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The cult of individuality and personality, which promotes painters and poets only to promote itself, is really a business. The greater the 'genius' of the personage, the greater the profit.
George Grosz

Meaning of "personage" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PERSONAGE

personage  [ˈpɜːsənɪdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERSONAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Personage is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PERSONAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of personage in the English dictionary

The definition of personage in the dictionary is an important or distinguished person. Other definition of personage is a figure in literature, history, etc.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERSONAGE


alienage
ˈeɪljənɪdʒ
apanage
ˈæpənɪdʒ
appanage
ˈæpənɪdʒ
baronage
ˈbærənɪdʒ
cartonage
ˈkɑːt ənɪdʒ
commonage
ˈkɒmənɪdʒ
cousinage
ˈkʌz ənɪdʒ
cozenage
ˈkʌz ənɪdʒ
gallonage
ˈɡælənɪdʒ
orphanage
ˈɔːfənɪdʒ
parsonage
ˈpɑːsənɪdʒ
patronage
ˈpætrənɪdʒ
peonage
ˈpiːənɪdʒ
siphonage
ˈsaɪfənɪdʒ
squarsonage
ˈskwɑːsənɪdʒ
Stevenage
ˈstiːvənɪdʒ
vicinage
ˈvɪsənɪdʒ
villanage
ˈvɪlənɪdʒ
villenage
ˈvɪlənɪdʒ
wagonage
ˈwæɡənɪdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERSONAGE

persona
persona grata
persona non grata
personable
personableness
personably
personae
personae gratae
personae non gratae
personal
personal accident insurance
personal ad
personal allowance
personal assistant
personal belongings
personal best
personal bodyguard
personal call
personal care
personal chair

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERSONAGE

bertillonage
carnage
chaperonage
coinage
counterespionage
cranage
dragoonage
drainage
espionage
gabionage
industrial espionage
manage
matronage
nonage
signage
tamponage
tannage
teenage
tonnage
voisinage

Synonyms and antonyms of personage in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PERSONAGE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «personage» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of personage

Translation of «personage» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERSONAGE

Find out the translation of personage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of personage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «personage» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

人物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

personaje
570 millions of speakers

English

personage
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पात्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شخصية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

персонаж
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

personage
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যক্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

personnage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Personage
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Persönlichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

登場人物
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

인물
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Personage
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhân vật
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நபராக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्यक्तिमत्व
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şahsiyet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

personaggio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

osobistość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

персонаж
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

personaj
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προσωπικότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

persoonlikheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

personlighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

persons
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of personage

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERSONAGE»

The term «personage» is regularly used and occupies the 61.784 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERSONAGE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «personage» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «personage» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about personage

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6 QUOTES WITH «PERSONAGE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word personage.
1
Bobby Darin
A comedian's body is funny as well as his mind being funny, his whole personage is funny.
2
Pam Gems
I am at war... with the principal personage of traditional philosophy, that abstract subject who masquerades as everyone and anyone, but is really a male subject in disguise.
3
Kenneth Grahame
The Mole had long wanted to make the I acquaintance of the Badger. He seemed, by all accounts, to be such an important personage and, though rarely visible, to make his unseen influence felt by everybody about the place.
4
George Grosz
The cult of individuality and personality, which promotes painters and poets only to promote itself, is really a business. The greater the 'genius' of the personage, the greater the profit.
5
Dan Millman
There are times, you know, it's said in the Spiritual Tradition, just a glimpse at an enlightened personage can convey immense information at the sub-conscious level that sprouts later, that we don't even know.
6
Lark Voorhies
Clearly I am a very strong, top-of-the-line, always-rising-to-it personage.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERSONAGE»

