Particular

Definition: Particular

Particular

Adjective

1. Unique or specific to a person or thing or category; "the particular demands of the job"; "has a paraticular preference for Chinese art"; "a peculiar bond of sympathy between them"; "an expression peculiar to Canadians"; "rights peculiar to the rich"; "the special features of a computer"; "my own special chair".

2. Separate and distinct from others; "an exception in this particular case".

3. Separate and distinct from others of the same group or category; "interested in one particular artist"; "a man who wishes to make a particular woman fall in love with him".

4. Surpassing what is common or usual or expected; "he paid especial attention to her"; "exceptional kindness"; "a matter of particular and unusual importance"; "a special occasion"; "a special reason to confide in her"; "what's so special about the year 2000?".

5. First and most important; "his special interest is music"; "she gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her volunteer work".

6. Exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared".

7. Providing specific details or circumstances; "a particular description of the room".

Noun

1. A fact about some part (as opposed to general); "he always reasons from the particular to the general".

2. A small part that can be considered separately from the whole; "it was perfect in all details".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "particular" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Particular

Caprice

Adjective: capricious; erratic, eccentric, fitful, hysterical; full of whims; Noun: maggoty; inconsistent, fanciful, fantastic, whimsical, crotchety, kinky, particular, humorsome, freakish, skittish, wanton, wayward; contrary; captious; arbitrary; unconformable; penny wise and pound foolish; fickle; (irresolute); frivolous, sleeveless, giddy, volatile.

Care

Adjective: careful regardful, heedful; taking care; Verb: particular; prudent; (cautious); considerate; thoughtful; (deliberative); provident; (prepared); alert; (active); sure-footed.

Content

Adjective: content, contented; satisfied; Verb: at ease, at one's ease, at home; with the mind at ease, sans souci, sine cura, easygoing, not particular; conciliatory; unrepining, of good comfort; resigned; (patient); cheerful.

Description

Delineation; (representation); sketch; monograph; minute account, detailed particular account, circumstantial account, graphic account; narration, recital, rehearsal, relation.

Eventuality

Business, concern, transaction, dealing, proceeding; circumstance, particular, casualty, accident, adventure, passage, crisis, pass, emergency, contingency, consequence; opportunity (occasion).

Fastidiousness

Adjective: fastidious, nice, delicate, delicat, finical, finicky, demanding, meticulous, exacting, strict, anal, difficult, dainty, lickerish, squeamish, thin-skinned; squeasy, queasy; hard to please, difficult to please; querulous, particular, straitlaced, scrupulous; censorious; hypercritical; overcritical.

Interpretation

Take in a particular sense, understand in a particular sense, receive in a particular sense, accept in a particular sense; understand by, put a construction on, be given to understand.

Part

Noun: part, portion; dose; item, particular; aught, any; division, ward; subdivision, section; chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse; article, passage; sector, segment; fraction, fragment; cantle, frustum; detachment, parcel.

Property

Limitation, term, lease, settlement, strict settlement, particular estate; estate for life, estate for years, estate pur autre vie; remainder, reversion, expectancy, possibility.

Speciality

Adverb: specially, especially, particularly; Adjective: in particular, in propria persona; ad hominem; for my part.

Adjective: special, particular, individual, specific, proper, personal, original, private, respective, definite, determinate, especial, certain, esoteric, endemic, partial, party, peculiar, appropriate, several, characteristic, diagnostic, exclusive; singular; (exceptional); idiomatic; idiotypical; typical.

Truth

Exact, accurate, definite, precise, well-defined, just, just so, so; strict, severe; close; (similar); literal; rigid, rigorous; scrupulous; (conscientious); religiously exact, punctual, mathematical, scientific; faithful, constant, unerring; curious, particular, nice, delicate, fine; clean-cut, clear-cut.

Unimportance

Nothing, nothing to signify, nothing worth speaking of, nothing particular, nothing to boast of, nothing to speak of; small matter, no great matter, trifling matter; Adjective:; mere joke, mere nothing; hardly anything; scarcely anything; small beer, cipher; no great shakes, peu de chose; child's play, kinderspiel.

