perso
EsperantoEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
perso (accusative singular person, plural persoj, accusative plural persojn)
- Persian (a member of the Persian ethnic group)
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Derived from perse (“arse”);[1] probably as perse + -o. Compare dialectal makeaperse (“sweet-toothed person”, literally “sweet ass”), colloquial herkkuperse and e.g. olla makean perään (“to be greedy for sweet”, literally “to be after sweet”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
perso (comparative persompi, superlative persoin)
- greedy (for something)
- Nalle Puh on perso hunajalle.
- Winnie the Pooh is greedy for honey.
- Olen todella perso makealle.
- I'm a real sweet tooth.
Usage notesEdit
The word perso is seldom used without specifying a specific object for which someone is greedy. The structure is:
- perso + (allative) = greedy + (for something)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of perso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | perso | persot | |
genitive | person | persojen | |
partitive | persoa | persoja | |
illative | persoon | persoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | perso | persot | |
accusative | nom. | perso | persot |
gen. | person | ||
genitive | person | persojen | |
partitive | persoa | persoja | |
inessive | persossa | persoissa | |
elative | persosta | persoista | |
illative | persoon | persoihin | |
adessive | persolla | persoilla | |
ablative | persolta | persoilta | |
allative | persolle | persoille | |
essive | persona | persoina | |
translative | persoksi | persoiksi | |
instructive | — | persoin | |
abessive | persotta | persoitta | |
comitative | — | persoine |
Possessive forms of perso (type valo) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | personi | persomme |
2nd person | persosi | personne |
3rd person | personsa | |
Only used with substantive adjectives, -inen adjectives used for comparisons of equality or agent participles. |
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FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
AdjectiveEdit
perso (plural persos)
- (colloquial) personal
- (colloquial) one's own
- T'as une voiture perso? ― Do you have your own car?
Etymology 2Edit
AdverbEdit
perso
- (colloquial) personally (in one's own opinion)
- Perso, je suis contre l'avortement. ― Personally, I am against abortion.
Etymology 3Edit
Apocope of personnage.
NounEdit
perso m (plural persos)
- (video games) character
- 2001, Laurent Trémel, Jeux de rôles, jeux vidéo, multimédia. Les faiseurs de mondes, Presses universitaires de France (publ.), page 158.
- Mon voisin craignait de perdre son “perso” (personnage) – “Huls” – un pisteur qu'il chouchoutait depuis quatre ans.
- My neighbor feared losing his character - "Huls" - a tracker he had pampered for four years.
- 2001, Laurent Trémel, Jeux de rôles, jeux vidéo, multimédia. Les faiseurs de mondes, Presses universitaires de France (publ.), page 158.
AnagramsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “perso” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
perso
SynonymsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
perso (feminine singular persa, masculine plural persi, feminine plural perse)