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English
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- 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/
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- Hyphenation: per‧son
Noun
person (plural persons or people) (by suppletion, see usage notes)
- A human being; an individual.
- 1784: William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c., PREFACE
- THE favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Perſons of the firſt diſtinƈtion, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ſeveral new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfeƈtion; and diſtinguiſh it from others ; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public.
- 1784: William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c., PREFACE
- A specific human being.
- Where is the person?
- 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
- (law) Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.
- By common law a corporation or a trust is legally a person.
- (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
Terms derived from "person"
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Breton
Noun
person m. (plural personed)
Inflection
| Breton consonant mutation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | |
| singular | person | berson | ferson | unchanged | unchanged |
| plural | personed | bersoned | fersoned | unchanged | unchanged |
Danish
Noun
person c. (singular definite personen, plural indefinite personer)
Inflection
Inflection of person| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | person | personen | personer | personerne |
| genitive | persons | personens | personers | personernes |
Esperanto
Noun
person
- accusative singular of perso
Norwegian
Pronunciation
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Noun
person
Inflection
Inflection of person| indefinite singular | definite singular | indefinite plural | definite plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bokmål m | person | personen | personer | personene |
| Nynorsk m | person | personen | personar | personane |
Swedish
| Inflection for person | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Nominative | person | personen | personer | personerna |
| Genitive | persons | personens | personers | personernas |
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Noun
person
Welsh
Noun 1
person m. (plural personau)
Synonyms
- unigolyn
Derived terms
Noun 2
person m. (plural personiaid)
Synonyms
- (clergyman): clerigwr, offeiriad
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How to handle a person behaving for a while idiot and then for a while lunatic?
Q. Since I returned to visit Taiwan in 1978, I have run into such a question again and again. Whenever I opened up a discussion centering around my talk in ICCG-4, Tokyo, Japan with any person of various level of education, I did indeed have to learn to handle the person I talked with. On the subject, the person is indeed idiot. But, if he refused to accept the fact, he, all of a suden, becomes a differen lunatic person.
Asked by Post Doc - Sat May 1 13:22:21 2010 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
A. You cannot be responsible for anyone's behavior other than your own; if this person is a lunatic, them remove him from your life.
Answered by Spindrift - Sat May 1 14:34:48 2010
Q. Since I returned to visit Taiwan in 1978, I have run into such a question again and again. Whenever I opened up a discussion centering around my talk in ICCG-4, Tokyo, Japan with any person of various level of education, I did indeed have to learn to handle the person I talked with. On the subject, the person is indeed idiot. But, if he refused to accept the fact, he, all of a suden, becomes a differen lunatic person.
Asked by Post Doc - Sat May 1 13:22:21 2010 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
A. You cannot be responsible for anyone's behavior other than your own; if this person is a lunatic, them remove him from your life.
Answered by Spindrift - Sat May 1 14:34:48 2010
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