noun
Meaning 1
A person, especially one who is famous or important.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
personage
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈpɝsənɪd͡ʒ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːsənɪd͡ʒ/
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noun
Meaning 2
A character (in a film, book, play, etc).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
The creation of corporate persons named after living people.
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noun
Meaning 4
Character represented; external appearance; persona.
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noun
Meaning 5
a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: important person, influential person
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: adult, grownup
Narrower terms: big shot, big gun, big wheel, big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, head honcho, celebrity, famous person, colossus, behemoth, giant, heavyweight, titan, elder statesman, eminence grise, Excellency, fixer, influence peddler, heavy hitter, hierarch, high-muck-a-muck, pooh-bah, kingmaker, kingpin, top banana, bigwig, magnifico, name, figure, public figure, nepotist, policy maker, power broker, powerbroker, sacred cow, sirdar, socialite, sun, very important person, VIP, high-up, dignitary, panjandrum, high muckamuck, worthy
noun
Meaning 6
another word for person; a person not meriting identification
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a strange personage appeared at the door
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
History
Etymology
From Middle French personnage, from Old French personage; by surface analysis, person + -age (compare French suffix -age).
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: անձնավորություն (anjnavorutʻyun) — a famous or important person
- Bulgarian: известна личност (izvestna ličnost) — a famous or important person
- Chinese: 人物 (zh-min-nan) — a famous or important person
- Chinese Mandarin: 人物 (rénwù) — a famous or important person
- Dutch: personage — a famous or important person
- French: personnage — a famous or important person
- Georgian: პერსონაჟი (ṗersonaži) — a famous or important person
- Georgian: პიროვნება (ṗirovneba) — a famous or important person
- German: Persönlichkeit — a famous or important person
- Japanese: 人物 (jinbutsu) — a famous or important person
- Lithuanian: personažas — a famous or important person
- Macedonian: ли́чност (líčnost) — a famous or important person
- Manx: ard-phersoon — a famous or important person
- Norwegian: personasje — a famous or important person
- Polish: persona — a famous or important person
- Portuguese: personalidade — a famous or important person
- Russian: персона́ж (personáž) — a famous or important person
- Russian: ли́чность (líčnostʹ) — a famous or important person
- Spanish: personaje — a famous or important person