Discover the use of personage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to personage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Fragment of the History of that illustrious personage John ...
Humphry Polesworth, Peregrine PINFOLD (pseud.) whatever theyproposed-yet was he very attentive all the while to catch up their ideas to ,mend his plan, and would eke and Patch up his crude abortions, by degrees, so .that- in the; end, they ...
Humphry Polesworth, Peregrine PINFOLD (pseud.), 1785
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The History of the Kirk of Scotland: Ed. from the Original ...
The personage of Kilbryde. Chanceller personage of Campsie. Treasurer personage of Carn- wath. Subdeanrie personage of Calder and Monkland. Archdeanrie personage of Pebles and Maner. Archdeanrie of Tiviotdaill personage of ...
John Row, 1843
3
The State of the Nation, as Represented to a Certain Great ...
[5] can he expect a better' plea for the dissolution of the parliament, than the people's declaring that they can place no farther confidence in it? It is not my design to write a libel. Anrevil administration is the worst of libels. It alienatcs the  ...
‎1770
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Publications
furth heirof the teinds, personage and viccarage, set be us to the saids magistrats conforme to ane tack granted be us to them therof apairt, of the daitt underwrittin, whilks were formerlie used to be drawn be us and our predicessors, for the ...
Scottish Burgh Records Society, 1906
5
The Seer
Now there must either have been some One personage who never had a beginning; or else there must have been an endless succession of persons es; for if there ever were a period w en a personage did not exist. then the Priesthood could ...
‎1853
6
Frege: Philosophy of Language
Thus, given Geach's understanding of the general term 'official personage', it makes no sense to attempt to identify an official personage with a man, since the criterion of identity for men is quite different. Of course, an official personage will ...
Michael Dummett, 1981
7
Tome of a Heretofore Unknown Personage
Tome of a Heretofore Unknown Personage is a trilogy consisting of short fictions, meditations, and a lengthy narrative.
Telling, Bardolph, Baronis, 2008
8
Punch
Illustrious Personage. Well, it really is very pleasant to be at home again. All that ceremonial in foreign Darts was terribly exhausting. I shall be very glad of a rest. A propos, is there anything to do to-morrow ? Private Secretary. Yes, Sir.
Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, 1876
9
Visits from Beyond the Veil: True Stories of Angelic Visitations
Personage”. George A. Thomas was eight-years-old when he saw a female angel. The incident occurred in October of 1901. George told relatives about his experience and they wrote down the following account. “When I went into the dining ...
Marlene Bateman Sullivan, 2002
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Publications
(Personage and wicarage set together, both of cropt 1637.) lIB. s. Matteres landes . . . . . 70 13 Thornetouno Halgrein Balbegno Balmalidie . Mongomrie Dunkinny Ihmypacc Dempster Summa of Aberlutlmot 54 1 18 - 16 - 28 - 20 - 19 6 12 15 8 ...
Spalding Club, Aberdeen, 1854

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERSONAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term personage is used in the context of the following news items.
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A tempest in the royal teapot
I have not seen the pictures that have so incensed the English people and embarrassed the royal personage, but I can't imagine that there is ... «Ellwood City Ledger, Jul 15»
2
A double act wasn't in the script for the Abbey
... appointment to run the company (at least in modern times; there could not have been an entity or personage less creative than the late Ernest ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
3
Helen Mirren is 70
Playing the same personage, she won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 2006 in The Queen. Like much of her stage work, the role was ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»
4
A Problem Called Germany
... and not only that, it was applied by the same personage, Wolfgang Schäuble, who was then a minister in Chancellor Helmut Kohl's cabinet. «teleSUR English, Jul 15»
5
Gene Collier: Baseball in the 21st century is filled with advertisements
... with no less esteemed a personage than eventual Hall of Famer Red Barber actually slicing fruit into a bowl of Wheaties on the first baseball ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»
6
Celia Walden: 'People could save themselves the 15-buck entry fee …
Who would even know of the Mona Lisa's existence if Beyoncé and Jay Z hadn't adorned her shadowy personage with their own selfies back in ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
Homosexuality African? How So? – Jesus' friend responds
... particularly when no less a personage like the late former president John E.A Mills found it necessary to make strong policy pronouncement ... «Citifmonline, Jul 15»
8
What Endures From the Ancient Civilizations That Once Ruled the …
The royal personage required a comfortable passage between them. He ordered hundreds of villages to dispatch all their able-bodied men to ... «Smithsonian, Jul 15»
9
"My Paris" captures an artist's life in Paris' Le Moulin Rouge
During these slightly decadent and unruly festivities, one personage emerges from the provocative milieu: Henri Marie Raymond de ... «Middletown Press, Jul 15»
10
Louis Roney: Twain
was he speaking to the actual personage of the Devil? Or was he setting a living example of saying “No!” to the lure of the “loser's nemesis,” i.e. ... «Winter Park/Maitland Observer, Jul 15»

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