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7-letter words (1 found)

PERSONA,

6-letter words (17 found)

APRONS,ARPENS,ARSENO,OPERAS,PAEONS,PARENS,PAREOS,PARSON,PEASON,PERSON,PORAES,PREONS,PRONES,REASON,SANPRO,SENORA,SOAPER,

5-letter words (70 found)

AEONS,AEROS,APERS,APRES,APRON,AROSE,ARPEN,ARSON,ASPEN,ASPER,ASPRO,EARNS,NAPES,NARES,NEAPS,NEARS,NOSER,ONERS,OPENS,OPERA,PAEON,PANES,PAREN,PAREO,PARES,PARSE,PASEO,PEANS,PEARS,PEONS,PERNS,PONES,PORAE,PORES,PORNS,POSER,PRAOS,PRASE,PREON,PRESA,PROAS,PRONE,PROSE,PSOAE,PSORA,RAPES,REANS,REAPS,RENOS,REPOS,ROANS,RONES,ROPES,SANER,SAPOR,SENOR,SERON,SNARE,SNEAP,SNOEP,SNORE,SOARE,SONAR,SOPRA,SPAER,SPANE,SPARE,SPEAN,SPEAR,SPORE,

4-letter words (91 found)

AEON,AERO,ANES,APER,APES,APOS,APSE,APSO,ARES,ARSE,EANS,EARN,EARS,EOAN,EONS,EPOS,ERAS,ERNS,EROS,NAES,NAOS,NAPE,NAPS,NARE,NEAP,NEAR,NEPS,NOES,NOPE,NOSE,OARS,ONER,ONES,OPAS,OPEN,OPES,ORES,OSAR,PANE,PANS,PARE,PARS,PASE,PEAN,PEAR,PEAS,PENS,PEON,PERN,PESO,POAS,PONE,PONS,PORE,PORN,POSE,PRAO,PROA,PROS,RAPE,RAPS,RASE,RASP,REAN,REAP,RENO,RENS,REOS,REPO,REPS,ROAN,ROES,RONE,ROPE,ROSE,SANE,SEAN,SEAR,SENA,SERA,SNAP,SNAR,SOAP,SOAR,SONE,SORA,SORE,SORN,SPAE,SPAN,SPAR,

3-letter words (61 found)

ANE,ANS,APE,APO,ARE,ARS,ASP,EAN,EAR,EAS,ENS,EON,ERA,ERN,ERS,NAE,NAP,NAS,NEP,NOR,NOS,OAR,OES,ONE,ONS,OPA,OPE,OPS,ORA,ORE,ORS,OSE,PAN,PAR,PAS,PEA,PEN,PER,PES,POA,POS,PRE,PRO,RAN,RAP,RAS,REN,REO,REP,RES,ROE,SAE,SAN,SAP,SAR,SEA,SEN,SER,SON,SOP,SPA,

2-letter words (21 found)

AE,AN,AR,AS,EA,EN,ER,ES,NA,NE,NO,OE,ON,OP,OR,OS,PA,PE,PO,RE,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 262 words from persona according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of persona

persona

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin persōna (“mask; character”), of uncertain origin. Suggested to be from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask; masked individual; actor”), which could be a loan from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face; appearance; mask used in ancient theatre to denote a character or, more generally, a social role”). Doublet of person and parson.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Japanese: ペルソナ (perusona)

Translations

See also

  • alter ego
  • moniker

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • Pearson, Peronas, S'porean, pronase

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin persōna (“person”).

Noun

persona f (plural persones)

  1. person

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin persona.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [pərˈso.nə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [peɾˈso.na]
  • Rhymes: -ona

Noun

persona f (plural persones)

  1. person

Derived terms

  • personificar

Related terms

  • personal
  • personatge

Further reading

  • “persona” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “persona”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “persona” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “persona” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

From English persona, ultimately from Latin persōna. Doublet with persoon (“person”).

Pronunciation

Noun

persona f (plural persona's)

  1. (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; a persona

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [perˈsona]
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Hyphenation: per‧so‧na

Adjective

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

  1. personal

Finnish

Adjective

persona

  1. essive singular of perso

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin persōna. Doublet of person.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pərˈsona]
  • Rhymes: -na, -a
  • Hyphenation: pêr‧so‧na

Noun

pêrsona

  1. person,
    1. an individual; usually a human being.
    2. (grammar) a linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he is speaking.
  2. persona,
    1. a social role.
    2. the mask or appearance one presents to the world.

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “persona” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Noun

persona (plural personas)

  1. person

See also

  • gente
  • populo

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /perˈso.na/
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Hyphenation: per‧só‧na

Noun

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

Synonyms

  • (person (plural)): gente

Related terms

Anagrams

  • serpano, spanerò, sperano, sperona

Ladin

Alternative forms

  • porsona (Badia)

Etymology

From Latin persōna (“person”).

Noun

persona f (plural persones)

  1. person

Latgalian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin persona. Cognates include Latvian persona.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpʲɛ̀rsɔna]
  • Hyphenation: per‧so‧na

Noun

persona f

  1. person

Declension

References

  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 27

Latin

Etymology 1

Unknown. Links have been suggested

  • to Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu) (human figure appearing with a mask), which some have referred to Perseus, some to Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “mask, character”);
  • to personō (“to sound through”), often by Roman writers, but notice short and long o.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /perˈsoː.na/, [pɛrˈs̠oːnä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /perˈso.na/, [perˈsɔːnä]

Noun

persōna f (genitive persōnae); first declension

  1. mask
  2. character, personage, role
  3. personality, character, individuality
  4. (grammar) person
  5. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) person
  6. (Medieval Latin) a lord
  7. (Medieval Latin) dignity
Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms
  • persolla
  • persōnālis
Descendants

References

  • “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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

Etymology 2

Inflection of the verb personō.

Verb

personā

  1. second-person singular active imperative of personō

Latvian

Etymology

From Latin persōna (“person”).

Noun

persona f (4th declension)

  1. person
  2. individual
  3. character

Declension

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan persona, from Latin persona.

Pronunciation

Noun

persona f (plural personas)

  1. person

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin persōna. Doublet of personat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛrˈsɔ.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɔna
  • Syllabification: per‧so‧na

Noun

persona f

  1. (literary) person (individual substance of a rational nature; usually a human being)
    Synonym: osoba
  2. (ironic) personage (famous or important person)

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • persona in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • persona in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peɾˈsona/ [peɾˈso.na]
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Syllabification: per‧so‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin persōna (“person”).

Noun

persona f (plural personas)

  1. person (an individual; usually a human being)
    Synonym: individuo
  2. a socially distinguished person, a personality
  3. a wise or otherwise excellent person
  4. a character (an individual with a specific role in a literary work)
Usage notes
  • This noun does not change; even when addressing males.
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

persona

  1. only used in se persona, third-person singular present indicative of personarse
  2. only used in te ... persona, syntactic variant of persónate, second-person singular imperative of personarse

References

Further reading

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

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