FromFrenchimpersonnel, fromLatinimpersōnālis, fromim-(“not”) +persōnālis(“personal”), equivalent toim- +personal.
impersonal (comparativemoreimpersonal,superlativemostimpersonal)
- Notpersonal; not representing aperson; not having personality.
1853,James Stephen,On Desultory and Systematic Reading: A Lecture:The great tragedians of Greece reveal to us their people's exquisite sense of beauty, and their faith in an awful, an almighty, but animpersonal power, called Fate
- Lacking warmth or emotion;cold.
She soundedimpersonal as she gave her report of the Nazi death camps.
1886 October –1887 January,H[enry] Rider Haggard,She: A History of Adventure, London:Longmans, Green, and Co., published1887,→OCLC:And now it appeared that there was a mysterious Queen clothed by rumour with dread and wonderful attributes, and commonly known by theimpersonal, but, to my mind, rather awesome title ofShe.
- (grammar, of a verb or other word) Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent.
- Synonyms:monopersonal,unipersonal
The verb “rain” isimpersonal in sentences like “It’s raining.”
not representing a person
lacking warmth or emotion
impersonal (pluralimpersonals)
- (grammar) An impersonal word or construct.
Borrowed fromLatinimpersōnālis.
impersonal m orf (masculine and feminine pluralimpersonals)
- impersonal(not representing a person)
- Antonym:personal
- (grammar)impersonal(not having a subject)
- “impersonal”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition,Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “impersonal”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2025
- “impersonal” inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “impersonal” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
impersonal m (oblique and nominative feminine singularimpersonale)
- (grammar)impersonal
Borrowed fromFrenchimpersonnel, fromLatinimpersonalis. Equivalent toin- +personal.
impersonal m orn (feminine singularimpersonală,masculine pluralimpersonali,feminine/neuter pluralimpersonale)
- impersonal
FromLatinimpersōnālis.
- IPA(key): /impeɾsoˈnal/[ĩm.peɾ.soˈnal]
- Rhymes:-al
- Syllabification:im‧per‧so‧nal
impersonal m orf (masculine and feminine pluralimpersonales)
- impersonal(not representing a person)
- Antonym:personal
- (grammar)impersonal(not having a subject)
