personnel

English

Etymology

From French personnel.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /pɝ.səˈnɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

personnel (uncountable)

1. employees; office staff

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with personal.

Translations

employees, office staff

• Dutch: personeel (nl), medewerkers (nl)
• Finnish: henkilökunta (fi), henkilöstö (fi)
• German: Personal (de) n
• Hebrew: סגל (he) (segel) m
• Hungarian: személyzet (hu)
• Ido: personaro
• Italian: personale (it) m
• Malagasy: olona (mg)

• Malay: kakitangan (ms)
• Norwegian: personell
• Polish: kadra
• Romanian: personal (ro)
• Russian: личный состав (ru) (líčnyj sostáv) m , персонал (ru) (personál) m 
• Spanish: personal (es) m
• Turkish: personel (tr) pl, çalışanlar (tr) pl, kadro (tr)
• Volapük: (collective) pösodef (vo)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin personalis.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /pɛʁ.sɔ.nɛl/, X-SAMPA: /pER.sO.nEl/

Adjective

personnel m (feminine personnelle, masculine plural personnels, feminine plural personnelles)

1. personal

Synonyms

• (informal) perso

Noun

personnel m (plural personnels)

1. staff, members of staff, personnel

Related terms

• personnaliser
• personne
• personnellement