personal

ca-adj

personal m or f (masculine and feminine plural personals)


personal

of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general

Borrowed from English personal, from Middle English personal, personele, from Anglo-Norman personel, personal, personell, Old French personal, personel, from Late Latin persōnālis (“of a person, personly”).


personal

Pertaining to persons (human beings as opposed to things or animals).

personal values; personal desire

Her song was her personal look at the values of friendship.

Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.

2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions, volume 5, number 1, MDPI, →DOI, pages 219–257:

You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf.

2015 October 27, Matt Preston, The Simple Secrets to Cooking Everything Better, Plum, →ISBN, page 192:

Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals

personal reasons

You can't read my diary—it is personal.

That's a very personal question.

I can't believe you went through my drawers and looked at all my personal things!

Dealing with subjects about which one wishes (or people usually wish) to maintain privacy or discretion; not for public view; sensitive, intimate.

personal lubricant; personal massager

personal charms

The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.[…]Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?

1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; bodily.

a personal interview

a personal meeting

personal settings

Although you miss the nonverbal cues that you pick up in a personal meeting, you can call far more clients in a day than you can meet with in person.

2011, Bob Nelson, Peter Economy, Consulting For Dummies:

Done in person; without an intermediary.

personal reflections or remarks

Only factual argumentation, no need to get personal.

Relating to an individual, their character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner

(grammar) Of a noun or pronoun, having reference particular to humans and other entities having personality such as a named animal, a deity, a personification, etc.

a personal pronoun

(grammar) Related to grammatical first, second, etc. persons.

one's personal vehicle, as opposed to a company vehicle

en-adj

personal (comparative more personal, superlative most personal)

more personal (comparative)
most personal (superlative)
personall (alternative obsolete)

persoonlik

dealing with subjects about which one wishes to maintain privacy or discretion

corporal

pertaining to the external or bodily appearance

henkilökohtainen

relating to an individual in an invidious and offensive manner

From Middle English personal, personele, from Anglo-Norman personel, personal, personell, Old French personal, personel, from Late Latin persōnālis (“of a person, personly”), equivalent to person + -al. Doublet of personnel.


personal

(chiefly in the plural) An advertisement by which an individual attempts to meet others with similar interests.

1748, Tobias Smollett (translator), Alain-René Lesage (original), The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane
In addition to this, a coarse shirt quite new, a pair of my father's shoes quite old, and, what rejoiced me more than all the rest, a rouleau of twenty rials in a linen rag. Behold the sum total of my personals.

I've had my cell ransacked, savagely searched, and as a result, had my legal papers stolen and destroyed, allong with what little personal clothing and other personals I had.

1982 April 10, Roosevelt Williamson, “Prison Racism and Legal Slavery in America”, in Gay Community News, page 15:

personals (plural)
personall (alternative obsolete)


personal

de-adj

personal (strong nominative masculine singular personaler, not comparable)

personaler (masculine nominative singular strong)
personal (masculine predicative singular)
personal (feminine predicative singular)
personal (neuter predicative singular)
personal (plural predicative)
personaler (masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
personale (feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
personales (neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
personale (nominative plural strong without-article)
personalen (genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
personaler (feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
personalen (genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
personaler (genitive plural strong without-article)
personalem (dative masculine singular strong without-article)
personaler (dative feminine singular strong without-article)
personalem (dative neuter singular strong without-article)
personalen (dative plural strong without-article)
personalen (accusative masculine singular strong without-article)
personale (accusative feminine singular strong without-article)
personales (accusative neuter singular strong without-article)
personale (accusative plural strong without-article)
der personale (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die personale (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das personale (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die personalen (definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des personalen (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der personalen (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des personalen (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der personalen (definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem personalen (dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der personalen (dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem personalen (dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den personalen (dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den personalen (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die personale (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das personale (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die personalen (accusative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein personaler (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine personale (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein personales (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
personalen (indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine personalen (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines personalen (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer personalen (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines personalen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
personalen (genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner personalen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem personalen (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer personalen (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem personalen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
personalen (dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen personalen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen personalen (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine personale (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein personales (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
personalen (accusative indefinite mixed plural)
keine personalen (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)


personal

id-adj

pêrsonal (comparative lebih personal, superlative paling personal)

pêrsonal (canonical)
lebih personal (comparative)
paling personal (superlative)

From English personal, from Middle English personal, personele, from Anglo-Norman personel, personal, personell, Old French personal, personel, from Late Latin persōnālis (“of a person, personly”).


personal

head

personal (comparative plus personal, superlative le plus personal)

plus personal (comparative)
le plus personal (superlative)


personal

lld-adj

personal m (feminine singular personala, masculine plural personai, feminine plural personales)

personala (feminine singular)
personai (masculine plural)
personales (feminine plural)


personal

pt-noun

personal m or f by sense (plural personais)

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from personal trainer.


personal

ro-adj

personal m or n (feminine singular personală, masculine plural personali, feminine and neuter plural personale)

personală (feminine singular)
personali (masculine plural)
personale (feminine neuter plural)
personal (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
personală (feminine indefinite singular)
personali (indefinite masculine singular)
personale (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
personalul (definite masculine neuter singular)
personala (definite feminine singular)
personalii (definite masculine singular)
personalele (definite feminine neuter plural)
personale (feminine indefinite singular)
personalului (definite masculine neuter singular)
personalei (definite feminine singular)
personalilor (definite masculine singular)
personalelor (definite feminine neuter plural)

Borrowed from Latin personalis or German personell or Italian personale or French personnel. By surface analysis, persoană + -al.


personal

(collective) staff, members of staff, personnel

(countable) Short for tren personal (“stopping train”).

personale (plural)
personal (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
personalul (accusative definite nominative singular)
personale (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
personalele (accusative definite nominative plural)
personal (indefinite singular)
personalului (definite singular)
personale (indefinite singular)
personalelor (definite plural)
personalule (singular vocative)
personalelor (vocative)


personal

es-adj

personal m or f (masculine and feminine plural personales)


personal

profesores y personal

personal militar

personal de seguridad

personal sanitario

health workers, healthcare workers, medical personnel

personal médico

medical staff, medical personnel; medical practitioners


personal

Yo he venido aquí a hablar de mi libro; y no a hablar de lo que opine el personal, que me da lo mismo, porque para eso tengo mi columna y mi opinión diaria.

1993 April 23, Francisco Umbral, “Queremos saber”, in Antena 3:

(informal) folks, people, mob, crowd; the masses


personal

personal (indefinite nominative singular)
personals (genitive indefinite singular)
personalen (definite nominative singular)
personalens (definite genitive singular)
personaler (indefinite nominative plural)
personalers (genitive indefinite plural)
personalerna (definite nominative plural)
personalernas (definite genitive plural)


personal

tl-adj

personál or pérsonál (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜓᜈᜎ᜔)

personál (canonical)
pérsonál (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜓᜈᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

Each pronunciation has a different source:
* With ultimate stress, borrowed from Spanish personal.
* With antepenultimate stress, borrowed from English personal.