personnage

French

Etymology

From personne +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.sɔ.naʒ/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: personnages

Noun

personnage m (plural personnages)

1. character (in a play, program, film)
2. (informal) person

   un odieux personnage ― an odious character

   un drôle de personnage ― an odd individual

Further reading

• “personnage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.