From Middle English particuler, from Anglo-Norman particuler, Middle French particuler, particulier, from Late Latin particularis (“partial; separate, individual”), from Latin particula (“(small) part”). Equivalent to particle + -ar. Compare particle.
particular (comparative more particular, superlative most particular) (also non-comparable)
- (obsolete) Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.
- Specific; discrete; concrete.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:specific
- Antonym: general
I couldn't find the particular model you asked for, but I hope this one will do.
We knew it was named after John Smith, but nobody knows which particular John Smith.
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:I could a tale unfold whose lightest word / Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, / Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, / Thy knotted and combined locks to part / And each particular hair to stand on end
- Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
- Synonyms: optimized, specialistic
I don't appreciate your particular brand of cynicism.
1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Gardens”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular juice out of the earth
- (obsolete) Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.
c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:or these domesticke and particular broiles, Are not the question heere.
- Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).
My five favorite places are, in no particular order, New York, Chicago, Paris, San Francisco and London.
I didn't have any particular interest in the book.
He brought no particular news.
She was the particular belle of the party.
- (comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; fastidious.
- Synonyms: minute, precise, fastidious; see also Thesaurus:fastidious
He is very particular about his food and if it isn't cooked to perfection he will send it back.
These women are more particular about their appearance.
1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed[1]:There is a scraper as well as a mat, and Mrs. Challenger is most particular.
- Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:meticulous
a full and particular account of an accident
- (law) Containing a part only; limited.
a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder
- (law) Holding a particular estate.
- (logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.
a particular proposition, opposed to "universal", e.g. (particular affirmative) "Some men are wise"; (particular negative) "Some men are not wise".
specific; discrete; concrete
- Belarusian: асо́бны (be) (asóbny), прыва́тны (pryvátny)
- Bulgarian: особен (bg) (osoben), специфичен (bg) (specifičen)
- Catalan: particular (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: nimenomainen, yksittäinen (fi)
- Galician: particular (gl) m or f
- German: speziell (de), bestimmt (de), spezifisch (de), genau (de), einzeln (de)
- Hungarian: konkrét (hu), bizonyos (hu)
- Irish: sonrach
- Italian: specifico (it)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: تایبەتی (taybetî)
- Latin: speciālis
- Malay: tertentu
- Maori: tētahi
- Norwegian: bestemt
- Polish: konkretny (pl)
- Portuguese: específico (pt), particular (pt)
- Quechua: waki
- Romanian: particular (ro) m or n
- Russian: конкре́тный (ru) (konkrétnyj), отде́льный (ru) (otdélʹnyj), ча́стный (ru) (částnyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: air leth
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: спецѝфичан, појѐдӣнӣ, ко̀нкретан
- Roman: specìfičan (sh), pojèdīnī (sh), kònkretan (sh)
- Spanish: particular (es)
- Telugu: ప్రత్యేక (te) (pratyēka)
- Ukrainian: конкре́тний (konkrétnyj), окре́мий (uk) (okrémyj), прива́тний (pryvátnyj)
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specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing
- Bulgarian: характерен (bg) (harakteren)
- Catalan: propi (ca)
- Finnish: erityinen (fi), ominainen (fi)
- Galician: propio (gl)
- German: besonders (de), besonderer (de), charakteristisch (de), spezifisch (de), speziell (de)
- Italian: proprio (it), particolare (it)
- Japanese: 特別 (ja) (tokubetsu), 特有 (ja) (tokuyū), 独特 (ja) (dokutoku)
- Latin: proprius (la)
- Mongolian: онцлогтой (onclogtoj)
- Polish: specyficzny (pl)
- Portuguese: próprio (pt), particular (pt)
- Romanian: particular (ro) m or n, specific (ro) m or n, caracteristic (ro) m or n
- Russian: характерный (ru) (xarakternyj), специфи́ческий (ru) (specifíčeskij), осо́бый (ru) (osóbyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: air leth
- Ukrainian: специфі́чний (specyfíčnyj), особли́вий (osoblývyj)
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known only to an individual person or group
— see confidential
distinguished in some way; special
of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details
- Bulgarian: личен (bg) (ličen), индивидуален (bg) (individualen)
- Finnish: pikkutarkka (fi), tarkka (fi)
- German: sorgfältig (de), penibel (de), genau (de), pingelig (de), eigen (de), wählerisch (de), anspruchsvoll (de), etepetete (de),
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concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious
- Bulgarian: подробен (bg) (podroben), обстоятелствен (bg) (obstojatelstven)
- Catalan: minuciós (ca)
- Finnish: yksityiskohtainen (fi), tarkka (fi)
- German: eigen (de), kleinlich (de), wählerisch (de), genau (de), minutiös (de), wählerisch (de), penibel (de), pingelig (de), sorgfältig (de)
- Irish: meonúil
- Italian: minuzioso (it)
- Portuguese: minucioso (pt)
- Russian: разборчивый (ru) (razborčivyj), щепетильный (ru) (ščepetilʹnyj), привере́дливый (ru) (priverédlivyj)
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legal: containing a part only
legal: holding a particular estate
- Finnish: osa- (fi) (e.g. particular tenant - "osavuokralainen")
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Translations to be checked
particular (plural particulars)
- A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point. [from 15th c.]
1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “Several Contrivances of the Author to Please the King and Queen. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag), page 259:I did not omit even our Sports and Paſtimes, or any other Particular which I thought might redound to the Honour of my Country.
- (obsolete) A person's own individual case. [16th–19th c.]
1658, Henry Hammond, Whole Duty of Man:temporal blessings, whether such as concern the public […] or such as concern our particular
- (now philosophy, chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.) [from 17th c.]
1912, Bertrand Russel, The Problems of Philosophy, Chapter 9:When we examine common words, we find that, broadly speaking, proper names stand for particulars, while other substantives, adjectives, prepositions, and verbs stand for universals.
person's own individual case
philosophy: individual thing as opposed to a whole class
Borrowed from Latin particulāris.
particular m or f (masculine and feminine plural particulars)
- private
- particular
particular m (plural particulars)
- individual
- subject, matter, issue
Borrowed from Latin particulāris, corresponding to partícula + -ar.
- Hyphenation: par‧ti‧cu‧lar
particular m or f (plural particulares, comparable, comparative mais particular, superlative o mais particular or particularíssimo)
- private (concerning, accessible or belonging to an individual person or group)
- private (not belonging to the government)
- Synonym: privado
- Antonym: público
- particular; specific
- Synonym: específico
- particular; distinguished; exceptional
- Synonym: excepcional
Borrowed from Latin particularis or German partikular. By surface analysis, particulă + -ar.
particular m or n (feminine singular particulară, masculine plural particulari, feminine and neuter plural particulare)
- private
particular m (plural particulari)
- private person
Borrowed from Latin particulāris.
- IPA(key): /paɾtikuˈlaɾ/ [paɾ.t̪i.kuˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: par‧ti‧cu‧lar
particular m or f (masculine and feminine plural particulares)
- specific, particular
- Synonyms: concreto, específico
- peculiar, strange
- Synonyms: raro, extraño
- personal
- Synonym: personal
- private
- Synonym: privado
particular m (plural particulares)
- individual, private citizen