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Webster 1913 Edition

Personnel

‖

Perˊsonˊnel′

,

Noun.

[F. See

.]

The body of persons employed in some public service, as the army, navy, etc.; – distinguished from

materiel

.

Definition 2024

personnel

personnel

English

Noun

personnel ‎(uncountable)

employees; office staff

Usage notes

Not to be confused with personal.

Translations

employees, office staff

Dutch: personeel (nl), medewerkers (nl)
Finnish: henkilökunta (fi), henkilöstö (fi)
French: personnel (fr) m
German: Personal (de) n
Hebrew: סגל (he) m ‎(segel)
Hungarian: személyzet (hu)
Ido: personaro (io)
Indonesian: personel (id), personil (id)
Italian: personale (it) m
Malagasy: olona (mg)

Malay: kakitangan
Norwegian: personell
Polish: kadra
Portuguese: pessoal (pt) m
Romanian: personal (ro)
Russian: ли́чный соста́в (ru) m ‎(líčnyj sostáv), персона́л (ru) m ‎(personál)
Spanish: personal (es) m
Turkish: personel (tr) pl, çalışanlar pl, kadro (tr)
Volapük: (collective) pösodef (vo)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin personalis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.sɔ.nɛl/

Adjective

personnel m ‎(feminine singular personnelle, masculine plural personnels, feminine plural personnelles)

personal

Synonyms

(informal) perso

Noun

personnel m ‎(plural personnels)

staff, members of staff, personnel

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