persona
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin persōna (“mask; character”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from personō (“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). Doublet of person and parson.
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)
- A social role.
- A character played by an actor.
- (psychology) The mask or appearance one presents to the world.
- (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.
DescendantsEdit
- → Japanese: ペルソナ (perusona)
TranslationsEdit
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See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- persona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Persona (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Alter ego on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
AnagramsEdit
AsturianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin persōna (“person”).
NounEdit
persona f (plural persones)
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan persona, 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)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “persona” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “persona” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “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.
EsperantoEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
AdjectiveEdit
persona (accusative singular personan, plural personaj, accusative plural personajn)
FinnishEdit
AdjectiveEdit
persona
- Essive singular form of perso.
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin persona.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
persona or 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.
Further readingEdit
- “persona” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin persōna (“person”), of Etruscan origin.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
persona f (plural persone)
- person, pl people, persons
- someone, somebody, anybody
- body, figure
- (law) person, body
- (psychology) persona
SynonymsEdit
- (person (plural)): gente
Related termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
LadinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- porsona (Badia)
EtymologyEdit
From Latin persōna (“person”).
NounEdit
persona f (plural persones)
LatgalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ultimately from Latin persona. Cognates include Latvian persona.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
persona f
DeclensionEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 27
LatinEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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.
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /perˈsoː.na/, [pɛrˈs̠oː.na]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /perˈso.na/, [pɛrˈsɔː.na]
Audio (Classical) (file)
NounEdit
persōna f (genitive persōnae); first declension
- mask
- character
- (grammar) person
- (Medieval Latin) a person, personality
- (Medieval Latin) a lord
- (Medieval Latin) dignity
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | persōna | persōnae |
Genitive | persōnae | persōnārum |
Dative | persōnae | persōnīs |
Accusative | persōnam | persōnās |
Ablative | persōnā | persōnīs |
Vocative | persōna | persōnae |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Asturian: persona
- Italian: persona
- Ladin: persona
- Ligurian: persónn-a
- Old French: persone, parsone, persoun, persoune
- Old Occitan: persona
- Old Portuguese: pessõa, persõa
- Piedmontese: përson-a
- Sicilian: pirsuna
- → English: persona
- → Japanese: ペルソナ (perusona)
- → Esperanto: persono
- → Hunsrik: Person
- → Icelandic: persóna
- → Ido: persono
- → Indonesian: persona
- → Interlingua: persona
- → Latgalian: persona
- → Latvian: persona
- → Luxembourgish: Persoun
- → Manx: persoon
- → Middle Dutch: persone
- → Middle High German: persōn, persōne
- German: Person
- → Novial: persone
- → Old Irish: persan
- → Polish: persona
- → Romanian: persoană
- → Russian: персо́на (persóna)
- → 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
- persona in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 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 2Edit
Inflection of the verb personō.
VerbEdit
personā
LatvianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin persōna (“person”).
NounEdit
persona f (4th declension)
DeclensionEdit
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 |
OccitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan persona, from Latin persona.
NounEdit
persona f (plural personas)
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
persona f
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
- (adjective) personalny
- (adverb) personalnie
Further readingEdit
- persona in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- persona in Polish dictionaries at PWN
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin persōna (“person”)[1].
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
persona f (plural personas)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “persona” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.