different between personnel vs headhunt

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

head +? hunt

Verb

headhunt (third-person singular simple present headhunts, present participle headhunting, simple past and past participle headhunted)

1. To cut off, and preserve, the heads of one's enemies
2. To actively recruit executive personnel
3. (baseball) To pitch at a batter's head.

   There's a brawl on the field because the pitcher has been headhunting throughout the game.

4. (ice hockey) To use one's hockey stick to strike an opponent's head.

Derived terms

• headhunter
• headhunting