perso

perso

See also: Perso and Perso-

Esperanto

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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• IPA^(key): [ˈperso]
• 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”)

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Finnish

Etymology

perse +‎ -o, derived from perse (“arse”).[1] 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/, [ˈpe̞rs̠o̞]
• Rhymes: -erso
• Syllabification^(key): per‧so

Adjective

perso (comparative persompi, superlative persoin)

1. greedy (for something)

   Nalle Puh on perso hunajalle.

   Winnie the Pooh is greedy for honey.

   Olen todella perso makealle.

   I'm a real sweet tooth.

Usage notes

The word perso is seldom used without specifying a specific object for which someone is greedy. The structure is:

• perso + (allative) = greedy + (for something)

Declension

Inflection of perso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		perso	persot
genitive		person	persojen
partitive		persoa	persoja
illative		persoon	persoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		perso	persot
accusative	nom.	perso	persot
	gen.	person
genitive		person	persojen
partitive		persoa	persoja
inessive		persossa	persoissa
elative		persosta	persoista
illative		persoon	persoihin
adessive		persolla	persoilla
ablative		persolta	persoilta
allative		persolle	persoille
essive		persona	persoina
translative		persoksi	persoiksi
instructive		—	persoin
abessive		persotta	persoitta
comitative		—	persoine

Possessive forms of perso (type valo)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	personi	persomme
2nd person	persosi	personne
3rd person	personsa

Synonyms

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

References

1. Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

Anagrams

• ropse

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.so/

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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• pores, poser, prose, repos

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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