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8-letter words (2 found)

PERSONAL,PSORALEN,

7-letter words (11 found)

ESPANOL,LOANERS,NOPALES,ORLEANS,PAROLES,PERSONA,PLANERS,PROLANS,RELOANS,REPLANS,REPOSAL,

6-letter words (54 found)

ANOLES,APRONS,ARPENS,ARSENO,ASLOPE,ENROLS,LANOSE,LAPSER,LEARNS,LEPRAS,LOANER,LONERS,LOPERS,LORANS,NERALS,NEROLS,NOPALS,NORSEL,OPERAS,PAEONS,PANELS,PARENS,PAREOS,PARLES,PAROLE,PAROLS,PARSON,PEARLS,PEASON,PELONS,PERSON,PLANER,PLANES,PLEONS,POLARS,POLERS,PORAES,PREONS,PROLAN,PROLES,PRONES,RANSEL,REALOS,REASON,RELOAN,REPLAN,ROSEAL,SANPRO,SENORA,SLOPER,SOAPER,SOLERA,SPLORE,SPORAL,

5-letter words (154 found)

AEONS,AEROS,ALOES,ALONE,ANOLE,APERS,APRES,APRON,ARLES,AROSE,ARPEN,ARSON,ASPEN,ASPER,ASPRO,EARLS,EARNS,ELANS,ELOPS,ENOLS,ENROL,EORLS,LAERS,LANES,LAPSE,LARES,LARNS,LASER,LEANS,LEAPS,LEARN,LEARS,LENOS,LEPRA,LERPS,LOANS,LONER,LOPER,LOPES,LORAN,LORES,LOSEN,LOSER,NAPES,NARES,NEALS,NEAPS,NEARS,NERAL,NEROL,NOELS,NOLES,NOPAL,NOSER,OLPAE,OLPES,ONERS,OPALS,OPENS,OPERA,ORALS,ORLES,PAEON,PALER,PALES,PANEL,PANES,PAREN,PAREO,PARES,PARLE,PAROL,PARSE,PASEO,PEALS,PEANS,PEARL,PEARS,PELAS,PELON,PENAL,PEONS,PERNS,PLANE,PLANS,PLEAS,PLENA,PLEON,POLAR,POLER,POLES,PONES,PORAE,PORAL,PORES,PORNS,POSER,PRAOS,PRASE,PREON,PRESA,PROAS,PROLE,PRONE,PROSE,PSOAE,PSORA,RALES,RAPES,REALO,REALS,REANS,REAPS,RENAL,RENOS,REPLA,REPOS,ROANS,ROLES,RONES,ROPES,SALEP,SALON,SALOP,SANER,SAPOR,SENOR,SEPAL,SERAL,SERON,SLANE,SLOAN,SLOPE,SNARE,SNARL,SNEAP,SNOEP,SNORE,SOARE,SOLAN,SOLAR,SOLER,SONAR,SOPRA,SORAL,SOREL,SPAER,SPALE,SPANE,SPARE,SPEAL,SPEAN,SPEAR,SPORE,

4-letter words (152 found)

AEON,AERO,ALES,ALOE,ALPS,ALSO,ANES,APER,APES,APOS,APSE,APSO,ARES,ARLE,ARSE,EANS,EARL,EARN,EARS,ELAN,ENOL,EOAN,EONS,EORL,EPOS,ERAS,ERNS,EROS,LAER,LANE,LAPS,LARE,LARN,LARS,LASE,LEAN,LEAP,LEAR,LEAS,LENO,LENS,LEPS,LERP,LOAN,LONE,LOPE,LOPS,LORE,LORN,LOSE,NAES,NAOS,NAPE,NAPS,NARE,NEAL,NEAP,NEAR,NEPS,NOEL,NOES,NOLE,NOPE,NOSE,OARS,OLEA,OLES,OLPE,ONER,ONES,OPAL,OPAS,OPEN,OPES,ORAL,ORES,ORLE,OSAR,PALE,PALS,PANE,PANS,PARE,PARS,PASE,PEAL,PEAN,PEAR,PEAS,PELA,PELS,PENS,PEON,PERN,PESO,PLAN,PLEA,POAS,POLE,POLS,PONE,PONS,PORE,PORN,POSE,PRAO,PROA,PROS,RALE,RAPE,RAPS,RASE,RASP,REAL,REAN,REAP,RENO,RENS,REOS,REPO,REPS,ROAN,ROES,ROLE,RONE,ROPE,ROSE,SALE,SALP,SANE,SEAL,SEAN,SEAR,SENA,SERA,SLAE,SLAP,SLOE,SLOP,SNAP,SNAR,SOAP,SOAR,SOLA,SOLE,SONE,SORA,SORE,SORN,SPAE,SPAN,SPAR,

3-letter words (81 found)

