Phrase guide

in particular

prep_phrase · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

Especially, individually or specifically.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: focus

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

specifically or especially distinguished from others

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • loves Bach, particularly his partitas
  • recommended one book in particular
  • trace major population movements for the Pueblo groups in particular

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: particularly

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Related to French en particulier. Compare Spanish en particular and Italian in particolare.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: մասնավորապես (masnavorapes) — especially, individually or specifically
  • Belarusian: у прыва́тнасці (u pryvátnasci) — especially, individually or specifically
  • Betawi: wabilkusus — especially, individually or specifically
  • Chinese Mandarin: 尤其 (yóuqí) — especially, individually or specifically
  • Chinese Mandarin: 特別 /特别 (tèbié) — especially, individually or specifically
  • Czech: zejména — especially, individually or specifically
  • Dutch: in het bijzonder — especially, individually or specifically
  • Esperanto: aparte — especially, individually or specifically
  • Finnish: erityisesti — especially, individually or specifically
  • French: en particulier — especially, individually or specifically
  • German: insbesondere — especially, individually or specifically
  • German: besonders — especially, individually or specifically
  • German: vor allem — especially, individually or specifically
  • Hebrew: בפרט (bifrát) — especially, individually or specifically
  • Hungarian: különösen — especially, individually or specifically
  • Hungarian: elsősorban — especially, individually or specifically
  • Hungarian: elsődlegesen — especially, individually or specifically
  • Hungarian: leginkább — especially, individually or specifically
  • Icelandic: sér í lagi — especially, individually or specifically
  • Irish: go háirithe — especially, individually or specifically
  • Japanese: 特に (toku ni) — especially, individually or specifically
  • Korean: 특히 (teukhi) — especially, individually or specifically
  • Central Kurdish: بەتایبەتی (betaybetî) — especially, individually or specifically
  • Māori: ina koa — especially, individually or specifically
  • Norwegian Bokmål: i særdeleshet — especially, individually or specifically
  • Polish: szczególnie — especially, individually or specifically
  • Polish: w szczególności — especially, individually or specifically
  • Russian: в осо́бенности (v osóbennosti) — especially, individually or specifically
  • Russian: в ча́стности (v částnosti) — especially, individually or specifically
  • Russian: осо́бенно (osóbenno) — especially, individually or specifically
  • Serbo-Croatian: по́себице̄ — especially, individually or specifically
  • Serbo-Croatian: pósebicē — especially, individually or specifically
  • Spanish: en particular — especially, individually or specifically
  • Spanish: sobre todo — especially, individually or specifically
  • Spanish: en concreto — especially, individually or specifically
  • Swedish: i synnerhet — especially, individually or specifically
  • Swedish: särskilt — especially, individually or specifically
  • Swedish: enkannerligen — especially, individually or specifically
  • Ukrainian: зокре́ма́ (zokrémá) — especially, individually or specifically
  • Vietnamese: nói riêng — especially, individually or specifically
  • Welsh: yn arbennig — especially, individually or specifically
  • Yiddish: בפֿרט (befrat) — especially, individually or specifically