adj
Meaning 1
Of, pertaining to, or composed of corpuscles; particulate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
corpuscular
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /kɔːˈpʌskjʊlə/
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Canada, General-American: /kɔɹˈpʌskjəlɚ/
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Australian, New-Zealand: /koːˈpɐskjələ/
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Australian, New-Zealand: /koːˈpaskjələ/
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rhymes with -ʌskjʊlə(ɹ)
adjective
Meaning 2
of or relating to corpuscles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English corpuscle Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -ārisbor. English -ar English corpuscular From corpuscle + -ar.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: corpuscular — of or pertaining to, or composed of corpuscles
- French: corpusculaire — of or pertaining to, or composed of corpuscles
- German: korpuskular — of or pertaining to, or composed of corpuscles
- Italian: corpuscolare — of or pertaining to, or composed of corpuscles
- Polish: cząsteczkowy — of or pertaining to, or composed of corpuscles
- Polish: korpuskularny — of or pertaining to, or composed of corpuscles
- Romanian: corpuscular — of or pertaining to, or composed of corpuscles
- Spanish: corpuscular — of or pertaining to, or composed of corpuscles