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/pɛʁsɔn/

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Translation

person; nobody (with ne)

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Word origin

From Latin persona ('mask, character, person'), originally an actor's mask. The English 'person' and 'persona' derive from the same source.

Origin
Latin
Root
persona
English cognates
person, persona, personal

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Examples

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This elderly person is looking for someone to help her cross.

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There is nobody in the waiting room this morning.

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I don't know anyone in this new city yet.

France.

This person helped me a lot when I arrived in France.

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Nobody has replied to my messages for three days.

est à la fois un nom féminin (a person) et un pronom négatif (nobody, no one) qui requiert ne dans la proposition : personne ne sait (nobody knows). Le pronom personne est toujours grammaticalement masculin singulier même si le nom est féminin.

La grande personne (an adult, a grown-up) est l'expression utilisée avec les enfants. En personne (in person, personally) s'oppose à une représentation ou à une communication à distance. Quelqu'un est l'antonyme positif de personne en tant que pronom indéfini.

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This word is taught in chapter 4, lesson 2: personne, sûr, vie and 7 more words.