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From Latin persōna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpersoːnɑ/, [ˈpe̞rs̠o̞ːnɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ersoːnɑ
• Syllabification^(key): per‧soo‧na
• Hyphenation^(key): per‧soo‧na

persoona

1. (grammar) person, grammatical person (linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he is speaking)

   yksikön ensimmäinen persoona ― first person singular

2. (in compounds) personality (celebrity, especially one with a strong media presence)

   Johnny Carson oli arvostettu televisiopersoona.

   Johnny Carson was a respected television personality.

3. (rare) person (human being; individual)

   Synonyms: henkilö, ihminen, yksilö

• (grammatical person): kieliopillinen persoona
• (personality): persoonallisuus
• (human being): henkilö

• “persoona”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål person, from Latin persōna.

persoona

1. person
   • 2022, Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection, Näin olet myötä vahvistamassa Norjan valmhiutta‎^[2], page 5:

     Jos sinula oon varoiksi nuoin 20 liitterii juomavettä per persoona

     If you store around 20 litres of drinking water per person