persona

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See also: persóna and personā

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin persōna (“mask; character”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from personō (“to sound through”); or from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face; appearance; mask used in ancient theatre to denote a character or, more generally, a social role”); or from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu). 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.

Descendants[edit]

  • → Japanese: ペルソナ (perusona)

Translations[edit]

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Further reading[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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 form of perso.

Indonesian[edit]

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin persona.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [pərˈsona]
  • 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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Further reading[edit]

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

Synonyms[edit]

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Anagrams[edit]

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]

Noun[edit]

persona f

  1. person

Declension[edit]

Declension of persona (class IV noun)
singular plural
nominative persona personys
genitive personys personu
dative personai personom
accusative personu personys
instrumental personu personom
locative personā personuos

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
  3. (grammar) person
  4. (Medieval Latin) a person, personality
  5. (Medieval Latin) a lord
  6. (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[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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]

Borrowed from Latin persōna.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

persona f

  1. (obsolete) person
  2. (ironically) 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]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

persona f (plural personas)

  1. person (an individual; usually a human being)
    Synonym: individuo

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

persona

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of personarse.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of personarse.

Further reading[edit]

References[edit]

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