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persona

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See also: persóna and personā

English

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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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.
    • 2020 July 30, Ben Cost, “Wokefish’ dating trend: Shady men are pretending to be progressive on apps”, in New York Post‎[2], archived from the original on 6 October 2020:
      The latest in a long line of dirty dating tactics to emerge is “wokefishing,” a term coined by writer Serena Smith. “People masquerade as holding progressive political views to ensnare potential partners,” Smith told Vice. Wokefishermen can be thought of like catfishers — those who use fake online personas to defraud victims — but only for sex instead of money.
  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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Anagrams

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Asturian

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Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Latin persōna (“person”).

Noun

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persona f (plural persones)

  1. person

Catalan

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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ca

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin persona.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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persona f (plural persones)

  1. person

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Dutch

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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persona f (plural persona's, no diminutive)

  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

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Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. personal

Finnish

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Adjective

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persona

  1. essive singular of perso

Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin persōna. Doublet of person.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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Interlingua

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Noun

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persona (plural personas)

  1. person

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Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Anagrams

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Ladin

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Ladin Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin persōna (“person”).

Noun

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persona f (plural persones)

  1. person

Ladino

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish persona, from Latin persōna (“mask used by actor; role, part, character”), perhaps a loanword from Etruscan *𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (*φersu, “mask”), from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon).

Noun

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persona f (Hebrew spelling פירסונה)[1]

  1. person (individual)
    • 1979, Kamelia Shahar, “La verdadera felisidad”, in Aki Yerushalayim, number 1, page 6:
      Sus madre viendolos tristes i abatidos les disho: Mis ijos, basta de kreyer solo en la rikeza. La persona verderamente oroza es la ke se kontenta kon lo ke le dio el Dió.
      Their mother, seeing them sad and humbled, said to them: My children, stop believing only in wealth. The person who is truly happy is the one who is content with what God has given them.
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References

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  1. ^ “persona”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

Latgalian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin persona. Cognates include Latvian persona.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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persona f

  1. person

Declension

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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

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

Latin

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Latin Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1

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Unknown; two etymologies have been suggested:

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Noun

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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
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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative persōna persōnae
genitive persōnae persōnārum
dative persōnae persōnīs
accusative persōnam persōnās
ablative persōnā persōnīs
vocative persōna persōnae
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Descendants
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References

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  1. ^ Wallace, Rex E. (2008), A Manual of the Etruscan Language and Inscriptions, Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, page 129f.
  • “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

Etymology 2

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Inflection of the verb personō.

Verb

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personā

  1. second-person singular active imperative of personō

Latvian

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Etymology

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From Latin persōna (“person”).

Noun

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persona f (4th declension)

  1. person
  2. individual
  3. character

Declension

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Declension of persona (4th)
singular
(vienskaitlis) 		plural
(daudzskaitlis)
nominative persona personas
genitive personas personu
dative personai personām
accusative personu personas
instrumental personu personām
locative personā personās
vocative persona personas

Lombard

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin persōna.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /perˈsoːna/
    • IPA(key): [pe̞rˈsuːnɑ]
    • IPA(key): [pe̞rˈhuːnɑ] (Prealpine)
    • IPA(key): [pärˈtsoːnä] (Ticinese)
    • IPA(key): [pe̞rˈsu(ː)ŋä] (Western varieties)

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persona f (plural persone)

  1. person

Occitan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Occitan persona, from Latin persōna.

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Noun

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persona f (plural personas)

  1. person

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Noun

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persona

  1. alternative form of pessõa

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Old Occitan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin persōna (“mask used by actor; role, part, character”), perhaps a loanword from Etruscan *𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (*φersu, “mask”), from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon).

Noun

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persona

  1. person (individual)

Descendants

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References

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  • “persona”, in Dictionnaire de l’occitan médiéval en ligne (in German and French), Munich: LMU, 2013–2025

Old Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin persōna (“mask used by actor; role, part, character”), possibly from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask”).

Noun

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persona f (plural personas)

  1. person (individual)

Descendants

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References

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  • Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “persona”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 392

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin persōna. Doublet of personat.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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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
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adjective
adverb

Further reading

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

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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persona f (plural personas)

  1. person (an individual; usually a human being)
    Synonym: individuo
    • 2025 January 2, Alaa Elassar, “El conductor del Tesla Cybertruck se disparó antes de la explosión, dice la policía”, in CNN en Español‎[3]:
      Las autoridades no están identificando a Livelsberger como la persona encontrada dentro del Cybertruck porque el cuerpo encontrado dentro del vehículo estaba quemado hasta quedar irreconocible, dijo el sheriff de Las Vegas, Kevin McMahill, en una conferencia de prensa este jueves.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2025 November 26, “Juez federal dice que los oficiales de inmigración en Colorado solo pueden arrestar a quienes corren el riesgo de huir”, in CNN en Español‎[4], sourced from Associated Press:
      Un juez federal dictaminó el martes que los oficiales de inmigración en Colorado solo pueden arrestar a personas sin una orden judicial si creen que es probable que esas personas huyan.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  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)
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  • This noun does not change; even when addressing males.
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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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

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  1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “persona”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Latin persona. First attested in 1973. Doublet of person.

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persona c

  1. (psychology) a persona (the appearance one presents to the world)

Declension

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Declension of persona
nominative genitive
singular indefinite persona personas
definite personan personans
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

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