persona

See also: personá, persóna, and personā

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

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.

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See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Asturian

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

Further reading

Esperanto

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

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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

Anagrams

Ladin

Alternative forms

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

First declension.

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin persōna (“person”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peɾˈsona/

Noun

persona f (plural personas)

  1. person
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