How to say “particular” in 30 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Catalan, where a is the 6th most used word.
- Albanian veçantë specific, particular #586
- Arabic خاصة especially, particularly, in particular #433
- Bosnian pogotovo especially, particularly, in particular #1,843
- Catalan a in, at; indicating a particular time or place #6
- Chinese 族人 clan member; someone in a particular ethnic… #2,087
- Croatian pogotovo especially, particularly, in particular #1,559
- Danish særlig special; particular #1,045
- English moment A particular point of space; a spot #441
- Esperanto speciala special, particular #663
- Finnish etenkin especially, in particular, particularly,… #2,358
- French particulier #2,191
- Georgian განსაკუთრებული special, particular #1,103
- German dran to be in a particular situation #412
- Greek μάλιστα especially, particularly, in particular #312
- Hebrew משפחה family; kin; in particular, a set of parents… #456
- Hindi स्थानीय local, of a particular place #1,048
- Indonesian khusus special, unique, particular #702
- Italian particolare particular, private, personal #1,697
- Korean 특히 in particular, notably #413
- Lithuanian laikai The circumstances of a particular time… #662
- Macedonian посебно in particular, especially #575
- Malay tertentu certain, particular #1,241
- Portuguese dado a given; a particular; a specific #1,223
- Serbian pogotovo especially, particularly, in particular #1,904
- Swedish särskilt particularly; in particular #786
- Tagalog ganito like this; in this particular manner #261
- Telugu ప్రత్యేక #339
- Turkish özellikle in particular #633
- Ukrainian особливий special, particular #2,215
- Urdu خصوصی special, peculiar, particular #859
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.