personal
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English[edit]
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Alternative forms[edit]
- personall (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English personal, personele, from Anglo-Norman personel, personal, personell, Old French personal, personel, from Late Latin persōnālis, equivalent to person + -al.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
personal (comparative more personal, superlative most personal)
- Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
- Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general
- personal question; personal desire
- Her song was her personal look at the values of friendship.
- You can't read my diary - it is personal.
- Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal.
- personal charms
- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, A Cuckoo in the Nest:
- The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. […] Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?
- Done in person; without the intervention of another.
- a personal interview; personal settings
- White
- This immediate and personal speaking of God Almighty to Abraham, Job and Moses, […]
- Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.
- (grammar) Denoting a person.
Usage notes[edit]
Not to be confused with personnel (“employees, staff”).
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from personal
Related terms[edit]
Terms etymologically related to personal
Translations[edit]
pertaining to human beings
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of or pertaining to a particular person
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pertaining to the external or bodily appearance
done in person
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relating to an individual in an invidious and offensive manne
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External links[edit]
- personal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Noun[edit]
personal (plural personals)
- An advertisement by which individuals attempt to meet others with similar interests.
- A movable; a chattel.
Translations[edit]
advertisement
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movable
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Statistics[edit]
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Most common English words before 1923: laughed · opportunity · lines · #793: personal · due · Henry · society
Anagrams[edit]
Ladin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
personal m (plural personai, feminine personala, feminine plural personales)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin personalis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
personal m, f (plural personales)
Noun[edit]
personal m (plural personales)
Swedish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
personal c
- staff (employees of a business)
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