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[edit] Etymology

From Old French personel (modern: personnel).

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[edit] Adjective

personal (comparative more personal, superlative most personal)

Positive
personal

Comparative
more personal

Superlative
most personal

  1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
  2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire.
  3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms.
  4. Done in person; without the intervention of another.
  5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.
  6. Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun.

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[edit] Noun

Singular
personal

Plural
personals

personal (plural personals)

  1. A advertisement by which individuals attempt to meet others with similar interests.
  2. A movable; a chattel.

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personal m. and f. (plural personales)

  1. personal

[edit] Noun

personal m. (plural personales)

Singular
personal m.

Plural
personales m.

  1. personnel