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Definition: Persona |
PersonaNoun1. An actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona". 2. (Jungian psychology) a personal facade one presents to the world; "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "persona" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Etymology: Persona \Per*so"na\, noun; plural Person[ae]. [Latin expression]. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Persona: Same as a social role.
Can also be used about a character an actor plays. The word comes from the Greek 'per-sona,' literally 'sound through,' and referring to the masks worn by actors.In archetypal psychology, the Persona is the mask or appearance one presents to the world. It may appear in dreams under various guises.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Persona."
Synonyms: PersonaSynonyms: character (n), image (n), part (n), role (n), theatrical role (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Favorite | Noun: favorite, pet, cosset, minion, idol, jewel, spoiled child, enfant gat_; led captain; crony; fondling; apple of one's eye, man after one's own heart; persona grata. |
Friend | Noun: friend, friend of one's bosom; alter ego; best friend, bosom friend, soulmate, fast friend; amicus; usque ad aras; fidus Achates; persona grata. |
Presence | Adverb: here, there, where, everywhere, aboard, on board, at home, afield; here there and everywhere; (space); in presence of, before; under the eyes of, under the nose of; in the face of; in propria persona. |
Speciality | Adverb: specially, especially, particularly; Adjective: in particular, in propria persona; ad hominem; for my part. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Persona |
| English words defined with "persona": anima ♦ Mask shell ♦ Personae. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "persona": In Propria Persona ♦ limited-liability partnership ♦ private limited company ♦ Somatic effect. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "persona": Person. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Persona" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (mouth), Esperanto (personal), German (persona, personae), Italian (body, figure, human being, man, person, piece), Latin (actor's mask, character, human being, magnate, mask, official, one holding an honor, part, person, persona, personality, role /character), Papiamen (person), Portuguese (persona), Serbo-Croatian (persona), Spanish (body, individual, person, persona, sort), Swedish (persona). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | When I lost my powers I got stuck in this persona, and now I have all these feelings (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) I have no need to go slumming in your persona. (Northern Exposure; writing credit: Khadijah Hashim) | |
Movie/TV Titles | El Diablo en persona (1973) Sequestro di persona (1968) Persona (1966) La Reina Isabel en persona (2000) Persona Non Grata (1996) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Persona non grata. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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Civil Liberties | Mozambique | In 2000 the mayor of Nacala declared a 13-year-old Islamic preacher from Tanzania, Said Johnson, persona non grata and gave him 24 hours to leave the country following the assembly of large crowds to hear his preaching. (references) |
Botswana | Such was the case with a Kenyan national who was declared persona non grata and almost deported; however, a UNHCR intervention prevented the deportation. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Persona" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.84% of the time. "Persona" is used about 258 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.84% | 255 | 18,554 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.16% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 258 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "persona": in propria persona ♦ persona grata ♦ persona non grata. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "persona": sub-persona. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "persona"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | personalitet (character, figure, individuality, personage, personality, self-hood), person (beggar, body, case, chap, contact, dude, fella, fellow, fish, flesh and blood, guy, hand, individual, party, person, personage, piece, subject), tip (bloke, case, cast, character, cove, cuss, denomination, dog, dude, exemplar, exponent, guy, joker, kind, lad, merchant, model, nature, sort, type), karakter (character, ethos, fiber, fibre, format, grain, kind, make, mettle, Mold, mould, nature, size, sort, temper). (various references) | |
