perso

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Etymology

From Latin Persa, Persēs, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠Pārsa⁠/, “Persia”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -erso
• Hyphenation: per‧so

Noun

perso (accusative singular person, plural persoj, accusative plural persojn)

1. a Persian (member of the Persian ethnic group)

Derived terms

• persa (“Persian (adjective)”)
• Persio (“Persia”)

Finnish

Etymology

perse +‎ -o, derived from perse (“arse”). Compare dialectal makeaperse (“sweet-toothed person”, literally “sweet ass”), colloquial herkkuperse and e.g. olla makean perään (“to be greedy for sweet”, literally “to be after sweet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈperso/,
• Rhymes: -erso
• Syllabification^(key): per‧so

Adjective

perso (comparative persompi, superlative persoin)

1. greedy (consumed by selfish desires for something that brings pleasure, e.g. sweet, unhealthy food)

   Nalle Puh on perso hunajalle.

   Winnie the Pooh is greedy for honey.

   Olen todella perso makealle.

   I'm a real sweet tooth.

Usage notes

• perso is seldom used without specifying a specific object for which someone is greedy ('for'), which is expressed with the allative case.
• perso is mostly used of greed or desire for something which one considers to bring pleasure or be attractive, rather than for e.g. material wealth.

Declension

Synonyms

• ahnas
• ahne
• nooli (Central and Northern Ostrobothnia)

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• “perso”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• ropse

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.so/

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Etymology 1

Apocope of personnel.

Adjective

perso (plural persos)

1. (colloquial) personal
2. (colloquial) one's own

   T’as une voiture perso? ― Do you have your own car?

Etymology 2

Apocope of personnellement.

Adverb

perso

1. (colloquial) personally (in one's own opinion)

   Perso, je suis contre l’avortement. ― Personally, I am against abortion.

Etymology 3

Apocope of personnage.

Noun

perso m (plural persos)

1. (video games) character
   • 2001, Laurent Trémel, Jeux de rôles, jeux vidéo, multimédia. Les faiseurs de mondes, Presses universitaires de France (publ.), page 158.

     Mon voisin craignait de perdre son “perso” (personnage) – “Huls” – un pisteur qu’il chouchoutait depuis quatre ans.

     My neighbor feared losing his character - "Huls" - a tracker he had pampered for four years.

Further reading

• “perso”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• pores, poser, prose, repos

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛr.so/
• Rhymes: -ɛrso
• Hyphenation: pèr‧so

Participle

perso (feminine persa, masculine plural persi, feminine plural perse)

1. past participle of perdere

   Synonym: perduto

Adjective

perso (feminine persa, masculine plural persi, feminine plural perse)

1. lost, wasted

Anagrams

• porse, preso, prose, respo, spero, sperò, spore