personal
pronunciation
How to pronounce personal in British English:
UK [ˈpɜːsənl]
How to pronounce personal in American English:
US [ˈpɜːrsənl]
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- Noun:
- a short newspaper article about a particular person or group
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- Adjective:
- concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
- particular to a given individual
- of or arising from personality
- intimately concerning a person's body or physical being
- indicating grammatical person
Word Origin
- personal (adj.)
- late 14c., "pertaining to the self," from Old French personal (12c., Modern French personnel), from Late Latin personalis "pertaining to a person," from Latin persona (see person). Meaning "aimed at some particular person" (usually in a hostile manner) first attested 1610s. The noun sense of "newspaper item about private matters" is attested from 1888. As "a classified ad addressed to an individual," it is recorded from 1861. Personal computer is from 1976.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Her paycheck included $ 200,000 for personal aircraft use .
- 2. Unfortunately for ob / gyn mindy , her professional life 's success hasn 't trickled into her personal life .
- 3. Instacart 's platoon of bay area personal shoppers do it for you .
- 4. Google : hey , may I ask you something personal ?
- 5. Most of what seems deeply personal to us is not personal at all .