persona

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See also: persóna and personā

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin persōna (“mask; character”), of uncertain origin. Suggested to be from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask; masked individual; actor”), which could be a loan from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face; appearance; mask used in ancient theatre to denote a character or, more generally, a social role”). Doublet of person and parson.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

persona (plural personas or personae or personæ)

  1. A social role.
  2. A character played by an actor.
  3. (psychology) The mask or appearance one presents to the world.
    He keeps his online persona completely separate from his real-world one.
  4. (marketing, user experience) An imaginary person representing a particular type of client or customer, considered when designing products and services that will appeal to them.
    • 2014, Ira Kaufman, Chris Horton, Digital Marketing, page 128:
      To do so, your organization should create nuanced buyer personas for all relevant market segments or buyer groups that demonstrate affinity to your brand. These buyer personas should include standard demographic information […]

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Descendants[edit]

  • → Japanese: ペルソナ (perusona)

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Anagrams[edit]

Asturian[edit]

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ast

Etymology[edit]

From Latin persōna (“person”).

Noun[edit]

persona f (plural persones)

  1. person

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin persona.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

persona f (plural persones)

  1. person

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English persona, ultimately from Latin persōna. Doublet with persoon (“person”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

persona f (plural persona's)

  1. (marketing, user experience) an imaginary person representing a particular type of client or customer, considered when designing products and services that will appeal to them; a persona

Esperanto[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [perˈsona]
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Hyphenation: per‧so‧na

Adjective[edit]

persona (accusative singular personan, plural personaj, accusative plural personajn)

  1. personal

Finnish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

persona

  1. essive singular of perso

Indonesian[edit]

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin persōna. Doublet of person.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [pərˈsona]
  • Rhymes: -na, -a
  • Hyphenation: pêr‧so‧na

Noun[edit]

pêrsona

  1. person,
    1. an individual; usually a human being.
    2. (grammar) a linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he is speaking.
  2. persona,
    1. a social role.
    2. the mask or appearance one presents to the world.

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Interlingua[edit]

Noun[edit]

persona (plural personas)

  1. person

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin persōna (“person”), of Etruscan origin.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

persona f (plural persone)

  1. person, pl people, persons
  2. someone, somebody, anybody
    Synonyms: qualcuno, nessuno
  3. body, figure
  4. (law) person, body
    Synonyms: corpo, personale, aspetto
  5. (psychology) persona

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Ladin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin persōna (“person”).

Noun[edit]

persona f (plural persones)

  1. person

Latgalian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Latin persona. Cognates include Latvian persona.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈpʲɛ̀rsɔna]
  • Hyphenation: per‧so‧na

Noun[edit]

persona f

  1. person

Declension[edit]

Declension of persona (type 4 noun)
singular plural
nominative persona personys, personas1)
genitive personys, personas1) personu
dative personai personom
accusative personu personys, personas1)
instrumental personu personom
locative personā personuos
vocative persona, person personys, personas1)
1) dialectal

References[edit]

  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 27

Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Unknown. Links have been suggested

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

persōna f (genitive persōnae); first declension

  1. mask
  2. character, personage, role
  3. personality, character, individuality
  4. (grammar) person
  5. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) person
    • 6th c. CE, Boethius, Contra Eutychen et Nestorium 4:
      Sed esse Chrīstum manifestē ac vērāciter confitēmur; ūnum igitur esse dīcimus Chrīstum. Quod sī ita est, ūnam quoque Chrīstī sine dubitātiōne persōnam esse necesse est. Nam sī duae persōnae essent, ūnus esse nōn posset; duōs vērō esse dīcere Chrīstōs nihil est aliud nisi praecipitātae mentis īnsānia.
      But we clearly and truly confess profess that Christ exists, and so we say He is one. This being the case, it must follow without doubt that the person of Christ is also one. If there were two persons, then there could not be one, so to say that there are two Christs is nothing but the insanity of distraught mind.
  6. (Medieval Latin) a lord
  7. (Medieval Latin) dignity
Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative persōna persōnae
Genitive persōnae persōnārum
Dative persōnae persōnīs
Accusative persōnam persōnās
Ablative persōnā persōnīs
Vocative persōna persōnae
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • “persona”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “persona”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • persona in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • persona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “persona”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “persona”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • Palmer, L.R. (1906) The Latin Language, London, Faber and Faber

Etymology 2[edit]

Inflection of the verb personō.

Verb[edit]

personā

  1. second-person singular active imperative of personō

Latvian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin persōna (“person”).

Noun[edit]

persona f (4th declension)

  1. person
  2. individual
  3. character

Declension[edit]

Declension of persona (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) persona personas
accusative (akuzatīvs) personu personas
genitive (ģenitīvs) personas personu
dative (datīvs) personai personām
instrumental (instrumentālis) personu personām
locative (lokatīvs) personā personās
vocative (vokatīvs) persona personas

Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Occitan persona, from Latin persona.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

persona f (plural personas)

  1. person

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin persōna. Doublet of personat.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pɛrˈsɔ.na/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔna
  • Syllabification: per‧so‧na

Noun[edit]

persona f

  1. (literary) person (individual substance of a rational nature; usually a human being)
    Synonym: osoba
  2. (ironic) personage (famous or important person)

Declension[edit]

Declension of persona
singular plural
nominative persona persony
genitive persony person
dative personie personom
accusative personę persony
instrumental personą personami
locative personie personach
vocative persono persony

Related terms[edit]

adjective
adverb

Further reading[edit]

  • persona in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • persona in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /peɾˈsona/ [peɾˈso.na]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Syllabification: per‧so‧na

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Latin persōna (“person”).[1]

Noun[edit]

persona f (plural personas)

  1. person (an individual; usually a human being)
    Synonym: individuo
  2. a socially distinguished person, a personality
  3. a wise or otherwise excellent person
  4. a character (an individual with a specific role in a literary work)
Usage notes[edit]
  • This noun does not change; even when addressing males.
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Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

persona

  1. only used in se persona, third-person singular present indicative of personarse
  2. only used in te ... persona, syntactic variant of persónate, second-person singular imperative of personarse

References[edit]

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading[edit]

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