Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Alternative spellings
  • 1.2 Etymology
  • 1.3 Pronunciation
  • 1.4 Noun
    • 1.4.1 Usage notes
    • 1.4.2 Synonyms
    • 1.4.3 Derived terms
    • 1.4.4 Translations
• 2 Breton
  • 2.1 Noun
• 3 Danish
  • 3.1 Noun
    • 3.1.1 Inflection
• 4 Norwegian
  • 4.1 Pronunciation
  • 4.2 Noun
    • 4.2.1 Inflection
• 5 Swedish
  • 5.1 Pronunciation
  • 5.2 Noun

English

Wikipedia Wikipedia

Alternative spellings

• perſon (archaic)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman parsone, persoun et al. (Old French persone (“‘human being’”), French personne), and its source Latin persōna (“‘mask used by actor; role, part, character’”), perhaps a loanword; compare Etruscan φersu (“‘mask’”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: pûrʹsən, IPA: /ˈpɜː(r)sən/, SAMPA: /"p3:(r)s@n/
• Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɜː(r)sən

• Hyphenation: per‧son

Noun

person (plural persons or people) (by suppletion, see usage notes)

1. A human being; an individual.
2. A specific human being.

   Where is the person?

3. The physical body of a specific human being.

   Meanwhile, the dazed Sullivan, dressed like a bum with no identification on his person, is arrested and put to work on a brutal Southern chain gang. — New York Times, 2004

4. (law) Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.

   By common law a corporation or a trust is legally a person.

5. (grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he is speaking. See grammatical person.

Usage notes

• The plural of the oldest senses of "person" ("human being") is almost always "people". The plural of later senses is always "persons".

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:person

Derived terms

Breton

Noun

person m. (plural personed)

1. vicar

Danish

Noun

person c. (singular definite personen, plural indefinite personer)

1. person
2. character
3. figure

Inflection

Norwegian

Pronunciation

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Noun

person

1. person

Inflection

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

person

1. human being
2. individual

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