persona

Borrowed 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).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɝˈsoʊnə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɜː(ɹ)ˈsəʊnə/, /pə(ɹ)ˈsəʊnə/
• Hyphenation: per‧so‧na

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.
4. (marketing, user experience) An imaginary person representing a particular type of client or customer, considered when designing products and services that will appeal to them.

• alter ego
• moniker

• persona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Persona (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Alter ego on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Pearson, S'porean, pronase

From Latin persōna (“person”).

persona f (plural persones)

1. person

From Old Occitan persona, from Latin persōna (“person”).

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /pəɾˈso.nə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pərˈso.nə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /peɾˈso.na/
• Rhymes: -ona

persona f (plural persones)

1. person

• personal

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

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• IPA^(key): /perˈsona/
• Hyphenation: per‧so‧na
• Rhymes: -ona

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

1. personal

persona

1. Essive singular form of perso.

From Latin persōna (“person”), of Etruscan origin.

• IPA^(key): /perˈso.na/
• Hyphenation: per‧so‧na

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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

• (person (plural)): gente

• sperano, sperona

• porsona (Badia)

From Latin persōna (“person”).

persona f (plural persones)

1. person

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”).

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

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persōna f (genitive persōnae); first declension

1. mask
2. character
3. (grammar) person
4. (Medieval Latin) a person, personality
5. (Medieval Latin) a lord
6. (Medieval Latin) dignity

First declension.

• persōnālis

• 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

Inflection of the verb personō.

personā

1. second-person singular active imperative of personō

From Latin persōna (“person”).

persona f (4th declension)

1. person
2. individual
3. character

From Old Occitan persona, from Latin persona.

persona f (plural personas)

1. person

Borrowed from Latin persōna (“person”)[1].

• IPA^(key): /perˈsona/
• Rhymes: -ona
• Hyphenation: per‧so‧na

persona f (plural personas)

1. person

• personal

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