persona

See also: personá, persóna, and personā

English

Etymology

From Latin persōna ‎(“mask; character”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from personare ‎(“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).

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: rôle social m casquette (fr) f (informal)

• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} ペルソナ ‎(perusona)

character played by an actor

• French: personnage (fr) m
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} ペルソナ ‎(perusona)
• Portuguese: personagem (pt) m, f

• Russian: персона́ж (ru) m ‎(personáž)
• Spanish: personaje (es) m

the appearance one presents to the world

• French: persona (fr) f
• German: Persona f
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} ペルソナ ‎(perusona)
• Russian: персо́на (ru) f ‎(persóna)

• Spanish: personaje (es) m
• Swedish: persona (sv) c

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: -ona

Noun

persona f ‎(plural persones)

1. person

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Adjective

persona ‎(accusative singular personan, plural personaj, 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

• Possibly from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 ‎(φersu) (with some Latin suffix), itself maybe from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον ‎(prósōpon, “mask, character”).
• Alternatively, as Roman writers often suggested, from personō ‎(“to sound through”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /perˈsoː.na/

• Audio (Classical)

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Noun

persōna f ‎(genitive persōnae); first declension

1. mask
2. character
3. person, personality
4. (grammar) person

Inflection

First declension.

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

Derived terms

• persōnālis

Descendants

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

• Old Portuguese: pessõa
  • Portuguese: pessoa
• Romanian: persoană
• Russian: персо́на ‎(persóna)
• Sicilian: pirsuna
• Spanish: persona
• Welsh: person

References

• persona in Charlton T. Lewis & 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, 1883–1887)
• persona in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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

Inflection of the verb personō.

Verb

personā

1. second-person singular active imperative of personō

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Latvian

Noun

persona f (4th declension)

1. person
2. individual
3. character

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