impersonal
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French impersonnel, from Latin impersōnālis, from im- (“not”) + persōnālis (“personal”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɝsənəl/
Audio (UK) (file)
Adjective[edit]
impersonal (comparative more impersonal, superlative most impersonal)
- Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
- 1853, James Stephen, On Desultory and Systematic Reading: A Lecture:
- The great tragedians of Greece reveal to us their people's exquisite sense of beauty, and their faith in an awful, an almighty, but an impersonal power, called Fate
- Lacking warmth or emotion; cold.
- She sounded impersonal as she gave her report of the Nazi death camps.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- And now it appeared that there was a mysterious Queen clothed by rumour with dread and wonderful attributes, and commonly known by the impersonal, but, to my mind, rather awesome title of She.
- (grammar, of a verb or other word) Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent.
- Synonyms: monopersonal, unipersonal
- The verb “rain” is impersonal in sentences like “It’s raining.”
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Translations[edit]
not representing a person
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lacking warmth or emotion
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grammar
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Noun[edit]
impersonal (plural impersonals)
- (grammar) An impersonal word or construct.
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin impersōnālis.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /im.pəɾ.soˈnal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /im.pər.suˈnal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /im.peɾ.soˈnal/
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective[edit]
impersonal (masculine and feminine plural impersonals)
- impersonal (not representing a person)
- Antonym: personal
- (grammar) impersonal (not having a subject)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “impersonal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “impersonal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “impersonal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “impersonal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Old French[edit]
Adjective[edit]
impersonal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular impersonale)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French impersonnel, from Latin impersonalis. Equivalent to in- + personal.
Adjective[edit]
impersonal m or n (feminine singular impersonală, masculine plural impersonali, feminine and neuter plural impersonale)
Declension[edit]
Declension of impersonal
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | impersonal | impersonală | impersonali | impersonale | ||
definite | impersonalul | impersonala | impersonalii | impersonalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | impersonal | impersonale | impersonali | impersonale | ||
definite | impersonalului | impersonalei | impersonalilor | impersonalelor |
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin impersōnālis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
impersonal (plural impersonales)
- impersonal (not representing a person)
- Antonym: personal
- (grammar) impersonal (not having a subject)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “impersonal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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