personalia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin persōnālia.

Noun

personalia pl (plural only)

  1. All the personal belongings, writings and information of an individual.
    • 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, paperback edition edition, Penguin Books, page 96:
      Evidently doing this job would be as much a matter of probing his memory for links and identifications, as of reading his personalia and getting up the history of Sudan.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin persōnālia.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

personalia pl (plural only)

  1. General personal information (such as would be listed on e.g. a curriculum vitae), such as full name, age, place and date of birth, e-mail address, and telephone number.

Latin

Adjective

persōnālia

  1. nominative neuter plural of persōnālis
  2. accusative neuter plural of persōnālis
  3. vocative neuter plural of persōnālis

References

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