ALE,ALP,ALS,ANE,ANS,APE,APO,ARE,ARS,ASP,EAN,EAR,EAS,ELS,ENS,EON,ERA,ERN,ERS,LAP,LAR,LAS,LEA,LEP,LES,LOP,LOR,LOS,NAE,NAP,NAS,NEP,NOR,NOS,OAR,OES,OLE,ONE,ONS,OPA,OPE,OPS,ORA,ORE,ORS,OSE,PAL,PAN,PAR,PAS,PEA,PEL,PEN,PER,PES,POA,POL,POS,PRE,PRO,RAN,RAP,RAS,REN,REO,REP,RES,ROE,SAE,SAL,SAN,SAP,SAR,SEA,SEL,SEN,SER,SOL,SON,SOP,SPA,

2-letter words (25 found)

AE,AL,AN,AR,AS,EA,EL,EN,ER,ES,LA,LO,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 480 words from personal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of personal

personal

Alternative forms

  • personall (obsolete)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɜː.sə.nəl/, /ˈpɜːs.nəl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɝ.sə.nəl/, /ˈpɝs.nəl/
  • Hyphenation: per‧son‧al, perso‧nal

Adjective

personal (comparative more personal, superlative most personal)

  1. Pertaining to persons (human beings as opposed to things or animals).
  2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals
    personal values personal desire
  3. Dealing with subjects about which one wishes (or people usually wish) to maintain privacy or discretion; not for public view; sensitive, intimate.
    personal reasons
  4. (euphemistic) Intended for sexual use.
  5. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; bodily.
  6. Done in person; without an intermediary.
  7. Relating to an individual, their character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner
  8. (grammar) Denoting a person or people.
  9. Denoting ownership.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with personnel (“employees, staff”).

Derived terms

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Translations

Noun

personal (plural personals)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) An advertisement by which an individual attempts to meet others with similar interests.
  2. 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 total of my personals.

Translations

Further reading

  • “personal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • psoralen

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin persōnālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [pər.suˈnal]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [pər.soˈnal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [peɾ.soˈnal]

Adjective

personal m or f (masculine and feminine plural personals)

  1. personal
    Antonym: impersonal

Derived terms

  • personalitzar
  • personalment
  • unipersonal

Related terms

  • impersonal
  • persona
  • personalitat

Further reading

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

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English personal, from Middle English personal, personele, from Anglo-Norman personel, personal, personell, Old French personal, personel, from Late Latin persōnālis (“of a person, personly”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: per‧so‧nal
  • IPA(key): /peɾˈsonal/, [pɪɾ̪ˈs̪o.n̪ʌl̪]

Adjective

personal

  1. of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:personal.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin persōnālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛʁzoˈnaːl/
  • Hyphenation: per‧so‧nal

Adjective

personal (strong nominative masculine singular personaler, not comparable)

  1. personal

Declension

Further reading

  • “personal” in Duden online
  • “personal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Etymology

From English personal, from Middle English personal, personele, from Anglo-Norman personel, personal, personell, Old French personal, personel, from Late Latin persōnālis (“of a person, personly”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pərˈsonal]
  • Hyphenation: pêr‧so‧nal

Adjective

personal

  1. personal.
    Synonym: syahsiah

Related terms

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Adjective

personal (comparative plus personal, superlative le plus personal)

  1. personal

Noun

personal (uncountable)

  1. staff, personnel

Ladin

Adjective

personal m (feminine singular personala, masculine plural personai, feminine plural personales)

  1. personal

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin personalis or German personell or Italian personale or French personnel. By surface analysis, persoană +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /per.soˈnal/

Adjective

personal m or n (feminine singular personală, masculine plural personali, feminine and neuter plural personale)

  1. personal

Declension

Noun

personal n (plural personale)

  1. staff, members of staff, personnel

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin persōnālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peɾsoˈnal/ [peɾ.soˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: per‧so‧nal

Adjective

personal m or f (masculine and feminine plural personales)

  1. personal
    Antonym: impersonal

Derived terms

Noun

personal m (plural personales)

  1. personnel, staff
    profesores y personal ― faculty and staff
    personal militar ― military personnel
    personal de seguridad ― security personnel
    personal sanitario ― health workers, healthcare workers, medical personnel
    personal médico ― medical staff, medical personnel; medical practitioners

Noun

personal m (uncountable)

  1. (informal) folks, people, mob, crowd; the masses

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɛʂʊnˈɑːl]

Noun

personal c

  1. staff (employees of a business)
    Synonym: arbetskraft

Declension

Anagrams

  • polarens, polernas

Tagalog

Etymology

Each pronunciation has a different source:

  • With ultimate stress, borrowed from Spanish personal.
  • With antepenultimate stress, borrowed from English personal.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: per‧so‧nal
  • IPA(key): /peɾsoˈnal/, [pɛɾ.soˈnal] (Spanish pronunciation)
  • IPA(key): /ˈpeɾsonal/, [ˈpɛɾ.so.nɐl] (English pronunciation)

Adjective

personál or pérsonál (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜓᜈᜎ᜔)

  1. personal

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “personal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Source: wiktionary.org