personalia

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin persōnālia.

Noun

personalia pl (plural only)

1. All the personal allusions, belongings, writings and information of an individual.
   • 1988 : Evidently doing this job would be as much a matter of probing his memory for links and identifications, as of reading his personalia and getting up the history of Sudan. - Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, (Penguin Books, paperback edition, 96)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin persōnālia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

personalia pl (plural only)

1. General personal information (such as would be listed on e.g. a curriculum vitae), such as full name, age, place and date of birth, e-mail address, and telephone number.

Adjective

persōnālia

1. nominative neuter plural of persōnālis
2. accusative neuter plural of persōnālis
3. vocative neuter plural of persōnālis

References

• personalia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)