Vulgarity

Particular; affected; meretricious; extravagant, monstrous, horrid; shocking; (painful).

Crosswords: Particular

Portuguese (cabinet, closet, confidential, especial, individual, inmost, intimate, particular, peculiar, personal, private, privy, separate, special, specific, tete-a-tete), Portuguese Brazilian (particular, private), Romanian (peculiar, personal, private, privy, proprietary, separate, specific), Spanish (affair, apart, business, business deal, case, individual, matter, of one's own, particular, patent, private, private citizen, private person, sectional, separate, special, tutor).

Number 1 -- and this is in no particular order -- I haven't done this in a pretty long time (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.)

and as much as I'd like to have a pair just like them, I really wouldn't want to be in your shoes at this particular time and place (Roxanne; writing credit: Steve Martin)

Laughter is particular to men. (Name der Rose, Der; writing credit: Andrew Birkin; Gérard Brach)

I can assure you, Mr. Monk, this particular aircraft has a perfect safety record (Monk; writing credit: Andy Breckman; David Breckman)

I do not like this particular side of you (Postcards from the Edge; writing credit: Carrie Fisher)

This particular illustration of this genre is called The Masochism Tango (The Masochism Tango; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)

Overheard during a particular long sermon, "If we give him the money now, Mommy, will he let us go? (references; author: unknown)

Mi profesora particular (1973)

Particular Men (1972)

Secretaria particular (1952)

The Particular Cowboys (1914)

Further and Particular (1988)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Gazetteer of Illinois, in Three Parts: Containing a General View of the State, a General View of Each County, and a Particular Description of Each (reference)

• A Particular Place: Urban Restructuring and Religious Ecology in a Southern Exurb (reference)

• Meditation for Healing: Particular Meditations for Particular Results (reference)

• One Particular Harbor: The Outrageous True Adventures of One Women With Multiple Sclerosis Living in the Alaskan Wilderness (reference)

• Particular Examen How to Root Out Hidden Faults (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Mi Secretaria Particular (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Hitchhiking Non Stop With No Particular Destinatio (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Pictured is the animal and the technician's hands holding the animal. The animal is lying still in the technician's hands. This animal could have been tested for the possible carcinogenic effects of a particular chemical. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Shows photofrin absorbed by cancer cells using photodynamic therapy treatment. Studies show when photophrin ii compound is used in photosensitive drug and is absorbed by cancer cells, the cancer cells could then be destroyed upon illumination of a particular wavelength of laser light. This treatment is known as photodynamic therapy (PDT). Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Various surveying concepts. Of particular interest is the diagram 80 which depicts the modern method of leveling. Credit: Treasures of the Library.

Hermit crabs are very particular about their shell homes. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Research Vessel HIODON. This vessel was used in inland studies of freshwater reservoirs, in particular Oahe Reservoir on the Missouri River. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 50. Example of message included in floats invented by Prince Albert I of Monaco. Left: glass tube encasing the message. Right: Message as written in ten languages. The message requested information regarding the circumstances of of discovery of the float. This type of float was used between 1885 and 1887, but floats with this particular message were used in 1886. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

A V-2 Rocket Launch. This particular rocket was launched to study the upper atmosphere and carried instrumentation to study the velocity of sound and to measure the temperature at high altitudes. In: "Weatherwise", Volume I, no. 3 , June 1948. P. 52. Credit: NOAA in Space.

[Plants of medicinal value to particular human body parts]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Steaming in column off the California coast during the middle or later 1920s. The three leading ships are (in no particular order) Colorado (BB-45), Maryland (BB-46), and West Virginia (BB-48), followed by Tennessee (BB-43) and three older battleships. Photograph taken from USS California (BB-44). Credit: NAVY.

