molecula

== English == === Etymology === From Latin molecula. === Noun === molecula (plural moleculae) (now historical) A molecule; a small particle of something. [from 18th c.] == Latin == === Alternative forms === mōlēcola === Etymology === From mōlēs (“mass”) + -cula (diminutive suffix). Coined by Pierre Gassendi in 1641. Modern meaning first used by Amedeo Avogadro in 1811. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [moːˈɫeː.kʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [moˈlɛː.ku.la] === Noun === mōlēcula f (genitive mōlēculae); first declension (New Latin, chemistry) molecule ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “molecula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. molecula in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016