Peter was an altruistic video game player; he would give items to people who needed them, rather than selling them for personal profit.
Source: tatoeba (1992)
Personal
//ˈpɜː.sə.nəl//
Synonyms for "personal" (85 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (42)
Related word relations
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More general
3 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
4 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
121 entriesShowing 16 of 121 words.
derived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
15 entriessimilar
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
Translations
123 translations across 49 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- in persoon adj (done in person)
- persoonlik adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
- persoonlik adj (dealing with subjects about which one wishes to maintain privacy or discretion)
Arabic
1 entries- شَخْصِيّ adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- şəxsi adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Bashkir
2 entries- шәхси adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
- шәхси adj (done in person)
Belarusian
4 entries- асабо́вы adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
- асабо́вы adj (grammar: denoting person)
- асабі́сты adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
- персана́льны adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Bulgarian
4 entries- ли́чен adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
- ли́чен adj (grammar: denoting person)
- персона́лен adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
- човешки adj (pertaining to human beings)
Catalan
4 entries- corporal adj (pertaining to the external or bodily appearance)
- personal adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
- personal adj (done in person)
- personal adj (grammar: denoting person)
Cebuano
1 entries- personal adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- کەسی adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 人稱 /人称 adj (grammar: denoting person)
- 私人的 adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Czech
2 entries- osobní adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
- osobní adj (pertaining to the external or bodily appearance)
Danish
1 entries- personlig adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Dutch
1 entries- persoonlijk adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- шке adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Finnish
4 entries- fyysinen adj (pertaining to the external or bodily appearance)
- henkilökohtainen adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
- henkilökohtainen adj (dealing with subjects about which one wishes to maintain privacy or discretion)
- henkilökohtainen adj (euphemistic: intended for sexual use)
French
3 entries- en personne adj (done in person)
- personnel adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
- personnel adj (grammar: denoting person)
Galician
1 entries- persoal adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
German
2 entries- Personal adj (grammar: denoting person)
- persönlich adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Greek
2 entries- προσωπικός adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
- προσωπικός adj (grammar: denoting person)
Hindi
2 entries- व्यक्तिगत adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
- व्यक्तिगत adj (dealing with subjects about which one wishes to maintain privacy or discretion)
Hungarian
4 entries- egyéni adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
- emberi adj (pertaining to human beings)
- intim adj (euphemistic: intended for sexual use)
- magán adj (dealing with subjects about which one wishes to maintain privacy or discretion)
Icelandic
1 entries- persónulegur adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Ido
2 entries- homala adj (pertaining to human beings)
- personala adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Irish
1 entries- pearsanta adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Italian
1 entries- personale adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Japanese
1 entries- 個人の adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Korean
2 entries- 개인의 adj (pertaining to human beings)
- 개인의 adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Latin
1 entries- proprius adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Macedonian
1 entries- личен adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Marathi
1 entries- व्यक्तिगत adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Māori
4 entries- matawhaiaro adj (pertaining to human beings)
- matawhaiaro adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
- whaiaro adj (pertaining to human beings)
- whaiaro adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- menneskelig adj (pertaining to human beings)
- personlig adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
- personlig adj (pertaining to the external or bodily appearance)
- personlig adj (done in person)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- personleg adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- خصوصی adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Persian
1 entries- شخصی adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Polish
3 entries- osobisty adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
- osobowy adj (grammar: denoting person)
- personalny adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Portuguese
1 entries- pessoal adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Russian
3 entries- ли́чный adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
- ли́чный adj (grammar: denoting person)
- персона́льный adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- pearsanta adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
- pearsanta adj (pertaining to the external or bodily appearance)
Slovak
1 entries- osobný adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Spanish
1 entries- personal adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Swedish
1 entries- personlig adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Tagalog
2 entries- pansarili adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
- personal adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Tajik
1 entries- шахсӣ adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Thai
1 entries- ส่วนตัว adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Turkish
4 entries- kişisel adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
- zatî adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
- özel adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
- şahsi adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Ukrainian
4 entries- особи́стий adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
- особо́вий adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
- особо́вий adj (grammar: denoting person)
- персона́льний adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Uyghur
1 entries- شەخسىي adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Uzbek
1 entries- shaxsiy adj (of or pertaining to a particular person)
Sample sentences
31 total sentences available.
The goal of education is not wealth or status, but personal development.
Source: tatoeba (19124)
Do you know how to use a personal computer?
Source: tatoeba (20110)
For personal reasons.
Source: tatoeba (27666)
Showing 4 of 31 available sentences.
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