Torpedo boats of the Atlantic Fleet Reserve Torpedo Flotilla at the Norfolk Navy Yard, circa 1907. Most of these craft are partially dismantled. The two boats in the front right and the one in the front left (listed in no particular order) are: USS Bagley (TB-24), USS Barney (TB-25) and USS Biddle (TB-26). The two larger boats between them, in the foreground are (left to right): USS DuPont (TB-7) and USS Porter (TB- 6). The three boats in the back row are (left to right): One of the three Torpedo Boat # 3 class (Foote, Rodgers or Winslow), USS Cushing (TB-1) and either USS Gwin (TB-16) or USS Talbot (TB-15). The receiving ship USS Franklin (1867-1915) and a two-masted schooner are in the distance. Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

All fines made with us unjustly and against the law of the land, and all amercements, imposed unjustly and against the law of the land, shall be entirely remitted, or else it shall be done concerning them according to the decision of the five and twenty barons whom mention is made below in the clause for securing the pease, or according to the judgment of the majority of the same, along with the aforesaid Stephen, archbishop of Canterbury, if he can be present, and such others as he may wish to bring with him for this purpose, and if he cannot be present the business shall nevertheless proceed without him, provided always that if any one or more of the aforesaid five and twenty barons are in a similar suit, they shall be removed as far as concerns this particular judgment, others being substituted in their places after having been selected by the rest of the same five and twenty for this purpose only, and after having been sworn. (reference)

The examples of particular injustice, or oppression of here and there an unfortunate man, moves them not. (Second Treatise of Government)

Clause 2: The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. (reference)

Those who apply the rule to particular cases, must of necessity expound and interpret that rule. (reference)

It compels legislative recognition of particular interests of the workers, by taking advantage of the divisions among the bourgeoisie itself. (reference)

Re-insurance of life risks effected by particular contracts and not under any general treaty remain in force. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Mrs. Elton, very willing to suppose a particular compliment intended her by such a hope, smiled most graciously

Now, it is a fact, that there was nothing at all particular about the knocker on the door, except that it was very large

She was a woman well dressed, with a sort of simple and rich elegance without any particular style

The particular judgment was over and the soul had passed to the abode of bliss or to the prison of purgatory or had been hurled howling into hell

I shall not trouble the reader with a particular account of this voyage, which was very prosperous for the most part

But to tell the truth, I find myself at present somewhat less particular in these respects

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Fruits and vegetables consumed raw are a particular concern. (references)

Anergy - Absence of immune response to particular substances. (references)

Minimization of cognitive disability, a particular fear in the elderly. (references)

Business

Warehouses pose a particular problem in Argentina. (references)

U.S.-made semiconductors are very competitive, ICs in particular. (references)

Italy, in particular, is a major and growing market for the Swiss. (references)

Children

Netherlands

The U.N. Commission on Childrens' Rights in 1999 expressed concern about the Government's performance in this area, in particular, the long waiting list for assistance to abused children. (references)

Malaysia

Incest in particular is a problem in rural areas. (references)

Luxembourg

However, despite strong legal protections, the Government acknowledged that laws establishing quotas for businesses that employ over 25 persons are not applied or enforced consistently, and there is a particular problem in the case of persons with mental disabilities. (references)

Civil Liberties

Belgium

The center is authorized to share with the public any information it collects on religious sects but, despite its name, the regulations prohibit it from categorizing any particular group as harmful. (references)

Belarus

State employees are not required to take religious oaths or practice elements of a particular faith; however, the practice of a faith not viewed as traditional, especially one not permitted to register, could place a believer at a disadvantage in terms of advancement within the government bureaucracy or the state sector of the economy. (references)

Georgia

Jehovah's Witnesses in particular are the targets of attacks from such politicians. (references)

Discrimination

Macedonia

This principle will be applied in particular with respect to employment in public administration and public enterprises, and access to public financing for business development." However, societal discrimination against ethnic minorities persisted, and the protection of women's rights remained a problem. (references)

Economic History

Japan

Unlike U.S. patent law, patents are granted to the first to file an application for a particular invention, rather than to the first to invent. (references)

Japan

If, during the examination, the Japanese Patent Office (JPO) finds no impediment to the grant of a patent for a particular invention, it publishes the patent application a second time, including any changes that have been made during the examination. (references)

Human Rights

Chile

This is of particular consequence in human rights cases from the period covered by the Amnesty Law. (references)

Bulgaria

The Military Prosecutor's office in particular has not investigated incidents of alleged police abuse thoroughly or expeditiously. (references)

Ghana

In recent years, the police service in particular has come under severe criticism following incidents of police brutality, corruption, and negligence. (references)

