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English

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• 
  (General American) IPA^(key): /pɝˈsoʊnə/
  


• 
  (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɜː(ɹ)ˈsəʊnə/, /pə(ɹ)ˈsəʊnə/
  


• Hyphenation: per‧so‧na
  

Noun

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.

Translations

See also

• alter ego


• moniker

Further reading

• 
  persona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  


• 
  Persona (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  


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  Alter ego on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  

Anagrams

• 
  Pearson, S'porean, pronase
  

Asturian

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:

persona

Wikipedia ^ast

Etymology

From Latin persōna (“person”).

Noun

persona f (plural persones)

1. person

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin persōna (“person”).

Pronunciation

• 
  (Balearic) IPA^(key): /pəɾˈso.nə/
  


• 
  (Central) IPA^(key): /pərˈso.nə/
  


• 
  (Valencian) IPA^(key): /peɾˈso.na/
  


• Rhymes: -ona
  

Noun

persona f (plural persones)

1. person

Related terms

• personal

Further reading

• 
  “persona” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• 
  IPA^(key): /perˈsona/
  


• Hyphenation: per‧so‧na


• Rhymes: -ona
  

Adjective

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

1. personal

Finnish

Adjective

persona

1. Essive singular form of perso.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin persōna (“person”).

Pronunciation

• 
  IPA^(key): /perˈso.na/
  


• Hyphenation: per‧so‧na
  


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Noun

persona f (plural persone)

1. 
   person, pl people, persons
   


2. 
   someone, somebody, anybody
   

   Synonyms: qualcuno, nessuno

   
   


3. 
   body, figure
   


4. 
   (law) person, body
   

   Synonyms: corpo, personale, aspetto

   
   


5. 
   (psychology) persona

Synonyms

• 
  (person (plural)): gente
  

Related terms

Anagrams

• 
  sperano, sperona
  

Ladin

Alternative forms

• 
  porsona (Badia)

Etymology

From Latin persōna (“person”).

Noun

persona f (plural persones)

1. person

Latin

Etymology 1

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”).

Pronunciation

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


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Noun

persōna f (genitive persōnae); first declension

1. mask


2. character


3. 
   person, personality
   


4. 
   (grammar) person
   

Inflection

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Derived terms

• persōnālis

Descendants

References

• 
  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 2

Inflection of the verb personō.

Verb

personā

1. second-person singular active imperative of personō

Latvian

Etymology

From Latin persōna (“person”).

Noun

persona f (4th declension)

1. person


2. individual


3. character

Declension

Occitan

Noun

persona f (plural personas)

1. person

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin persōna (“person”).

Pronunciation

• 
  IPA^(key): /perˈsona/
  


• Rhymes: -ona
  


• Hyphenation: per‧so‧na
  

Noun

persona f (plural personas)

1. person

Related terms

• personal

Further reading

• “persona” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.