persona
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin persōna (“mask; character”), of uncertain origin. Suggested to be from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask; masked individual; actor”), which could be a loan from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face; appearance; mask used in ancient theatre to denote a character or, more generally, a social role”). Doublet of person and parson.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɝˈsoʊnə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɜː(ɹ)ˈsəʊnə/, /pə(ɹ)ˈsəʊnə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: per‧so‧na
Noun edit
persona (plural personas or personae or personæ)
- A social role.
- A character played by an actor.
- (psychology) The mask or appearance one presents to the world.
- He keeps his online persona completely separate from his real-world one.
- (marketing, user experience) An imaginary person representing a particular type of client or customer, considered when designing products and services that will appeal to them.
- 2014, Ira Kaufman, Chris Horton, Digital Marketing, page 128:
- To do so, your organization should create nuanced buyer personas for all relevant market segments or buyer groups that demonstrate affinity to your brand. These buyer personas should include standard demographic information […]
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Japanese: ペルソナ (perusona)
Translations edit
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- persona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Persona (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Alter ego on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams edit
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin persōna (“person”).
Noun edit
persona f (plural persones)
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [pərˈso.nə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [peɾˈso.na]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ona
Noun edit
persona f (plural persones)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “persona” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “persona”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “persona” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “persona” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From English persona, ultimately from Latin persōna. Doublet with persoon (“person”).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
persona f (plural persona's)
Esperanto edit
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
persona (accusative singular personan, plural personaj, accusative plural personajn)
Finnish edit
Adjective edit
persona
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin persōna. Doublet of person.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pêrsona
- person,
- an individual; usually a human being.
- (grammar) a linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he is speaking.
- persona,
- a social role.
- the mask or appearance one presents to the world.
Derived terms edit
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Further reading edit
- “persona” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
persona (plural personas)
See also edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin persōna (“person”), of Etruscan origin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
persona f (plural persone)
- person, pl people, persons
- someone, somebody, anybody
- body, figure
- (law) person, body
- (psychology) persona
Synonyms edit
- (person (plural)): gente
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Anagrams edit
Ladin edit
Alternative forms edit
- porsona (Badia)
Etymology edit
From Latin persōna (“person”).
Noun edit
persona f (plural persones)
Latgalian edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin persona. Cognates include Latvian persona.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
persona f
Declension edit
References edit
- Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 27
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
Unknown. Links have been suggested
- to Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu) (human figure appearing with a mask), which some have referred to Perseus, some to Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “mask, character”);
- to personō (“to sound through”), often by Roman writers, but notice short and long o.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /perˈsoː.na/, [pɛrˈs̠oːnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /perˈso.na/, [perˈsɔːnä]
Noun edit
persōna f (genitive persōnae); first declension
- mask
- character, personage, role
- personality, character, individuality
- (grammar) person
- (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) person
- 6th c. CE, Boethius, Contra Eutychen et Nestorium 4:
- Sed esse Chrīstum manifestē ac vērāciter confitēmur; ūnum igitur esse dīcimus Chrīstum. Quod sī ita est, ūnam quoque Chrīstī sine dubitātiōne persōnam esse necesse est. Nam sī duae persōnae essent, ūnus esse nōn posset; duōs vērō esse dīcere Chrīstōs nihil est aliud nisi praecipitātae mentis īnsānia.
- But we clearly and truly confess profess that Christ exists, and so we say He is one. This being the case, it must follow without doubt that the person of Christ is also one. If there were two persons, then there could not be one, so to say that there are two Christs is nothing but the insanity of distraught mind.
- Sed esse Chrīstum manifestē ac vērāciter confitēmur; ūnum igitur esse dīcimus Chrīstum. Quod sī ita est, ūnam quoque Chrīstī sine dubitātiōne persōnam esse necesse est. Nam sī duae persōnae essent, ūnus esse nōn posset; duōs vērō esse dīcere Chrīstōs nihil est aliud nisi praecipitātae mentis īnsānia.
- (Medieval Latin) a lord
- (Medieval Latin) dignity
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | persōna | persōnae |
Genitive | persōnae | persōnārum |
Dative | persōnae | persōnīs |
Accusative | persōnam | persōnās |
Ablative | persōnā | persōnīs |
Vocative | persōna | persōnae |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Asturian: persona
- Italian: persona
- Ladin: persona
- Ligurian: persónn-a
- Old French: persone, parsone, persoun, persoune; presonne
- Old Occitan: persona
- Old Galician-Portuguese: pessõa, persõa
- Piedmontese: përson-a
- Sicilian: pirsuna
- → English: persona
- → Japanese: ペルソナ (perusona)
- → Esperanto: persono
- → Icelandic: persóna
- → Ido: persono
- → Indonesian: persona
- → Interlingua: persona
- → Latgalian: persona
- → Latvian: persona
- → Manx: persoon
- → Middle Dutch: persone
- → Middle High German: persōn, persōne
- → Novial: persone
- → Old Irish: persan
- → Polish: persona
- → Romanian: persoană
- → Russian: персо́на (persóna)
- → Spanish: persona
- → Swedish: person
- → Welsh: person
References edit
- “persona”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “persona”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- persona in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- persona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “persona”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “persona”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Palmer, L.R. (1906) The Latin Language, London, Faber and Faber
Etymology 2 edit
Inflection of the verb personō.
Verb edit
personā
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin persōna (“person”).
Noun edit
persona f (4th declension)
Declension edit
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | persona | personas |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | personu | personas |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | personas | personu |
dative (datīvs) | personai | personām |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | personu | personām |
locative (lokatīvs) | personā | personās |
vocative (vokatīvs) | persona | personas |
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
From Old Occitan persona, from Latin persona.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
persona f (plural personas)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin persōna. Doublet of personat.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
persona f
- (literary) person (individual substance of a rational nature; usually a human being)
- Synonym: osoba
- (ironic) personage (famous or important person)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin persōna (“person”).[1]
Noun edit
persona f (plural personas)
- person (an individual; usually a human being)
- Synonym: individuo
- a socially distinguished person, a personality
- a wise or otherwise excellent person
- a character (an individual with a specific role in a literary work)
Usage notes edit
- This noun does not change; even when addressing males.
Derived terms edit
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Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
persona
- only used in se persona, third-person singular present indicative of personarse
- only used in te ... persona, syntactic variant of persónate, second-person singular imperative of personarse
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading edit
- “persona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014