Indigenous People

Central African Republic

Indigenous forest-dwelling Pygmies, in particular, are subject to social and economic discrimination and exploitation, which the Government has done little to prevent. (references)

Colombia

They drew the attention of the Government in particular to the paramilitary killing in June of Embera-Katio leader Pedro Alirio Domico, governor of Esmeralda River Indigenous Reserve, Cordoba department, and Alberto Sabugara Velasquez, leader of the Gengaro Indigenous Reserve, Choco department. (references)

Minorities

Liechtenstein

The law makes it a crime to produce or distribute racist propaganda, deny or trivialize genocide and crimes against humanity, engage in racist or religious discrimination, deny services to a particular group, or support racist organizations. (references)

Political Economy

Brazil

The following are Brazil's major political parties, in order of the size of their congressional delegations in 2000(since it is common for politicians to switch parties, the proportion of congressional seats held by particular parties changes regularly). (references)

Cuba

RRB's consist of workers from a particular brigade (construction workers, a factory, etc.) that are organized by the Communist Party to react forcefully to any situation of social unrest. (references)

Fiji

Health and education services in particular were affected. (references)

Political Rights

Seychelles

SADC observers noted "minor hitches," but stated their satisfaction with the election and in particular observed "transparency" during vote casting and counting. (references)

Belarus

This was a particular concern in light of the total domination of voting commissions, which were charged with conducting the election, by regime supporters. (references)

Turkmenistan

In 1999 the Government changed the national oath to require that citizens swear personal allegiance to President Niyazov in particular, rather than just to the presidency as a general institution. (references)

Trade

Austria

Until the United States and the EU ratify an agreement on mutual recognition of safety certification for a particular product area (i.e., a product needs to be tested just once before being marketed on either side of the Atlantic), most American products sold in the EU will require the "CE" mark (the certification that a product has met EU safety and quality standards) once all directives have been passed and all transition periods have expired. (references)

Austria

Assistance in determining which standards apply to particular products designated for export is available at CS Vienna. (references)

Austria

Special rules apply for imports of particular products and countries, such as shoes from China. (references)

Travel

Vietnam

If it is not possible to have a third party introduce you, self-introductions should start with an explanation of what led you to contact this particular organization. (references)

Canada

American visitors to Canada should pay particular attention to the fact that the country is officially bilingual, with English and French as the national languages. (references)

Colombia

Visitors with a particular medical problem may therefore wish to consider supplemental medical insurance with specific overseas coverage, including provision for medical evacuation or other emergencies. (references)

Women

Solomon Islands

In part due to the breakdown in law and order and the lack of a police force after June 2000, women and teenage girls in particular are vulnerable to abuse including rape, and many rapes have been reported since the ethnic conflict began in 1998. During the year, no charges were brought against militants in these cases; however, charges have been brought in other cases against persons regarded as criminals. (references)

Nigeria

Unmarried women in particular endure many forms of discrimination. (references)

Rwanda

The Ministry of Gender and Women in Development is charged with handling problems of particular concern to women. (references)

Worker Rights

Nigeria

A few weeks later the girls disappear and reportedly are trafficked to European countries, in particular Italy, where they are forced into prostitution. (references)

Netherlands

This combination makes it possible to adapt shorter working hours to the specific situation in a particular business or branch of industry. (references)

Mauritania

Several independent trade unions, in particular three for teachers at the elementary, secondary, and university levels, also were active. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "particular": be particular about ♦ be particular in one's speech ♦ be too particular ♦ be very particular about one's food ♦ for no particular reason ♦ free of particular average unless ♦ free of particular average unless caused by ♦ in every particular ♦ in his particular case ♦ in particular ♦ nothing particular ♦ nowhere in particular ♦ particular about one's food ♦ particular average ♦ particular Baptist ♦ particular charges ♦ particular customs ♦ particular damage ♦ particular lien ♦ particular redemption ♦ particular risk ♦ particular sensitivity to noise ♦ particular theorem ♦ pay particular attention ♦ take particular care about smth. ♦ this particular case. Additional references.

Beginning with "particular": particular-identification, particular-identity.

