person

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpɜːsən/, [ˈpʰɜːsn̩]
• (General American) enPR: pûrʹsn, pûrʹsən, IPA: /ˈpɝsən/, [ˈpʰɝsn̩]
• (New England, obsolete) IPA: /ˈpɑsən/
• Hyphenation: per‧son

Noun

person (plural persons or (by suppletion) people)

1. An individual substance of a rational nature; usually a human being.
   • Each person is unique, both mentally and physically.
   1. A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic representation; an assumed character.
   2. (Christianity) Any one of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity: the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit.
   3. Any sentient or socially intelligent being.
   4. (in a compound noun or noun phrase) Someone who likes or has an affinity for (a specified thing).
      • Jack's always been a dog person, but I prefer cats.
   5. (in a compound noun or noun phrase) A human of unspecified gender (in terms usually constructed with man or woman).
   6. (in a compound noun or noun phrase) A worker in a specified function or specialty.
      • I was able to speak to a technical support person and get the problem solved.
2. The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc.
3. (law) Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.
   • At common law a corporation or a trust is legally a person.
4. (law, euphemistic) The human genitalia; specifically, the penis.
5. (grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom they are speaking. See grammatical person.
6. (biology) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa, Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals.

Verb

person (third-person singular simple present persons, present participle personing, simple past and past participle personed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate.
2. (transitive, gender-neutral) To man, to supply with staff or crew.

Anagrams

• Posner, nopers, preons, prones, spreon

Noun

person m (plural personed)

1. vicar

Noun

person c (singular definite personen, plural indefinite personer)

1. person
2. character
3. figure
4. people

Noun

person

1. accusative singular of perso

Adjective

person

1. genitive singular of perso

Pronunciation

• IPA: [pərˈsɔn]
• Hyphenation: pêr‧son

Noun

person (first-person possessive personku, second-person possessive personmu, third-person possessive personnya)

1. person, individual
   • Synonyms: perseorangan, pribadi

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pær.suːn/, [pæ.ˈʂuːn] (Standard Eastern Norwegian)

Noun

person m (definite singular personen, indefinite plural personer, definite plural personene)

1. a person

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pær.suːn/, [pæ.ˈʂuːn]

Noun

person m (definite singular personen, indefinite plural personar, definite plural personane)

1. a person

Noun

person (plural people)

1. (law) An individual with rights and responsibilities under the law.
2. (law) An individual or formal organisation with standing before the courts.
3. In fiction, any sentient or socially intelligent being.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɛrˈsuːn/, [pɛˈʂuːn]

Noun

person c

1. a human being
2. an individual
   • Synonym: (in the plural, colloquial) pers

Anagrams

• porens, porsen, ropens

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɛrsɔn/

Noun

person m (plural personau)

1. person
   • Synonym: unigolyn

Noun

person m (plural personiaid)

1. parson
2. clergyman
   • Synonym: clerigwr, offeiriad

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