different between celebrity vs personage

English

Etymology

From Middle English celebrit?, from Old French celebrite (compare French célébrité), from Latin cel?brit?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??l?b??ti/

Noun

celebrity (countable and uncountable, plural celebrities)

1. (obsolete) A rite or ceremony. [17th-18th c.]
2. (uncountable) Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about. [from 17th c.]

   Synonyms: big name, distinction, fame, eminence, renown

3. A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person. [from 19th c.]

   Synonyms: big name, star, (informal) celeb, (informal) sleb, luminary, notable, media darling

Derived terms

Related terms

• celebutard

Translations

References

• celebrity at OneLook Dictionary Search
• celebrity in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• celebrity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Spanish

Noun

celebrity m (plural celebritys)

1. celebrity

English

Etymology

From Middle French personnage, from Old French personage

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?s?n?d??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??s?n?d??/
• Hyphenation: per?son?age

Noun

personage (plural personages)

1. A person, especially one who is famous or important.
   • 1872, Oliver Wendell Holmes [Sr.], The Poet at the Breakfast-Table, page 230:

     I can only say they have been in pretty close conversation several times of late, and, if I dared to think it of so very calm and dignified a personage, I should say that her color was a little heightened after one or more of these interviews.

2. The creation of corporate persons named after living people. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. Character represented; external appearance; persona.

Translations

Anagrams

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French personnage.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: per?so?na?ge

Noun

personage n (plural personages)

1. Character in a work of fiction.