different between personnel vs equipment

English

Etymology

From French personnel.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /p?.s??n?l/, /p?s?n?l/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??.s??n?l/, /p??s?n?l/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /p??.s??n?l/, /p??s?n?l/, /-el/
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

personnel (countable and uncountable, plural personnels)

1. Employees; office staff.
   • 1924, U.S. Army Recruiting News (page 10)

     People like to see such friendly relationship existing between the respective personnels of their Army, Navy and Marine Corps.
2. (uncountable) A human resources department.

   I've just had a letter from personnel.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with personal.

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin personalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.s?.n?l/

Adjective

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

1. personal

Synonyms

• (informal) perso

Derived terms

Related terms

• impersonnel

Noun

personnel m (plural personnels)

1. staff, members of staff, personnel

Related terms

• personnaliser
• personne
• personnellement

Further reading

• “personnel” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From equip +? -ment, or from French équipement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??kw?pm?nt/

Noun

equipment (usually uncountable, plural equipments)

1. The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
   • (Can we date this quote?) David Hume:

     The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt.

2. Whatever is used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.
   • 1851, Henry Longfellow, The Golden Legend

     Armed and dight, In the equipments of a knight.

Derived terms

Related terms

• equip

Translations