Ending with "particular": a-particular, over-particular.

Afrikaans

spesiaal (special), afsonderlik (apart, isolated, secluded, separate, special), apart (apart, separate, special), afsydig (apart, separate, special). (various references)

Albanian

të dhëna (account, conferment, data, evidence, information, input, record, records), që nuk kënaqet lehtë, kërkues (applicant, beseeching, exacting, exactor, invocatory, loud, petitioner, postulant, prospector, searcher, solicitor, suitor, tracer), imtësi (minuteness, tenuity), i veçantë (characteristic, detached, discrete, distinct, distinctive, especial, exceptional, exclusive, extra, extra special, individual, odd, of one's own, off, particularized, peculiar, pet, queer, racy, rare, separate, single, sole, special, specific, uncommon), i posaçëm (especial, extra, extraordinary, special), i hollësishëm (categorical, circumstantial, comprehensive, detail, detailed, elaborate, explicit, minute, narrow, play-by-play). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مفصل (circumstantial, detailed, elaborate, exhaustive, hinge, in detail, itemized), ‏محدد (appointed, assigned, be specified, clear-cut, concrete, definite, designated, determined, explicit, express, fixed, given, identified, indicated, precise, prescribed, set, specific, specified, stipulated), ‏مستقل (autonomous, detached, distinct, freelance, independent, maverick, self contained, self-governing, separate, several, sovereign, unattached), ‏معين (appointed, certain, concrete, definite, itemized, lozenge, nominated, specific), ‏مختص (competent, expert, respective), ‏خصوصي (characteristic, confidential, exclusive, individual, peculiar, personal, private, special, specific), ‏خاصة (especially, essentiality, mostly, particularly, predominately, property), ‏خاص (ad hoc, individual, peculiar, personal, private, privy, proper, relative, special, specific), ‏إستثنائي (especial, exceptional, exceptive, extraneous, extraordinary, freak, freaked, mighty, out of the ordinary, phenomenal, premium, prodigious, rare, remarkable, singular, special, terrific, thundering, uncommon, unusual), ‏شخصي (individual, private, singular, subjective), ‏شاذة (phenomenal), ‏دقيق (accurate, careful, close, delicate, elaborate, exact, express, farina, fine, flour, inappreciable, infinitesimal, intangible, just, keen, mathematical, meal, nearness, nice, painstaking, pernickety, precise, punctilious, punctual, rigorous, scrupulous, searching, sharp, sound, specific, straightforward, strict, ticklish, tiny, touchy, tricky, true, veracious). (various references)

Bulgarian 

специфичен (peculiar, specific), специален (ad hoc, distinct, especial, peculiar, purposive, special), частен (peculiar, private, privy, proprietary), капризен (capricious, erratic, faddish, fanciful, fantastic, fantastical, fastidious, fickle, fractious, freakish, freaky, fretful, ill, inconstant, maggoty, petulant, skittish, tricksy, vagarious, vagrant, wayward, whimsical), особен (distinct, especial, exclusive, fanciful, funny, idiosyncratic, individual, odd, original, peculiar, queer, special, specific, strange, uncommon), отделен (detached, discrete, disjunct, distinct, divided, independent, individual, insular, lone, odd, self contained, separate, several, single, singular, solitary, stray, unattached), единичен (individual, one track, several, single, sporadic, stray), личен (finite, individual, intimate, peculiar, personal, private, privy, subjective), придирчив (captious, carping, choosey, dainty, delicate, exacting, exceptive, fastidious, finical, finicking, finicky, finikin, nice, pernickety, queasy, squeamish), подробност (circumstance, detail, feature, particularity, piece of detail), подробен (circumstantial, close, comprehensive, depth, detailed, disquisitional, elaborate, explicit, narrow, nice), индивидуален (individual, several). (various references)

Catalan

especial (apart, separate, special). (various references)

Chinese 

特殊 (extraordinary, special, unusual). (various references)

