personnel

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personnel

/pɝ.səˈnɛl/ US
/pɝsˈnɛl/ US
/pɜː.səˈnɛl/ UK
/pɜːsˈnɛl/ UK
/pɵː.sɘˈnɛl/ New Zealand
/pɵːsˈnɛl/ New Zealand
/-el/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɛl

Where it comes from

Unadapted borrowing from French personnel. Doublet of personal.

noun personnels

countable, uncountable Collection of people in an organization, such as employees and office staff, members of the military, etc. People like to see such friendly relationship existing between the respective personnels of their Army, Navy and Marine Corps.
countable, nonstandard A member of an organization such as an army. An army personnel has been killed in action in a gunfight after security forces intercepted terrorists making an infiltration attempt near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, officials said today.
uncountable A human resources department. I've just had a letter from personnel.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: force, staffed, employee, workforce, manpower, staffing, headcount, officer, agent, employed, office-holder, membership, enrolment, official, worker, member

Translations

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noun members of an organization

Español	personal, plantel
한국어	인원 inwon, 직원 jigwon
日本語	人員 jin'in, 職員 shokuin
中文	人員 /人员 rényuán, 員工 /员工 yuángōng
Português	pessoal
Français	personnel
Deutsch	Personal
Italiano	personale
Română	personal
Русский	ли́чный соста́в líčnyj sostáv, персона́л personál, штат štat
עברית	סֶגֶל segel

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@misc{personnel_2026,
  title = {personnel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/personnel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}