particule
/ˈpɑːtɪkjuːl/noun
The French preposition de, used as a prefix of nobility in personal names.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Blackwood's Magazine. From French particule the preposition de in French surnames, especially as indicating nobility.
- statement of claim
- statemonger
- Staten Island
- state occasion
- state of affairs (or things)
- state of emergency
- state of grace
- state of life
- state of matter
- state of play
- state of the art
- State of the City
- State of the Nation
- State of the State
- State of the Union
- state of things
- state of war
- state opening
- state-oriented
- state-owned
- state-owned enterprise
- state paper
- State Paper Office
- state park
- state pension