Czech

podrobnost (circumstantiality, detail, particularity), zvláštní (curious, extra, extraordinary, funny, individual, intriguing, odd, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, singular, special, strange, unique, weird), vybíravý (choosey, choosy, fastidious, finical, finicky, finnic, fussy, nice), vlastní (inherent, intrinsic, intrinsical, own, peculiar, personal, proper, respective, underlying, whole), speciální (extra special, special), konkrétní (concrete, definite, specific), jednotlivost (detail), jednotlivý (component, individual, odd, separate, single), detail (close up, detail, inset, technicalities), dùkladný (close, elaborate, firm, good, in depth, intimate, painstaking, profound, sound, stout, strong, substantial, thorough, thoroughgoing). (various references)

Danish

særskilt (apart, separate, special). (various references)

Dutch

afgezonderd (apart, separate, special). (various references)

Esperanto

speciala (special), aparta (apart, separate, special). (various references)

Faeroese

serstakur (apart, separate, special, specific), serligur (special). (various references)

Farsi 

منحصربفرد (Exclusive, Individual, Sole), مخمص , مخصوص (Favorite, Special, Specific), نکته بین , ویژه (Adhoc, Net, Peculiar, Specific), تک (Attack, Azygos, Individual, Lone, Odd, One, Segregate, Single, Singular, Solitaire, Solo), خصوصیات (Feature, Pattern, Quirk), خاص (Sacred, Special, Specific), دقیق (Accurate, Astringent, Astute, Exquisite, Literal, Precise, Precision, Punctilious, Punctual, Scholastic, Scrutinizer, Set, Sound, Stringent, Subtle, Tender, Tenuous, Watchful, Wistful), بخصوص (Specific). (various references)

Finnish

yksityiskohta (detail, item), tarkka (accurate, careful, close, detailed, economical, exact, keen, precise, sharp, strict, sure), erityinen (separate, special, specific), erikoisseikka, erikoinen (extraordinary, peculiar, separate, special), eri (apart, different, separate, special). (various references)

French

particulier, spécial. (various references)

Frisian

spesjaal (special), beskaat (apart, remote, separate, special), apart (apart, remote, separate, special). (various references)

German

speziell (especial, especially, particularly, respectively, special, specially, specifically), Einzelheit (detail, item, minutiae, solitary). (various references)

Greek 

καθέκαστα (details), συγκεκριμένος (concrete, precise, specific), ιδιαίτεροσ (chaplain, especial, private, privy, special, specific), ειδικός (conoisseur, expert), λεπτομέρειεσ (minutiae, particulars), λεπτομέρεια (circumstance, detail, particularity, specification), λεπτολόγοσ (caviller, discriminating, finicky, meticulous, pernickety, prim, scrupulous, squeamish). (various references)

Hebrew 

מיוחד (distinctive, especial, peculiar, singular, special, specific), מסוים (certain, definite, known, specific), יוצא מן הכלל (exception, exceptional, extraordinary, odd, unusual), להקפיד (annoy, be strict, care for, observe), לדקדק (be precise, be strict, scrutinize), פריט (article, detail, entry, item), פרטי (individual, private), פרט (detail, individual, item, unit), אפיני (characteristic, distinctive, symptomatic, typical). (various references)

Hungarian

részleges (dephlegmation, fractional, partial, token), részbeli. (various references)

Icelandic

sérstaklegur (special). (various references)

Indonesian

teliti (accurate, minutely, thorough), fakta (data, datum, evidence, fact). (various references)

Irish

háirithe. (various references)

Italian

speciale (especial, special), separato (apart, detached, disconnectedly, discrete, disjoined, separate, single, special). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

特定 (special, specific), 変わった (another, different, novel, peculiar, unusual, various), 別 (another, difference, different, distinction, exception, extra, separate). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

べつ (another, difference, different, distinction, exception, extra, separate), かわった (another, different, novel, peculiar, unusual, various), とくてい (special, specific). (various references)

Korean 

특별한 (Especial, Extraordinary, special, unusual). (various references)

Malay

khusus (apart, separate, special). (various references)

Manx

ynrican (absolute, alone, only, single, sole), unnaneagh (singular, unanimous), mynphoynt, mynchooishagh (pernickety, petty-minded, punctilious, scrupulous). (various references)

Norwegian

spesiell (especial, special). (various references)

