# impersonal
## English
### Etymology

From French impersonnel, from Latin impersōnālis, from im- (“not”) + persōnālis (“personal”), equivalent to im- +‎ personal.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ɪmˈpɝsənəl/
* (Northern England English, Syllabic post-schwa consonants) IPA: /ɪmˈpɜː.sn̩.ɫ̩/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Adjective

impersonal (comparative more impersonal, superlative most impersonal)
* Not personal; not representing a person; 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 an impersonal power, called Fate
* Lacking warmth or emotion; cold.
    She sounded impersonal 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., published 1887, →OCLC:And now it appeared that there was a mysterious Queen clothed by rumour with dread and wonderful attributes, and commonly known by the impersonal, but, to my mind, rather awesome title of She.
* (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” is impersonal in sentences like “It’s raining.”

#### Derived terms

* impersonal passive
* impersonal subject
* impersonal verb

#### Related terms

* personal

#### Translations
### Noun

impersonal (plural impersonals)
* (grammar) An impersonal word or construct.

### Anagrams

* mailperson, prolamines

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impersōnālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [im.pər.suˈnal]
* IPA: (Balearic) [im.pər.soˈnal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [im.peɾ.soˈnal]
* Rhymes: -al

### Adjective

impersonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural impersonals)
* impersonal (not representing a person)
    Antonym: personal
* (grammar) impersonal (not having a subject)

#### Derived terms

* impersonalitat
* impersonalitzar
* impersonalment

### Further reading

* “impersonal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “impersonal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “impersonal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “impersonal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Old French
### Adjective

impersonal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular impersonale)
* (grammar) impersonal

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French impersonnel, from Latin impersonalis. Equivalent to in- +‎ personal.

### Adjective

impersonal m or n (feminine singular impersonală, masculine plural impersonali, feminine and neuter plural impersonale)
* impersonal

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin impersōnālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /impeɾsoˈnal/ [ĩm.peɾ.soˈnal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: im‧per‧so‧nal

### Adjective

impersonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural impersonales)
* impersonal (not representing a person)
    Antonym: personal
* (grammar) impersonal (not having a subject)

#### Derived terms

* impersonalidad
* impersonalizar
* impersonalmente

### Further reading

* “impersonal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10