impersonal

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English

Etymology

From French impersonnel, from Latin impersōnālis, from im- (“not”) + persōnālis (“personal”), equivalent to im- +‎ personal.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɝsənəl/
  • (Northern England English, Syllabic post-schwa consonants) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɜː.sn̩.ɫ̩/
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Adjective

impersonal (comparative more impersonal, superlative most impersonal)

  1. Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
    • 1853, James Stephen, On Desultory and Systematic Reading: A Lecture:
      The great tragedians of Greece reveal to us their people's exquisite sense of beauty, and their faith in an awful, an almighty, but an impersonal power, called Fate
  2. Lacking warmth or emotion; cold.
    She sounded impersonal as she gave her report of the Nazi death camps.
  3. (grammar, of a verb or other word) Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent.
    Synonyms: monopersonal, unipersonal
    The verb “rain” is impersonal in sentences like “It’s raining.”

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Noun

impersonal (plural impersonals)

  1. (grammar) An impersonal word or construct.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impersōnālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

impersonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural impersonals)

  1. impersonal (not representing a person)
    Antonym: personal
  2. (grammar) impersonal (not having a subject)

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Old French

Adjective

impersonal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular impersonale)

  1. (grammar) impersonal

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French impersonnel, from Latin impersonalis. Equivalent to in- +‎ personal.

Adjective

impersonal m or n (feminine singular impersonală, masculine plural impersonali, feminine and neuter plural impersonale)

  1. impersonal

Declension

Declension of impersonal
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite impersonal impersonală impersonali impersonale
definite impersonalul impersonala impersonalii impersonalele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite impersonal impersonale impersonali impersonale
definite impersonalului impersonalei impersonalilor impersonalelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin impersōnālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /impeɾsoˈnal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: im‧per‧so‧nal

Adjective

impersonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural impersonales)

  1. impersonal (not representing a person)
    Antonym: personal
  2. (grammar) impersonal (not having a subject)

Derived terms

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