Papiamen

spesial (special), speshal (special), espesial (special), apart (apart, separate, special). (various references)

Pig Latin

articularpay.(various references)

Polish

zwłaszcza (above all, chiefly, especially, in particular, mainly), szczególnie (above all, apart, chiefly, especially, in particular, mainly, separately). (various references)

Portuguese

particular (cabinet, closet, confidential, especial, individual, inmost, intimate, peculiar, personal, private, privy, separate, special, specific, tete-a-tete), próprio (becoming, congenial, correct, due, fit, fitting, good, herself, himself, itself, meet, own, personal, proper, rightdown, seemly, self, selfsame, special, suitable, very), peculiar (own, peculiar, personal, proper, rightdown, separate, singular, special, specific), especial (especial, especially, occasional, peculiar, separate, special). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

particular (private). (various references)

Romanian

pretenţios (affected, cavilling, choosey, exacting, exigent, fastidious, finical, important, inkhorn, pretentious, prim, puffy, sophomoric), particularitate (habitude, mannerism, particularity, peculiarity, point, singularity, speciality, specific feature), preferinţã (choice, liking, preference, suffrage), prieten apropriat, prieten iubit, personal (by oneself, individual, individually, original, own, peculiarly, personal, personally, personnel, private, staff), ciudat (cranky, curious, droll, eccentric, extraordinary, extravagant, fanciful, fancy, freakish, funny, intriguing, kinky, odd, out of the way, outlandish, peculiar, peculiarly, quaint, queer, rum, rummy, singular, strange, strangely, uncouth, unusual, weird, whimsical), aparte (apart, separately, special, unique), mofturos (dainty, demure, fastidious, finical, finicking, fractious, Froward, humoursome, naughty, nice, peevish, perverse, picky, qualmish, squeamish), anumit (certain, special), foarte exact (pin point), amãnunt (circumstance, detail, retail, technicality), curios (agog, curiosity-monger, curious, inquisitive, meddler, odd, paul pry, peculiar, prying, queer, quidnunc, rare, rum, strange, uncommon), deosebit (apart, choice, different, differently, dissimilar, distinct, distinguished, divergent, diverse, especial, excellent, extra, in a class by itself, peculiar, peculiarly, profoundly, remarkable, separate, singular, special, specific, strange, sundry, uncommon, unlike, unusual, variant, varied), descriere amãnunţitã (delineation), detaliu (circumstance, circumstantial, detail, point, retail), fapte exacte, greu de mulţumit (captious, difficult, fastidious, nice, pernickety, qualmish, squeamish), individual (distinct, individual, individually, particularly, personal, private, several, severally, single, substantive), amãnunţit (amply, circumstantial, detail, detailed, elaborate, minute, narrow, particularly, searching, thorough), minuţios (careful, close, elaborately, minute, painstaking, painstakingly, precise, punctilious, searching, severe, thorough), trãsãturã caracteristicã (kind, Mark, nature, peculiarity), neobişnuit (different, exceptional, extraordinary, fresh, novel, odd, out, out of the way, portentous, remarkable, singular, strange, unaccustomed, uncommon, unused, unusual, unwonted), organic (constitutional, fundamental, organic, organically, structural), raport amãnunţit, scrupulos (careful, conscientious, finical, nice, punctilious, qualmish, queasy, religious, scrupulous, scrupulously, thorough), special (especial, express, extra, peculiar, proper, special, specially), straniu (awesome, bizarre, curiously, eerie, eery, funny, novel, odd, out of the way, peculiar, queer, rum, singular, strange, strangely, uncanny, uncouth, unearthly, weird, whimsical), lucru preferat. (various references)

Russian 

специфический (peculiar, specific), разборчивый (choice, choosy, finical, finicking, finicky, finikin, legible, picky), частность (privateness), тщательный (careful, narrow, nice, painstaking, rigorous, scrupulous, searching, thorough, thoroughgoing), конкретный (concrete, unbundled), особый (distinctive, exclusive, extra, particularized, special, specific), особенный (especial, individual, peculiar), подробный (circumstantial, detailed, minute, narrow, prolix), подробность (circumstance, detail, speciality), индивидуальный (individual, peculiar), деталь (detail, fine point, member, piece). (various references)

