particulier

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɑr.ti.kyˈliːr/

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

Adjective

particulier (not comparable)

1. private

   particuliere belangen — private interests

Declension

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

Noun

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

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

Descendants

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

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
• Middle Dutch: particulier
  • Dutch: particulier
    • Afrikaans: partikulier
    • → Indonesian: partikelir
      • → Javanese: ꦥꦂꦠꦶꦏꦼꦭꦶꦂ (partikelir)
      • → Petjo: partiklier
    • → Peranakan Indonesian: 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.

Peranakan Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch [Term?] (“private”), from Middle Dutch particulier, from Middle French particulier, from Old French particuler, from Latin particulāris.

Adjective

particulier

1. private

   ...kerna sebagi orang particulier ia ada berdjasa boekan ketjil dalem gerakan Tionghoa oemoem. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)