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English

rank|wife|hear|least|311|person|case|fact|known

Alternative spellings
perſon i|archaic

Etymology
From ME. persone < OF. persone (human being, French personne) < L. persona (a dramatic mask, hence role, part, character), possibly < Etruscan phersu ("mask").

Pronunciation
IPA|/�p��(r)s�n/, /<tt>"p3:(r)s@n</tt>/
audio|en-us-person.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)s�n|-��(r)s�n
Hyphenation: per&middot;son

Noun
person (plural: persons, people (by suppletion))

1. Human being; individual.
2. Specific human being.

#:Where is the person?

1. The physical body of a specified individual.

#: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

1. law Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.

#:By common law a corporation or a trust is legally a person.

1. 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.

Translations
trans-top|human being
Ainu: ��� ('aynu)
Arabic: ARchar|شخص|ش�خص IPAchar|(�áx�)
Basque: pertsona
Breton: den m
Bulgarian: t+|bg|�овек|m|tr�ovek|scCyrl
Catalan: persona f
Chinese: 人 (rén)
Croatian: t+|hr|osoba|f
Czech: t+|cs|osoba|f
Danish: t+|da|person|c
Dutch: t+|nl|persoon|m|f
Esperanto: t+|eo|persono|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t-|et|isik
Faroese: t-|fo|menniskja|n|xs=Faroese
Finnish: t+|fi|ihminen, t+|fi|henkilö
French: t+|fr|personne|f
German: t+|de|Person|f
Greek: t+|el|άνθ���ο�|m|scGrek (ánthropos) t|el|ά�ομο|n|scGrek (átomo)
Guaraní: ava
Hebrew: �� ��� (ben ádam) m, �ת ��� (bat adam)f, �ת ��� (bat �ava) f
Hungarian: személy, egyén
Icelandic: t+|is|manneskja|f, t+|is|persóna|f
Indonesian: t+|id|orang|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: persona
Italian: t+|it|persona|f
trans-mid
Japanese: 人 (��, hitó)
Korean: �� (saram)
Latin: t+|la|homo|m
Manchu: (niyalma)
Mapudungun: che
Mongolian: � (der)
Mycenaean: ���� (a-to-ro-quo = *antr�quos)
Nahuatl: tlacatl
Norwegian: t+|no|person
Novial: persone
Persian: FAchar|شخص|ش�خص (šæxs)
Polish: t+|pl|osoba|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|pessoa|f
Romanian: t+|ro|persoan�|f
Russian: �еловек (�elovék) m, ли�но��� (lí�nost�) n, о�оба (osóba) f, пе��она (persóna) f
Serbian: о�оба (osoba) f, �овек (�ovek) m
Slovak: t-|sk|osoba|f
Slovene: t+|sl|oseba|f
Spanish: t-|es|personaje
Swedish: t+|sv|person|c
Tupinambá: abá
Uzbek: t-|uz|одам|scCyrl|xsUzbek
Vietnamese: t+|vi|ngư�i|xs=Vietnamese
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trans-top|specific human being
Croatian: t+|hr|osoba|f
Czech: t+|cs|osoba|f
Danish: t+|da|person|c
Dutch: t+|nl|persoon|m|f
Faroese: t-|fo|persónur|xsFaroese, t-|fo|einstaklingur|m|xsFaroese
Finnish: t+|fi|henkilö
French: t+|fr|personne|f
Hebrew: �� ��� (ben ádam) m, �ת ��� (bat adam)f, �ת ��� (bat �ava) f
Italian: t+|it|persona|f
trans-mid
Kurdish: KUchar|ک��س�ک
Norwegian: t+|no|person
Novial: persone
Slovene: t+|sl|oseba|f
Swedish: t+|sv|person
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trans-top|the physical body of a specified individual
Croatian: t-|hr|tijelo|n
Danish: t-|da|legeme|n
Dutch: t+|nl|persoon|m|f
Italian: t+|it|persona|f
trans-mid
Norwegian: t+|no|person
Novial: persone
Slovene: t+|sl|oseba|f
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trans-top|any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts
Croatian: t+|hr|osoba|f
Czech: t+|cs|osoba|f
Danish: t+|da|person|c
Dutch: t+|nl|persoon|m|f
Finnish: t+|fi|henkilö
Italian: t+|it|persona|f
trans-mid
Norwegian: t+|no|person
Novial: persone
Russian: t+|ru|ли�о|n|trlicó|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|oseba|f
Spanish: t+|es|persona|f
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trans-top|linguistic category
Croatian: t+|hr|osoba|f, t-|hr|lice|n
Czech: t+|cs|osoba|f
Danish: t+|da|person|c
Dutch: t+|nl|persoon|m|f
Finnish: t+|fi|persoona
French: t+|fr|personne|f
Hebrew: t+|he|��ף|m|sc=Hebr
Italian: t+|it|persona|f
Norwegian: t+|no|person
Novial: persone
trans-mid
Polish: t+|pl|osoba|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|pessoa|f
Russian: t+|ru|ли�о|n|trlicó|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|oseba|f
Spanish: t+|es|persona|f
Swedish: t+|sv|person
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ttbc-top
ttbc|Albanian: vetë f
ttbc|Belarusian: п���она (persona) f, а�оба (asoba) f
ttbc|Esperanto: homo
ttbc|Hungarian: személy
ttbc|Irish: duine
ttbc|Kinyarwanda: umuntu
ttbc-mid
ttbc|Kirundi: umuntu
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|��ر|����ر (næfær)
ttbc|Scottish Gaelic: duine m
ttbc|Spanish: persona f, individuo m
ttbc|Tetum: ema
ttbc|Warlpiri: yapa
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Derived terms
in person

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:English nouns with irregular plurals

Danish

Noun
person c

1. #English|person

Category:Danish nouns

Norwegian

Noun
no-noun-m1|person

1. #English|person

Swedish
sv-noun|gender=Common|person|personen|personer|personerna|persons|personens|personers|personernas

Pronunciation
audio|Sv-person.ogg|audio

Noun
person

1. human being
2. individual

Category:Etruscan derivations
Category:Swedish nouns

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zh-min-nan:person
da:person
fa:person
fr:person
fy:person
ko:person
hy:person
io:person
id:person
it:person
kk:person
ku:person
la:person
lt:person
hu:person
ja:person
no:person
pl:person
pt:person
ru:person
simple:person
fi:person
sv:person
ta:person
te:person
vi:person
tr:person
uk:person
zh:person

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