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English

Etymology

Coined between 1350 and 1400 as Middle English personalite, from Middle French [Term?], from Latin pers?n?lit?s.

Morphologically personal +? -ity

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??s??næl?t?/, /-i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?s??næl?ti/, [?p?s??næl??i]

Noun

personality (countable and uncountable, plural personalities)

1. (of people) A set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another.
   • c. 1828, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Field on the Church

     Personality is individuality existing in itself, but with a nature as a ground.

2. (of inanimate or abstract things) A set of qualities that make something distinctive or interesting.

   His writing has a lot of personality.

   This functional concrete building lacks personality.

3. An assumed role or manner of behavior.

4. A celebrity, especially one with a strong media presence.

5. Charisma, or qualities that make a person stand out from the crowd.
   • 1959, Lloyd Price, “Personality”:

     But over and over / I´ll be a fool for you / 'cause you got personality.

6. Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks.
   • 1905, O. Henry, "Telemachus, Friend"

     Perceiving that personalities were not out of order, I asked him what species of beast had long ago twisted and mutilated his left ear.

7. (law) That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)

Synonyms

• selfness

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??????? (p?sonariti)

Translations

References

Further reading

• "personality" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 232.

Anagrams

• antileprosy, ponytailers

English

Alternative forms

• personall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English personal, personele, from Anglo-Norman personel, personal, personell, Old French personal, personel, from Late Latin pers?n?lis (“of a person, personly”), equivalent to person +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??.s?n.?l/, /?p??s.n?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??.s?n.?l/, /?p??s.n?l/
• Hyphenation: per?son?al, perso?nal

Adjective

personal (comparative more personal, superlative most personal)

1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
2. 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

3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal.
4. Done in person; without the intervention of another.
   • 2011, Bob Nelson, Peter Economy, Consulting For Dummies

     Although you miss the nonverbal cues that you pick up in a personal meeting, you can call far more clients in a day than you can meet with in person.

5. Relating to an individual, their character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner

   personal reflections or remarks

6. (grammar) Denoting a person.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with personnel (“employees, staff”).

Synonyms

• personally

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• personal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Noun

personal (plural personals)

1. An advertisement by which individuals attempt to meet others with similar interests.
2. A movable; a chattel.

Translations

Anagrams

• psoralen

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin pers?n?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /p??.so?nal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /p?r.su?nal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pe?.so?nal/

Adjective

personal (masculine and feminine plural personals)

1. personal

   Antonym: impersonal

Derived terms

• personalitzar
• personalment
• unipersonal

Related terms

• impersonal
• persona
• personalitat

Further reading

• “personal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “personal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “personal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “personal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Etymology

English personal, from Middle English personal, personele, from Anglo-Norman personel, personal, personell, Old French personal, personel, from Late Latin pers?n?lis (“of a person, personly”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: per?so?nal

Adjective

personal

1. 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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:personal.

German

Etymology

From Late Latin pers?n?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??zo?na?l/
• Hyphenation: per?so?nal

Adjective

personal (not comparable)

1. personal

Declension

Further reading

• “personal” in Duden online

Indonesian

Etymology

From English personal, from Middle English personal, personele, from Anglo-Norman personel, personal, personell, Old French personal, personel, from Late Latin pers?n?lis (“of a person, personly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p?r?sonal]
• Hyphenation: pêr?so?nal

Adjective

personal

1. personal.

Related terms

Further reading

• “personal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Adjective

personal (comparative plus personal, superlative le plus personal)

1. personal

Noun

personal (uncountable)

1. staff, personnel

Ladin

Adjective

personal m (feminine singular personala, masculine plural personai, feminine plural personales)

1. personal

Portuguese

Etymology

Clipping of personal trainer.

Noun

personal

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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin pers?n?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe?so?nal/, [pe?.so?nal]

Adjective

personal (plural personales)

1. personal

   Antonym: impersonal

Derived terms

Noun

personal m (plural personales)

1. personnel, staff

Hyponyms

Noun

personal m (uncountable)

1. (informal) folks, people, mob, crowd; the masses
   • 1993, Francisco Umbral, Queremos saber, Antena 3, 23 April:

     Yo he venido aquí a hablar de mi libro; y no a hablar de lo que opine el personal, que me da lo mismo, porque para eso tengo mi columna y mi opinión diaria.

Derived terms

• antipersonal

Related terms

• impersonal
• persona
• personalidad

Further reading

• “personal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p???n???l]

Noun

personal c

1. staff (employees of a business)

Declension

Anagrams

• polarens, polernas