[ˈpəːsən(ə)l], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- belonging to or affecting a particular person rather than anyone else
(e.g: her personal fortune was recently estimated at £37 million)

- of or concerning one's private life, relationships, and emotions rather than one's career or public life
(e.g: the book describes his sporting career and gives little information about his personal life)

- relating to a person's body
(e.g: personal hygiene)

- of or denoting one of the three persons

- existing as a self-aware entity, not as an abstraction or an impersonal force
(e.g: he rejected the notion of a personal God)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin personalis ‘of a person’, from persona (see person)

[ˈpəːsən(ə)l], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an advertisement or message in the personal column of a newspaper


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin personalis ‘of a person’, from persona (see person)