persona

See also: personá, persóna, and personā

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin persōna (“mask; character”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from personare (“to sound through”); or from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face; appearance; mask used in ancient theatre to denote a character or, more generally, a social role”); or from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu).

PronunciationEdit

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɝˈsoʊnə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɜː(ɹ)ˈsəʊnə/, /pə(ɹ)ˈsəʊnə/
• Hyphenation: per‧so‧na

NounEdit

persona (plural personas or personae or personæ)

1. A social role.
2. A character played by an actor.
3. (psychology) The mask or appearance one presents to the world.

TranslationsEdit

social role

• French: rôle social m casquette (fr) f (informal)

• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} ペルソナ (perusona)

character played by an actor

• French: personnage (fr) m
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} ペルソナ (perusona)
• Portuguese: personagem (pt) m, f

• Russian: персона́ж (ru) m (personáž)
• Spanish: personaje (es) m

the appearance one presents to the world

• French: persona (fr) f
• German: Persona f
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} ペルソナ (perusona)

• Russian: персо́на (ru) f (persóna)
• Spanish: personaje (es) m
• Swedish: persona (sv) c

See alsoEdit

• alter ego
• moniker

Further readingEdit

• persona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Persona (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Alter ego on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

AnagramsEdit

• Pearson, S'porean, pronase

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AsturianEdit

NounEdit

persona f (plural persones)

1. person

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin persōna (“person”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /pəɾˈso.nə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pərˈso.nə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /peɾˈso.na/
• Rhymes: -ona

NounEdit

persona f (plural persones)

1. person

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EsperantoEdit

AdjectiveEdit

persona (accusative singular personan, plural personaj, accusative plural personajn)

1. personal

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FinnishEdit

AdjectiveEdit

persona

1. Essive singular form of perso.

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ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin persona.

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

persona f (plural persone)

1. person, pl people, persons
2. someone, somebody, anybody
3. body, figure
4. (law) person, body
5. (psychology) persona

SynonymsEdit

• (person (plural)): gente
• (someone): qualcuno, nessuno
• (body): corpo, personale, aspetto

Related termsEdit

• di persona
• impersonare
• in persona
• in prima persona
• personaggio
• personale
• personalità
• personificare

AnagramsEdit

• sperano, sperona

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LadinEdit

NounEdit

persona f (plural persones)

1. person

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LatinEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Unknown. Possibly from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu) (with some Latin suffix), itself perhaps from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “mask, character”), and possibly, as Roman writers often suggested, from personō (“to sound through”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /perˈsoː.na/, [pɛrˈsoː.na]

• Audio (Classical)

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NounEdit

persōna f (genitive persōnae); first declension

1. mask
2. character
3. person, personality
4. (grammar) person

InflectionEdit

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	persōna	persōnae
genitive	persōnae	persōnārum
dative	persōnae	persōnīs
accusative	persōnam	persōnās
ablative	persōnā	persōnīs
vocative	persōna	persōnae

Derived termsEdit

• persōnālis

DescendantsEdit

• Asturian: persona
• Catalan: persona
• English: person, persona
• French: personne
• Galician: persoa
• Icelandic: persóna
• Italian: persona

• Old Portuguese: pessõa
  • Portuguese: pessoa
• Romanian: persoană
• Russian: персо́на (persóna)
• Sicilian: pirsuna
• Spanish: persona
• Swedish: person
• Welsh: person

ReferencesEdit

• 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
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “persona”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “persona” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• 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 2Edit

Inflection of the verb personō.

VerbEdit

personā

1. second-person singular active imperative of personō

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LatvianEdit

NounEdit

persona f (4th declension)

1. person
2. individual
3. character

DeclensionEdit

Declension of persona (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
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

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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin persona.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /peɾˈsona/

NounEdit

persona f (plural personas)

1. person