Arabic | أشخاص الرواية المسرحية, شخصية (being, character, figure, individuality, personage, personality, spirit). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | лице (appearance, bod, countenance, face, features, figurehead, front, front view, frontage, individual, kisser, map, person, personage, physiognomy, puss, sentry, visage). (various references) | |
Czech | persóna. (various references) | |
Danish | persona. (various references) | |
Dutch | persona. (various references) | |
French | personnages, personnage (person, personage), persona. (various references) | |
German | Persona (personae). (various references) | |
Greek | πρόσωπο (face, figure, party, person, personage, puss, role, visage), προσωπικότητα (celebrity, character, individuality, panjandrum, personage, personality). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אישיות (character, figure, personage, personality, self). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szereplõ, személy (busybody, character, creature, expletive, guarantor, gusher, head, malcontent, monger, mushroom, neurotic, number, person, snake, stuffed shirt, thing, third party, third person). (various references) | |
Indonesian | orang yang tak disukai (persona non grata). (various references) | |
Italian | personaggio (character, figure, personage, personality), persona (body, figure, human being, man, person, piece). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ersonapay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pessoa (being, customer, head, individual, man, person, poll, selfhood, subject, wight), personalidade (individuality, personality, self, spirit), personagem (character, personage), persona. (various references) | |
Romanian | persoanã neacceptatã (persona non grata), persoanã acceptatã (persona grata). (various references) | |
Russian | персона (personae). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | persona. (various references) | |
Spanish | persona (body, individual, person, sort). (various references) | |
Swedish | persona. (various references) | |
Turkish | takınılan tavır, kişi (cad, head, individual, person, poll, self, soul, Wallah, Wight), karakter (character, constitution, fiber, fibre, form, person, personage, personality, self, strain). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | персона (figure, nob). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | persona. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Corinthians Chapter 2, Verse 10 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | W de ti carizesqe kai egw kai gar egw ei ti kecarismai w kecarismai di umaV en proswpw cristou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Cui autem aliquid donatis et ego nam et ego quod donavi si quid donavi propter vos in persona Christi |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For to whom ye han foryyuen ony thing, also Y haue foryyue. For Y that that Y foryaf, yif Y foryaf ony thing, haue youun for you in the persone of Crist, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | To whom ye forgeve enythinge I forgeve also. And verely if I forgeve enythinge to whom I forgave it for youre sakes forgave I it in the roume of Christ |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes I forgave it, in the person of Christ; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But if you give forgiveness to anyone, I do the same: for if I have given forgiveness for anything, I have done it because of you, in the person of Christ; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 2 Corinthians Chapter 2, Verse 10 |
| Cebuano | Ug bisan kinsa nga inyong pasayloon, pagapasayloon ko usab; kay bisan unsay akong gipasaylo, kon aduna man akoy gipasaylo, nahimo ko kadto tungod kaninyo sa atubangan ni Cristo, |
| Croatian | Komu dakle vi što oprostite, tomu i ja; jer i ja, ako kome što oprostih, oprostih poradi vas - pred Kristom, |
| Danish | Men hvem I tilgive noget, ham tilgiver også jeg; thi også hvad jeg selv har tilgivet, om jeg har tilgivet noget, det har jeg gjort for eders Skyld, for Kristi Åsyn, |
| Dutch | Dien gij nu iets vergeeft, dien vergeef ik ook; want zo ik ook iets vergeven heb, dien ik vergeven heb, heb ik het vergeven om uwentwil, voor het aangezicht van Christus, opdat de satan over ons geen voordeel krijge; |
| Finnish | Mutta kenelle te jotakin anteeksi annatte, sille minäkin; sillä mitä minä olen anteeksi antanut - jos minulla on ollut jotakin anteeksiannettavaa - sen olen anteeksi antanut teidän tähtenne Kristuksen kasvojen edessä, |
| French | Or, qui vous pardonnez, je pardonne aussi; et ce que j`ai pardonné, si j`ai pardonné quelque chose, c`est cause de vous, en présence de Christ, |
| German | Welchem aber ihr etwas vergebet, dem vergebe ich auch. Denn auch ich, so ich etwas vergebe jemand, das vergebe ich um euretwillen an Christi Statt, |
