personal

English

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Alternative forms

• personall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English personal, personele, from Anglo-Norman personel, personal, personell, Old French personal, personel, from Late Latin persōnālis, equivalent to person +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpɜː.sən.əl/, X-SAMPA: /"p3:.s@n.@l/
• (US) IPA: /ˈpɜ˞.sən.əl/

• Audio (US)

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Adjective

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

   personal question

   personal desire

   Her song was her personal look at the values of friendship.

   You can't read my diary - it is personal.

3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms.
4. Done in person; without the intervention of another.

   A personal interview.

   personal settings

5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.
6. (grammar) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with personnel (“employees, staff”).

Synonyms

• personly

Derived terms

• personal trainer
• personal fiduciary
• personal lubricant

Related terms

• personnel
• personality
• personally

Translations

pertaining to human beings

• Finnish: inhimillinen (fi)

of or pertaining to a particular person

• Arabic: شخصي (šáxʂi)
• Chinese: 私人的 (sīrén de)
• Czech: osobní (cs)
• Danish: personlig (da)
• Dutch: persoonlijk (nl)
• Finnish: henkilökohtainen (fi)
• French: personnel (fr) m, personnelle (fr) f
• German: persönlich (de)
• Hungarian: személyi (hu)
• Ido: personala (io)
• Irish: pearsanta (ga)
• Italian: personale (it)

• Japanese: 個人の (こじんの, kojin no)
• Korean: 개인의 (gaein-ui)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: تایبه‌تی (ku) (tAybati)

• Polish: osobisty (pl) m, personalny (pl) m
• Portuguese: pessoal (pt)
• Russian: личный (ru) (líčnyj) , персональный (ru) (personál'nyj) 
• Scottish Gaelic: pearsanta (gd)
• Spanish: personal (es)
• Swedish: personlig (sv)
• Turkish: kişisel (tr), özel (tr), zatî (tr), şahsi (tr)

pertaining to the external or bodily appearance

• Czech: osobní (cs)
• Finnish: fyysinen (fi), ruumiillinen (fi)

• Scottish Gaelic: pearsanta (gd)

done in person

• Finnish: henkilökohtainen (fi)

relating to an individual in an invidious and offensive manne

• Finnish: henkilökohtainen (fi); see also: henkilökohtaisuus (fi)

grammar: denoting person

• Finnish: persoona- (fi)

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: persona
• Telugu: వ్యక్తిగతమైన (vyaktigatamaina) (2, 5)

External links

• personal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Noun

personal (plural personals)

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

Translations

advertisement

• Finnish: henkilökohtaista -ilmoitus (fi)

movable

• Finnish: irtain (fi); irtaimisto (fi) (one's movables as a whole)

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: laughed · opportunity · lines · #793: personal · due · Henry · society

Anagrams

• psoralen

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin personalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /peɾsoˈnal/

• Audio (Mexico)

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Adjective

personal m and f (plural personales)

1. personal

Noun

personal m (plural personales)

1. personnel

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɛʂʊnˈɑːl/

Noun

personal c

1. staff (employees of a business)