"personage" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /ˌpɛrsɔˈnaːʒə/ Audio: Nl-personage.ogg Forms: personages [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French personnage. Etymology templates: {{bor|nl|fr|personnage}} French personnage Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-s|-}} personage n (plural personages)
  1. Character in a work of fiction. Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-personage-nl-noun-oK7jL68r Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɝsənɪd͡ʒ/ [General-American], /ˈpɜːsənɪd͡ʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-personage.ogg [US] Forms: personages [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French personnage, from Old French personage; by surface analysis, person + -age (compare French suffix -age). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|personnage}} Middle French personnage, {{der|en|fro|personage}} Old French personage, {{surf|en|person|-age|nocap=1|nocat=1}} by surface analysis, person + -age Head templates: {{en-noun}} personage (plural personages)
  1. A person, especially one who is famous or important. Translations (a famous or important person): անձնավորություն (anjnavorutʻyun) (Armenian), известна личност (izvestna ličnost) (Bulgarian), 人物 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 人物 (rénwù) (Chinese Mandarin), personage (Dutch), personnage [masculine] (French), პერსონაჟი (ṗersonaži) (Georgian), პიროვნება (ṗirovneba) (Georgian), Persönlichkeit [feminine] (German), 人物 (jinbutsu) (alt: じんぶつ) (Japanese), ли́чност (líčnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), ard-phersoon [masculine] (Manx), personasje [masculine] (Norwegian), persona [feminine] (Polish), personalidade [feminine] (Portuguese), персона́ж (personáž) [masculine] (Russian), ли́чность (líčnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), personaje [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-personage-en-noun-eWmWV5LP Disambiguation of 'a famous or important person': 85 2 9 3
  2. character (in a film, book, play, etc.)
    Sense id: en-personage-en-noun-1pmHeQuh
  3. The creation of corporate persons named after living people. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-personage-en-noun-oHXOg6aK Disambiguation of People: 22 2 46 30
  4. Character represented; external appearance; persona.
    Sense id: en-personage-en-noun-mLOKh43I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 11 15 65 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 9 19 64

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      "sense": "a famous or important person",
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      "sense": "a famous or important person",
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      "word": "персона́ж"
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ли́чность"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a famous or important person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "personaje"
    }
  ],
  "word": "personage"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": jîn-bu̍t vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "personage"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "personage",
  "trace": ""
}

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