persona

English

Etymology

From Latin persōna (“mask; character”), sometimes said to derive from personare (“to sound through”) or from Etruscan ɸersu.

Noun

persona (plural personas or personae or personæ)

1. A social role.
2. A character played by an actor.
3. (psychology) The mask or appearance one presents to the world.
4. (computer graphics) A type of skin used in Mozilla software.

Translations

Social role

French: See casquette (fr) f. (informal)

Character played by an actor

French: personnage (fr) m.

The appearance one presents to the world

French: persona (fr) f.

A type of skin

Finnish: kevytteema (fi)

See also

• alter ego
• moniker

External links

• Persona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Persona (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Persona (disambiguation)
• Alter ego on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Alter ego

Anagrams

• pronase

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin persōna (“person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pəɾˈsonə/, SAMPA: /p@4"son@/
• Rhymes: -onə

Noun

persona f. (plural persones)

1. person

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Esperanto

Adjective

persona (plural personaj, accusative singular personan, accusative plural personajn)

1. personal

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Finnish

Adjective

persona

1. Essive singular form of perso.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin persona.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

persona f. (plural persone)

1. person, pl. people, persons
2. someone, somebody, anybody
3. body, figure
4. (law) person, body
5. (psychology) persona

Synonyms

• (person (plural)): gente
• (someone): qualcuno, nessuno
• (body): corpo, personale, aspetto

Related terms

• di persona
• impersonare
• in persona
• in prima persona
• personaggio
• personale
• personalità
• personificare

Anagrams

• sperano, sperona

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Latin

Etymology 1

From Etruscan phersu, from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prosopon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /perˈsoː.na/

• Audio (Classical)

  (file)

Noun

persōna (genitive persōnae); f, first declension

1. mask
2. character
3. person, personality

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	persōna	persōnae
genitive	persōnae	persōnārum
dative	persōnae	persōnīs
accusative	persōnam	persōnās
ablative	persōnā	persōnīs
vocative	persōna	persōnae

Descendants

English: person, persona French: personne Italian: persona

Portuguese: pessoa Romanian: persoană Spanish: persona

Etymology 2

Inflection of the verb personō

Verb

personā

1. second-person singular active imperative form of personō

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Latvian

Noun

persona f.

1. person

Declension

declension of persona

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	persona	personas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	personas	personu
dative (datīvs)	personai	personām
accusative (akuzatīvs)	personu	personas
instrumental (instrumentālis)	personu	personām
locative (lokatīvs)	personā	personās
vocative (vokatīvs)	person	personas

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin persona

Pronunciation

• IPA: /peɾˈsona/

Noun

persona f. (plural personas)

1. person