molecula

From Latin molecula.

molecula (plural moleculae)

1. (now historical) A molecule; a small particle of something. [from 18th c.]
   • 1751, John Locke, Elements of Natural Philosophy, XII:

     Smal bodies, of Atoms, out of whose various combinations bigger molleculæ are made.

   • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford 2009, p.

     They acted by the ancient organized states in the shape of their old organization, and not by the organic moleculae of a disbanded people.

• mōlecola

Derived from mōlēs (“mass”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix). Coined by René Descartes in the 1620s. Modern meaning first used by Amedeo Avogadro in 1811.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /moːˈle.ku.la/, [moːˈɫ̪ɛkʊɫ̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /moˈle.ku.la/, [moˈlɛːkulä]

mōlecula f (genitive mōleculae); first declension

1. (New Latin, chemistry) molecule

First-declension noun.

• molecula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• molecula in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016