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personal
- /ˈpɜː.sə.nəl/ UK
- /ˈpɜːs.nəl/ UK
- /ˈpɝ.sə.nəl/ US
- /ˈpɝs.nəl/ US
- /ˈpɜː.sə.nəl/ Australia
- /ˈpɜːs.nəl/ Australia
- /ˈpøː.sə.nəl/ New Zealand
- /ˈpøːs.nəl/ New Zealand
Where it comes from
From Middle English personal, personele, from Anglo-Norman personel, personal, personell, Old French personal, personel, from Late Latin persōnālis (“of a person, personly”), equivalent to person + -al. Doublet of personnel.
adjective more personal · most personal · personall
- Pertaining to persons (human beings as opposed to things or animals).
- Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals personal values; personal desire
- Dealing with subjects about which one wishes (or people usually wish) to maintain privacy or discretion; not for public view; sensitive, intimate. personal reasons
- Intended for sexual use. personal lubricant; personal massager
- Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; bodily. personal charms
- Done in person; without an intermediary. a personal interview
- Relating to an individual, their character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner personal reflections or remarks
- Of a noun or pronoun, having reference particular to humans and other entities having personality such as a named animal, a deity, a personification, etc.
- Related to grammatical first, second, etc. persons. a personal pronoun
- Denoting ownership. one's personal vehicle, as opposed to a company vehicle
- Constituting a person. The conception of earth as a personal being, who revolts against the sin of the dwellers upon it and spurns them from her bosom, is not foreign to the Old Testament.
noun personals · personall
- An advertisement by which an individual attempts to meet others with similar interests.
- One's own property or asset 1748, Tobias Smollett (translator), Alain-René Lesage (original), The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane In addition to this, a coarse shirt quite new, a pair of my father's shoes quite old, and, what rejoiced me more than all the rest, a rouleau of twenty rials in a linen rag. Behold the sum tota
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: subjective, intimate, individualized, personalized, private, own, face-to-face, individual, person-to-person, physical, ain, in-person, in person, personality, personally, particular
Translations
Every language
adj grammar: denoting person
| 中文 | 人稱 /人称 rénchēng |
|---|---|
| Français | personnel |
| Deutsch | Personal- |
| Ελληνικά | προσωπικός prosopikós |
| Русский | ли́чный líčnyj |
adj pertaining to human beings
| 한국어 | 개인의 gaein-ui |
|---|
adj of or pertaining to a particular person
| Español | personal |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 개인의 gaeinui |
| 日本語 | 個人の kojin no |
| 中文 | 私人的 sīrén de |
| हिन्दी | व्यक्तिगत vyaktigat |
| Português | pessoal |
| Français | personnel |
| Deutsch | persönlich |
| Italiano | personale |
| Ελληνικά | προσωπικός prosopikós |
| Русский | ли́чный líčnyj, персона́льный personálʹnyj |
| العربية | شَخْصِيّ šaḵṣiyy |
adj dealing with subjects about which one wishes to maintain privacy or discretion
| हिन्दी | व्यक्तिगत vyaktigat |
|---|
adj done in person
| Français | en personne |
|---|
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title = {personal},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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