Particle — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈɑːɹɾɪkəl/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈɑːtɪkəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈɑːtɪkəl/

2 syllables Say it as /pˈɑːɹɾɪkəl/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

speck subatomic particle mote corpuscle atom molecule

Word Forms

atomise	verb	break up into small particles
atomic	adjective	immeasurably small
molecular	adjective	relating to simple or elementary organization; --G.A. Miller

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Teilchen

(nichttechnischer Gebrauch) ein winziges Stück von irgendetwas

🇫🇷French

particule

(usage non technique) un petit morceau de n'importe quoi

🇪🇸Spanish

partícula

(uso no técnico) un pedacito de cualquier cosa

🇮🇹Italian

particella

(uso non tecnico) un minuscolo pezzo di qualsiasi cosa

🇳🇱Dutch

deeltje

(niet-technisch gebruik) een klein stukje van wat dan ook

🇵🇹Portuguese

partícula

(uso não técnico) um pequeno pedaço de qualquer coisa

🇷🇺Russian

частица

(нетехническое использование) крошечный кусочек чего-либо

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कण

(गैरतकनीकी उपयोग) किसी भी चीज़ का एक छोटा सा टुकड़ा

🇧🇩Bengali

কণা

(অপ্রযুক্তিগত ব্যবহার) কোনো কিছুর একটি ক্ষুদ্র অংশ

🇮🇳Tamil

துகள்

(தொழில்நுட்பமற்ற பயன்பாடு) எதிலும் ஒரு சிறிய துண்டு

🇮🇳Telugu

కణం

(నాన్ టెక్నికల్ యూసేజ్) ఏదైనా ఒక చిన్న ముక్క

🇮🇳Marathi

कण

(नॉनटेक्निकल वापर) कोणत्याही गोष्टीचा एक छोटा तुकडा

🇮🇳Gujarati

કણ

(બિન-તકનીકી ઉપયોગ) કોઈપણ વસ્તુનો નાનો ટુકડો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕಣ

(ತಾಂತ್ರಿಕವಲ್ಲದ ಬಳಕೆ) ಯಾವುದಾದರೂ ಒಂದು ಸಣ್ಣ ತುಂಡು

🇮🇳Malayalam

കണിക

(സാങ്കേതികേതര ഉപയോഗം) എന്തിൻ്റെയും ഒരു ചെറിയ കഷണം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕਣ

(ਗੈਰ-ਤਕਨੀਕੀ ਵਰਤੋਂ) ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਚੀਜ਼ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਛੋਟਾ ਜਿਹਾ ਟੁਕੜਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

ذرہ

(غیر تکنیکی استعمال) کسی بھی چیز کا ایک چھوٹا سا ٹکڑا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

粒子

（非技术用法）任何东西的一小部分

🇯🇵Japanese

粒子

(技術的以外の使用) 何かの小さな断片

🇰🇷Korean

입자

(기술적이지 않은 사용법) 어떤 것의 작은 조각

🇻🇳Vietnamese

hạt

(cách sử dụng phi kỹ thuật) một phần nhỏ của bất cứ thứ gì

🇹🇭Thai

อนุภาค

(การใช้งานที่ไม่ใช่ด้านเทคนิค) สิ่งเล็กๆ น้อยๆ ของสิ่งใดๆ

🇮🇩Indonesian

partikel

(penggunaan nonteknis) sebagian kecil dari apa pun

🇵🇭Filipino

butil

(nontechnical na paggamit) isang maliit na piraso ng anumang bagay

🇲🇾Malay

zarah

(penggunaan bukan teknikal) sekeping kecil apa-apa

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

جسيم

(استخدام غير تقني) قطعة صغيرة من أي شيء

🇮🇷Persian

ذره

(استفاده غیر فنی) یک قطعه کوچک از هر چیزی

🇹🇷Turkish

parçacık

(teknik olmayan kullanım) herhangi bir şeyin küçük bir parçası

🇮🇱Hebrew

חֶלְקִיק

(שימוש לא טכני) חתיכה זעירה מכל דבר

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