particulier

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpɑr.ti.kyˈliːr/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: par‧ti‧cu‧lier
  • Rhymes: -iːr

Adjective

particulier (not comparable)

  1. private
    particuliere belangen — private interests

Inflection

Inflection 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

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

Adjective

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

  1. particular
  2. peculiar

Derived terms

Noun

particulier m (plural particuliers, feminine particulière)

  1. an individual; a specified person

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French particulier.

Adjective

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

  1. particular

Descendants

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin particularis.

Adjective

particulier m (oblique and nominative feminine singular particuliere)

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

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