scintilla1674
minim1686
fleck1753
molecule1799
heartbeat1855
particule1889
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [noun] > affix > prefix > specific
un1650
augment1671
inflex1859
particule1889
preverb1906
1875 Catholic World Jan. 520/1 He is styled de Robes-pierre by the writer, and had assumed the particule noble at a much earlier date.]
1889 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 146 270/1 We..generously add a ‘de’ where no particule is, with no consciousness that we are thus conferring nobility.
1898 J. E. C. Bodley France I. 191 Of the 1500 boys 200 have names prefixed with the particule, signifying that they claim to be of gentle birth.
1934 A. Thirkell Wild Strawberries ix. 183 My own family is of ancient date, bearing the particule.
1988 D. A. Thomas Compan. Royal Navy iii. 246 De Ruyter..always signed and called himself Ruyter, without the particule.
2000 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 24 Dec. 16 A French aristo is identifiable by the particule ‘de’, a German by the praedikat ‘von’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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