personalia
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin persōnālia.
Noun
personalia pl (plural only)
- 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.
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin persōnālia.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
personalia pl (plural only)
- 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
- nominative neuter plural of persōnālis
- accusative neuter plural of persōnālis
- vocative neuter plural of persōnālis
References
- personalia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
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