personnel
Collection of people in an organization, such as employees and office staff, members…Collection of people in an organization, such as employees and office staff, members of the military, etc.
» Our personnel are very highly educated.
Наш персонал очень высоко образован.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Collection of people in an organization, such as employees and office staff, members of the military, etc.
Personal
ли́чный соста́вlíčnyj sostáv, персона́лpersonál, штатštat
персона́лpersonál, особо́вий складosobóvyj sklad
(countable, nonstandard)A member of an organization such as an army.
(uncountable)A human resources department.
I've just had a letter from personnel.
- group of people willing to obey orders
- the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management
Examples
40 sentencesOur personnel are very highly educated.
ruНаш персонал очень высоко образован.
Hello, is this the personnel department?
ruАлло, это отдел кадров?
deHallo, ist dies die Personalabteilung?
We recently discovered an error in your personnel record.
It's a personnel matter.
ruЭто личное дело.
They plan to evacuate all nonessential personnel from the embassy.
Translations
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Origin
Unadapted borrowing from French personnel. Doublet of personal.Unadapted borrowing from French personnel. Doublet of personal.
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Forms
plural: personnels| Singular | personnel |
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regular
Synonyms
4 synonyms- group of people willing to obey orders:force
- the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management:personnel departmentpersonnel officestaff office
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable