personnel

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English

Etymology

From French personnel.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /pɝ.səˈnɛl/, /pɝsˈnɛl/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /pɜː.səˈnɛl/, /pɜːsˈnɛl/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "NZ" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /pɵː.sɘˈnɛl/, /pɵːsˈnɛl/, /-el/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

personnel (uncountable)

  1. Employees; office staff.
    • 2010 August 4, Leonard S. Rubenstein, JD, Stephen N. Xenakis, MD, “The Ethics of Enhanced Interrogations and Torture: A Reappraisal of the Argument”, in JAMA‎[1], volume 304, number 5, American Medical Association, →DOI, pages 569–570:
      In 2009, the Obama Administration released guidelines on enhanced interrogation written in 2003 and 2004 by the CIA Office of Medical Services. (OMS).1-3(appendix F) The OMS guidelines, even in redacted form, and opinions from the US Department of Justice's (DOJ’s) Office of Legal Counsel show that CIA physicians, psychologists, and other health care personnel had important roles in enhanced interrogation.

Usage notes

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin personalis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

personnel (feminine personnelle, masculine plural personnels, feminine plural personnelles)

  1. personal

Synonyms

Noun

personnel m (plural personnels)

  1. staff, members of staff, personnel

Further reading

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