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8-letter words (1 found)

PECULIAR,

7-letter words (4 found)

AURICLE,CALIPER,PECULIA,REPLICA,

6-letter words (23 found)

ACULEI,APERCU,CARPEL,CLUIER,CRAPLE,CULPAE,CURIAE,CURIAL,CURPEL,ECLAIR,EPICAL,LACIER,LAURIC,PACIER,PALIER,PARCEL,PLACER,PLAICE,PLEURA,PLICAE,PULIER,RAUCLE,URACIL,

5-letter words (65 found)

ALURE,AREIC,ARIEL,AULIC,AUREI,AURIC,CAPER,CAPLE,CAPRI,CAPUL,CARLE,CARPI,CAURI,CERIA,CLEAR,CLIPE,CRAPE,CRIPE,CRUEL,CULPA,CUPEL,CURIA,CURIE,CURLI,ERICA,ILEAC,LACER,LEPRA,LUCRE,PACER,PAIRE,PALER,PAREU,PARLE,PEARL,PELAU,PERAI,PERIL,PICAL,PICRA,PICUL,PILAE,PILAR,PILAU,PILEA,PILER,PLACE,PLICA,PLIER,PRIAL,PRICE,PUCER,PULER,RAILE,RECAL,RECAP,RELIC,REPLA,RUPIA,ULCER,URAEI,URALI,UREAL,UREIC,URIAL,

4-letter words (100 found)

ACER,ACRE,ALEC,APER,ARIL,ARLE,CALP,CAPE,CAPI,CARE,CARL,CARP,CAUL,CAUP,CEIL,CIEL,CIRE,CIRL,CLAP,CLIP,CLUE,CRAP,CRIA,CRIP,CRUE,CURE,CURL,EARL,ECRU,EPIC,ERIC,ICER,ILEA,IURE,LACE,LAER,LAIC,LAIR,LARE,LARI,LEAP,LEAR,LEIR,LERP,LIAR,LICE,LIER,LIEU,LIPA,LIPE,LIRA,LIRE,LUCE,LURE,PACE,PAIL,PAIR,PALE,PALI,PARE,PAUL,PEAL,PEAR,PELA,PERC,PERI,PIAL,PICA,PICE,PIER,PILA,PILE,PIRL,PLEA,PLIE,PLUE,PRAU,PUCE,PUER,PUIR,PULA,PULE,PULI,PURE,PURI,PURL,RACE,RAIL,RALE,RAPE,REAL,REAP,RIAL,RICE,RIEL,RILE,RIPE,RULE,UREA,URIC,

3-letter words (63 found)

ACE,AIL,AIR,ALE,ALP,ALU,APE,ARC,ARE,AUE,CAL,CAP,CAR,CEL,CEP,CRU,CUE,CUP,CUR,EAR,EAU,ECU,ERA,ICE,IRE,LAC,LAP,LAR,LEA,LEI,LEP,LEU,LIE,LIP,LUR,PAC,PAL,PAR,PEA,PEC,PEL,PER,PIA,PIC,PIE,PIR,PIU,PLU,PRE,PUL,PUR,RAI,RAP,REC,REI,REP,RIA,RIP,RUC,RUE,ULE,URE,URP,

2-letter words (15 found)

AE,AI,AL,AR,EA,EL,ER,LA,LI,PA,PE,PI,RE,UP,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 272 words from peculiar according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of peculiar

peculiar

Etymology

From Latin pecūliāris (“one's own”), from pecūlium (“private property”), from pecus (“cattle”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pɪˈkjuː.li.ə/, /pəˈkjuː.li.ə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /pɪˈkjul.jɚ/, /pəˈkjul.jɚ/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /pɪˈkjʉː.li.ə/

Adjective

peculiar (comparative more peculiar, superlative most peculiar)

  1. Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.
    Synonyms: odd, strange, uncommon, unusual
    Antonyms: common, mediocre, ordinary, usual
  2. Common or usual for a certain place or circumstance; specific or particular.
    Synonym: specific
    Antonyms: common, general, universal
  3. (dated) One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not shared or possessed by others.
  4. (dated) Particular; individual; special; appropriate.

Synonyms

  • (out of the ordinary): see also Thesaurus:strange
  • (common or usual in a particular place or circumstance): see also Thesaurus:specific

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "out of the ordinary"): see also Thesaurus:normal
  • (antonym(s) of "common or usual in a particular place or circumstance"): see also Thesaurus:generic

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

peculiar (plural peculiars)

  1. That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic.
    • before 1716, Robert South, Twelve Sermons
      If anything can legalize revenge, it should be injury from an extremely obliged person; but revenge is so absolutely the peculiar of heaven.
  2. (UK, canon law) an ecclesiastical district, parish, chapel or church outside the jurisdiction of the bishop of the diocese in which it is situated.

See also

  • peculiar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Peculiar in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

References

Anagrams

  • pericula

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pecūliāris.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [pə.ku.liˈar]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [pə.ku.liˈa]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [pe.ku.liˈaɾ]

Adjective

peculiar m or f (masculine and feminine plural peculiars)

  1. peculiar

Derived terms

  • peculiarment

Related terms

  • peculiaritat

Further reading

  • “peculiar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “peculiar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “peculiar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “peculiar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pecūliāris.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pe‧cu‧li‧ar

Adjective

peculiar m or f (plural peculiares)

  1. peculiar; unusual; strange
    Synonyms: esquisito, estranho
  2. peculiar (common or usual for a particular place or circumstance)
    Synonym: particular

Related terms

  • peculiaridade

Further reading

  • “peculiar” in iDicionário Aulete.
  • “peculiar” in Dicionário inFormal.
  • “peculiar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
  • “peculiar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  • “peculiar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
  • “peculiar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pecūliāris.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pekuˈljaɾ/ [pe.kuˈljaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pe‧cu‧liar

Adjective

peculiar m or f (masculine and feminine plural peculiares)

  1. peculiar

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “peculiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org