persona

See also: personā

English

Etymology

From Latin persōna (“mask; character”), sometimes said to derive from personare (“to sound through”) or from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu).

Noun

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.
4. (computing) A type of skin used in Mozilla software.

Translations

Social role

• French: See casquette (fr) f (informal)

• Spanish: personaje (es) m

Character played by an actor

• French: personnage (fr) m
• Portuguese: personagem (pt) m, f

• Spanish: personaje (es) m

The appearance one presents to the world

• French: persona (fr) f

• Spanish: personaje (es) m

A type of skin

• Finnish: kevytteema

See also

• alter ego
• moniker

External links

• Persona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Persona (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Persona (disambiguation)
• Alter ego on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Alter ego

Anagrams

• pronase

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Asturian

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Noun

persona f (plural persones)

1. person

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin persōna (“person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəɾˈsonə/
• Rhymes: -onə

Noun

persona f (plural persones)

1. person

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Adjective

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

1. personal

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Finnish

Adjective

persona

1. Essive singular form of perso.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin persona.

Pronunciation

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Noun

persona f (plural persone)

1. person, pl people, persons
2. someone, somebody, anybody
3. body, figure
4. (law) person, body
5. (psychology) persona

Synonyms

• (person (plural)): gente
• (someone): qualcuno, nessuno
• (body): corpo, personale, aspetto

Related terms

• di persona
• impersonare
• in persona
• in prima persona
• personaggio
• personale
• personalità
• personificare

Anagrams

• sperano, sperona

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Noun

persona f (plural persones)

1. person

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Latin

Etymology 1

Sometimes said to derive from personare (“to sound through”) or from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu). Compare Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prosōpon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /perˈsoː.na/

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Noun

persōna f (genitive persōnae); first declension

1. mask
2. character
3. person, personality

Inflection

First declension.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	persōna	persōnae
genitive	persōnae	persōnārum
dative	persōnae	persōnīs
accusative	persōnam	persōnās
ablative	persōnā	persōnīs
vocative	persōna	persōnae

Descendants

• Asturian: persona
• Catalan: persona
• English: person, persona
• French: personne
• Galician: persoa
• Italian: persona

• Old Portuguese: pessõa
• Portuguese: pessoa
• Romanian: persoană
• Russian: персона (persona)
• Sicilian: pirsuna
• Spanish: persona

Etymology 2

Inflection of the verb personō.

Verb

personā

1. second-person singular active imperative form of personō

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Latvian

Noun

persona f (4th declension)

1. person

Declension

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

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin persona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾˈsona/

Noun

persona f (plural personas)

1. person