personnel

English

Etymology

From French personnel.

Noun

personnel (uncountable)

1. employees; office staff

Usage notes

Often confused with or misspelled as 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.

Norwegian: personell Polish: kadra Romanian: personal (ro) Russian: личный состав (ru) (líčnyj sostáv) m., персонал (ru) 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/, SAMPA: /pER.sO.nEl/

Adjective

personnel m. (f. personnelle, m. plural personnels, f. plural personnelles)

1. personal

Synonyms

• (informal) perso

Noun

personnel m. (plural personnels)

1. staff, members of staff, personnel

Related terms

• personnaliser
• personne
• personnellement