Scottish

àraidh (certain, some, special). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

probirljiv (choosey, choosy, fastidious), poseban (distinct, extra, several, special, specific), pojedinost (detail), partikularan, specifičan (specific), naročit (peculiar, special, unusual). (various references)

Spanish

especial (apart, especial, great, peculiar, separate, show, special), particular (affair, apart, business, business deal, case, individual, matter, of one's own, patent, private, private citizen, private person, sectional, separate, special, tutor). (various references)

Swedish

speciell (especial, exclusive, express, individual, peculiar, special), särskild (apart, different, especial, exclusive, express, extraordinary, individual, peculiar, separate, separately, several, special), detalj (datail, detail, touch). (various references)

Tagalog

tangì (special), hiwaláy (apart, separate, special), di-pangkaraníwan (special). (various references)

Turkish

özel (ad hoc, closet, distinctive, esoteric, especial, exclusive, express, extraordinary, individual, intimate, peculiar, personal, private, privy, proper, proprietary, self, sole, special, specific, state, very). (various references)

Turkmen 

talapkдr (exacting, fussy), ьяtgeюik (different, peculiar), hususan (peculiar), aяratyn (specific). (various references)

Ukrainian

старанний (affectionate, assiduous, careful, diligent, duteous, operose, painstaking, scholarly, searching, sedulous, studious, willing), улюбленець (cosset, darling, favorite, favourite, fondling, minion, pet), винятковий (egregious, especial, exceptional, exceptive, exclusive, only, preternatural, single, singular, surpassing), особливий (different, esoteric, extra, peculiar, special, specific, unique), окремий (detached, discriminate, distinct, especial, individual, isolated, partitive, private, self contained, separate, single), подробиця (circumstance, circumstantial, detail), докладний (ample, circumstantial, copious, detailed, explicit, minute, nice, play-by-play). (various references)

Vietnamese 

tỉ mỉ (close, closely, conscientious, elaborately, meticulous, minute, minutely, narrowly, operose, scrutinizingly, thorough), riêng biệt tường tận, khảnh (kid-glove, miminy-piminy, nice), chi tiết kỹ lưỡng, cặn kẽ (a font, minute, minutely), câu nệ đến từng chi tiết khó tính, đặc thù; cá biệt, đặc biệt (distinguished, especial, exceptional, extra, individual, particularly, racy, ripping, scrumptious, special, specially, topping). (various references)

Welsh

penodol (designated, specific), neilltuol (peculiar, special), manwl (exact, precise, strict). (various references)

particula, praecipuam, praecipue, praecipuis, praecipuum, propria, propriae, propriam, proprias, proprie, proprii, propriis, proprio, proprium, proprius, specialis. (various references)

particularis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "particular": particularise, particularised, particularises, particularising, particularism, particularisms, particularist, particularistic, particularists, particularities, particularity, particularization, particularizations, particularize, particularized, particularizes, particularizing, particularly, particulars. (additional references)

Words ending with "particular": overparticular. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Particular" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: paritcular, partcular, particlar, particolare, particu, particuary, particul, particula, partic-ular, particulare, particulary, particule, particuler, particullary, partidura, paticular, pericula, periculo, perticular, petricolor, Porticada, Pratincola. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: articular, capitular.

-2 letters: capitula, piacular, turrical.

-3 letters: caltrap, capital, culprit, curtail, partial, railcar.

-4 letters: actual, apical, atrial, capita, carpal, citral, crural, curara, curari, curial, curtal, irrupt, lariat, larrup, latria, parral, parura, picara, racial, rictal, ritual, uracil, uratic.

-5 letters: acari, altar, apart, artal, atria, atrip, aulic, aural, aurar, auric, caput, carat, carpi, clapt, clipt, craal, crura.

+1 letter: particulars.

+2 letters: particularly.

+3 letters: particularise, particularism, particularist, particularity, particularize, procuratorial.

+4 letters: overparticular, particularised, particularises, particularisms, particularists, particularized, particularizes, ultrapatriotic, ultrapractical.

+5 letters: particularising, particularistic, particularities, particularizing, preagricultural.