| Haitian Creole | Enben, lè nou menm nou padonnen yon moun pou mal li fè a, mwen menm tou mwen padonnen li. Lè mwen menm mwen padonnen li, pou di vre, mwen pa gen anyen pou m' padonnen non, men, lè m' fè sa, mwen fè l' pou nou devan Kris la, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kalau kalian mengampuni orang yang sudah berbuat salah terhadapmu maka saya pun mengampuni orang itu. Sebab apa yang sudah saya ampuni--kalau memang ada yang perlu diampuni--itu saya ampuni di hadapan Kristus untuk kebaikan kalian. |
| Italian | A chi voi perdonate, perdono anch'io; perché quello che io ho perdonato, se pure ebbi qualcosa da perdonare, l'ho fatto per voi, davanti a Cristo, |
| Latvian | Bet kam jûs ko piedevât, tam arî es piedevu; jo ja es kâdam piedevu, tad piedevu jûsu dçï Kristus vârdâ, |
| Maori | Ko te tangata e whakarerea ai e koutou tana, ka whakarerea ano e ahau: ko taku hoki i whakarere noa ai, mehemea i pera ahau, he whakaaro ki a koutou, i whakarerea noatia e ahau i te aroaro o te Karaiti; |
| Norwegian | Men den som I tilgir noget, ham tilgir og jeg; for det jeg har tilgitt - om jeg har hatt noget å tilgi - det har jeg gjort for eders skyld, for Kristi åsyn, forat vi ikke skal dåres av Satan; |
| Rumanian | Dar pe cine iertayi voi, kl iert wi eu. Kn adevqr, ce am iertat eu, -dacq am iertat ceva-am iertat pentru voi, kn faya lui Hristos, |
| Russian | б ЛПЗП ЧЩ Ч ЮЕН ТПЭБЕФЕ, ФПЗП Й С; Й'П Й С, ЕУМЙ Ч ЮЕН ТПУФЙМ ЛПЗП, ТПУФЙМ "МС ЧБУ ПФ МЙ"Б иТЙУФПЧБ, |
| Shuar | Atum tsankurearmena Nú shuaran wisha Núnisnak tsankureajai. Tura tsankuratin ákuinkia, wi tsankurajna nu Ashí atumnian Enentáimtusan, Kristu iimmianum Túrajai. |
| Spanish | Al que vosotros habréis perdonado algo, yo también. Porque lo que he perdonado, si algo he perdonado, por vuestra causa lo he hecho en presencia de Cristo; |
| Swahili | Mkimsamehe mtu, nami pia ninamsamehe. Maana ninaposamehe--kama kweli ninacho cha kusamehe--nasamehe mbele ya Kristo kwa ajili yenu, |
| Swedish | Den som I förlåten något, honom förlåter ock jag, likasom jag också förut, om jag har haft något att förlåta, har inför Kristi ansikte förlåtit det för eder skull. |
| Uma | Aga hewa toe lau, ku'uli' agina neo' -ipi nihuku' oa'. Ane ni'ampungi-imi-hawo, aku' wo'o mpo'ampungi-i. Ane ria mpu'u sala' -na hi aku', ku'ampungi-i-kuna. Kristus mpo'inca ihi' nono-ku! Apa' konoa-ku bona hintuwu' -koi. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "persona": personable, personableness, personablenesses, personae, personage, personages, personal, personalise, personalised, personalises, personalising, personalism, personalisms, personalist, personalistic, personalists, personalities, personality, personalization, personalizations, personalize, personalized, personalizes, personalizing, personally, personals, personalties, personalty, personas, personate, personated, personates, personating, personation, personations, personative, personator, personators. (additional references) | |
Words containing "persona": depersonalization, depersonalizations, depersonalize, depersonalized, depersonalizes, depersonalizing, impersonal, impersonalities, impersonality, impersonalization, impersonalizations, impersonalize, impersonalized, impersonalizes, impersonalizing, impersonally, impersonate, impersonated, impersonates, impersonating, impersonation, impersonations, impersonator, impersonators, interpersonal, interpersonally, intrapersonal, nonpersonal, superpersonal, transpersonal. (additional references) | |
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"Persona" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Beresina, Ferzana, Parsona, Pasundan, Percodan, Perdono, perone, Peronne, Perroni, persana, persanna, personam, personazh, persone, personna, personne, persoun, persusah, Pertunda, Perussina, Pesola, Peyronne, Pieroni, Pierssene, Pisoni, Pisonia, pleroma, presian. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "persona" (pronounced persō"nu) |
| 3 | -ō" n u | corona, Dona, kimono, krona, krone. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-n-o-p-r-s" | |
-1 letter: aprons, arpens, arseno, operas, paeons, pareos, parson, person, reason, senora, soaper. | |
-2 letters: aeons, apers, apres, apron, arose, arpen, arson, aspen, asper, earns, napes, nares, neaps, nears, opens, opera, paeon, panes, pareo, pares, parse, paseo, peans, pears, peons, pones, pores, porns, poser, praos, prase, presa, proas, prone, prose, psoae, rapes, reaps, repos, roans. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-n-o-p-r-s" | |
+1 letter: manropes, operands, operants, padrones, pandores, personae, personal, personas, profanes, pronates, propanes, proteans, psoralen, pyranose, responsa. | |
+2 letters: aepyornis, aspersion, atropines, canephors, caponiers, chaperons, coparents, dognapers, earphones, endocarps, expandors, layperson, manpowers, overplans, paranoeas, pardoners, parsonage, patentors, patroness, patronise, personage, personals, personate, pervasion, pinafores, pomanders, ponderosa, portances, preseason, procaines, profaners, proscenia, psoralens, pyranoses, supernova, transpose. | |
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