Meaning

4 senses
  1. A person, especially one who is famous or important.

    Persönlichkeit

    персона́жpersonáž, ли́чностьlíčnostʹ

  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.

More definitions
  • another word for person; a person not meriting identification
  • a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a famous or important person:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a famous or important person:

Origin

From Middle French personnage, from Old French personage; by surface analysis, person + -a

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

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Forms

plural: personages
Singularpersonage
Pluralpersonages

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
personage — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto