particulate C2+ Topic:Time US /pərˈtɪkjələt/ UK /pɑːˈtɪkjʊlət/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj consisting of or relating to minute separate particles Particulate pollution from traffic hung over the city. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · consisting of or relating... granularparticledpowdery Word family Related forms particleparticular Etymology AI details From Latin particula 'small part, particle' (diminutive of pars 'part') + the adjective suffix -ate. particula Latin pars Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Time Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # particulate **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /pərˈtɪkjələt/ **IPA (UK):** /pɑːˈtɪkjʊlət/ ## Meanings 1. consisting of or relating to minute separate particles ## Examples - Particulate pollution from traffic hung over the city. ## Synonyms - granular - particled - powdery ## Related Forms - particle - particular ## Roots and Affixes - Root: particula - Root: pars ## Etymology From Latin particula 'small part, particle' (diminutive of pars 'part') + the adjective suffix -ate. ## AI Etymology Particulate is from Latin particula 'small part, particle' (diminutive of pars 'part') + the adjective suffix -ate. Important recorded forms include particula (Latin) and pars (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers consisting of or relating to minute separate particles. The wider family includes related words such as particle and particular. ## Topics - Time - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown