perso

See also: Perso-

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈperso/
  • Hyphenation: per‧so

Noun

perso (accusative singular person, plural persoj, accusative plural persojn)

  1. Persian (a member of the Persian ethnic group)

Finnish

Adjective

perso (comparative persompi, superlative persoin)

  1. greedy for something
    Nalle Puh on perso hunajalle.
    Winnie the Pooh is greedy for honey.
  2. The noun sweet tooth may be used when the greed is for sweet things in general.
    Olen todella perso makealle.
    I'm a real sweet tooth.

Usage notes

The word perso is seldom used without specifying a specific object for which someone is greedy. The structure is:

  • perso + (allative) = greedy + (for something)

Declension

Inflection of perso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative perso persot
genitive person persojen
partitive persoa persoja
illative persoon persoihin
singular plural
nominative perso persot
accusative nom. perso persot
gen. person
genitive person persojen
partitive persoa persoja
inessive persossa persoissa
elative persosta persoista
illative persoon persoihin
adessive persolla persoilla
ablative persolta persoilta
allative persolle persoille
essive persona persoina
translative persoksi persoiksi
instructive persoin
abessive persotta persoitta
comitative persoine

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French

Etymology 1

Apocope of personnel

Adjective

perso (plural persos)

  1. (colloquial) personal
  2. (colloquial) one's own
    T'as une voiture perso?

Etymology 2

Apocope of personnellement

Adverb

perso

  1. (colloquial) personally (in one's own opinion)
    Perso, je suis contre l'avortement.

Etymology 3

Apocope of personnage

Noun

perso m (plural persos)

  1. (video games) character

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Further reading


Italian

Verb

perso

  1. past participle of perdere

Synonyms

Adjective

perso (feminine singular persa, masculine plural persi, feminine plural perse)

  1. lost, wasted

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