Dictionary

personage en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈpɜːsənɪd͡ʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpɝsənɪd͡ʒ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle French personnage, from Old French personage; by surface analysis, person + -age (compare French suffix -age).

Meanings

1. A person, especially one who is famous or important.
   • The Matchmaking Festival provided social events for these lonely-hearted pilgrims, and allowed local personages to keep undesirables away from their daughters. 2014, Lonely Planet, Best Place to be Today: 365 Things to do & the Perfect Day to do Them, →ISBN:
   • I can only say they have been in pretty close conversation several times of late, and, if I dared to think it of so very calm and dignified a personage, I should say that her color was a little heightened after one or more of these interviews. 1872, Oliver Wendell Holmes [Sr.], The Poet at the Breakfast-Table, page 230:
2. A character (in a film, book, play, etc).
3. The creation of corporate persons named after living people.
4. Character represented; external appearance; persona.
   • But tell me, that haſt ſeene him, Menaphon, What ſtature wields he, and what perſonage? c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene i:

Forms

Coordinates

very important person

Translations (21)

ru ли́чность (a famous or important person) · pl persona (a famous or important person) · ka პერსონაჟი (a famous or important person) · hy անձնավորություն (a famous or important person) · nl personage (a famous or important person) · bg известна личност (a famous or important person) · nan-hbl 人物 (a famous or important person) · no personasje (a famous or important person) · mk ли́чност (a famous or important person) · es personaje (a famous or important person) · cmn 人物 (a famous or important person) · lt personažas (a famous or important person) · fr personnage (a famous or important person) · gv ard-phersoon (a famous or important person) · pt personalidade (a famous or important person) · ru персона́ж (a famous or important person) · ja 人物 (a famous or important person) · ka პიროვნება (a famous or important person) · de Persönlichkeit (a famous or important person) · es personaje (character) · es personaje (persona)