personnel

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English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French personnel. Doublet of personal.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /pɝ.səˈnɛl/, /pɝsˈnɛl/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɜː.səˈnɛl/, /pɜːsˈnɛl/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /pɵː.sɘˈnɛl/, /pɵːsˈnɛl/, /-el/
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

personnel (countable and uncountable, plural personnels)

1. Collection of people in an organization, such as employees and office staff, members of the military, etc.
2. (uncountable) A human resources department.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with personal.

Derived terms

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin persōnālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.sɔ.nɛl/

Adjective

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

1. (relational) personal

   Synonym: (informal) perso

Derived terms

Related terms

• impersonnel

Noun

personnel m (plural personnels)

1. staff, members of staff, personnel

Derived terms

• délégué du personnel

Related terms

• personnaliser
• personne
• personnellement

Descendants

• → Dutch: personeel
  • Afrikaans: personeel
  • → Indonesian: personel
• → English: personnel
• → Polish: personel
• → Persian: پرسنل (personel)
• → Turkish: personel

Further reading

• “personnel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.