person
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative spellings
- perſon (archaic)
[edit] Etymology
From Anglo-Norman parsone, persoun et al. (Old French persone (“‘human being’”), French personne), and its source Latin persōna (“‘mask used by actor; role, part, character’”), perhaps a loanword; compare Etruscan φersu (“‘mask’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- enPR: pûrʹsən, IPA: /ˈpɜː(r)sən/, SAMPA: /"p3:(r)s@n/
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)sən
- Hyphenation: per‧son
[edit] Noun
person (plural persons or people) (by suppletion, see usage notes)
- A human being; an individual.
- A specific human being.
- Where is the person?
- The physical body of a specific human being.
- Meanwhile, the dazed Sullivan, dressed like a bum with no identification on his person, is arrested and put to work on a brutal Southern chain gang. — New York Times, 2004
- (law) Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.
- By common law a corporation or a trust is legally a person.
- (grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he is speaking. See grammatical person.
[edit] Usage notes
- The plural of the oldest senses of "person" ("human being") is almost always "people". The plural of later senses is always "persons".
[edit] Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:person
[edit] Derived terms
Terms derived from "person"
[edit] Translations
human being
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specific human being
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the physical body of a specified individual
any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts
linguistic category
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[edit] Breton
[edit] Noun
| Breton consonant mutation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | |
| singular | person | berson | ferson | unchanged | unchanged |
| plural | personed | bersoned | fersoned | unchanged | unchanged |
person m. (plural personed)
[edit] Danish
[edit] Noun
person c. (singular definite personen, plural indefinite personer)
[edit] Inflection
Inflection of “person”
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | person | personen | personer | personerne |
| genitive | persons | personens | personers | personernes |
[edit] Norwegian
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
person
[edit] Inflection
Inflection of person
[edit] Swedish
| Inflection for person | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Nominative | person | personen | personer | personerna |
| Genitive | persons | personens | personers | personernas |
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
person

