Definitions for Personnelˌpɜr səˈnɛl
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
per•son•nel*ˌpɜr səˈnɛl(n.)
the body of persons employed in an organization.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Business
Ref: Compare materiél. 1
(used with a pl. v.) persons.
Category: Common Vocabulary
a department of an organization supervising matters of personnel.
Category: Business
* Usage: Some usage guides object to the use of personnel as a plural. However, this use is well established and standard in all varieties of speech and writing. The use of personnel with a preceding number is generally disapproved of; this use occurs chiefly in business and government communications: Five personnel were transferred.
Origin of personnel:
1825–35; < F, n. use of personnel (adj.) personal< LL persōnāle, neut. of persōnālis; r. personal (n.), Anglicized form of F personnel
Princeton's WordNet
force, personnel(noun)
group of people willing to obey orders
"a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens"
personnel department, personnel office, personnel, staff office(noun)
the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management
Wiktionary
personnel(Noun)
employees; office staff
Origin: From personnel.
Webster Dictionary
Personnel(noun)
the body of persons employed in some public service, as the army, navy, etc.; -- distinguished from materiel
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
personnel
Those individuals required in either a military or civilian capacity to accomplish the assigned mission.
Translations for Personnel
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
personnel(noun)
the people employed in a firm, factory, shop etc; the staff
Our personnel are very highly trained; (also adjective) a personnel manager.
- personeelAfrikaans
- طاقَم المُوَظَّفين او العامِلينArabic
- личен съставBulgarian
- pessoalPortuguese (BR)
- zaměstnanci; posádka; personálníCzech
- das Personal, Personal-...German
- personale; personale-Danish
- προσωπικόGreek
- personalSpanish
- personalEstonian
- کارکنانFarsi
- henkilöstöFinnish
- (de) personnelFrench
- סֶגֶלHebrew
- कर्मचारी वर्ग, कार्मिक, कार्यकर्त्ताHindi
- osoblje, namješteniciCroatian
- személyzetHungarian
- stafIndonesian
- starfsliðIcelandic
- personale; del personaleItalian
- 職員Japanese
- 전 직원, 인사(人事)Korean
- darbuotojai, personalasLithuanian
- personāls; kadri; štata darbiniekiLatvian
- kakitangan; jabatan personelMalay
- personeelDutch
- personale, personellNorwegian
- personel, załogaPolish
- کارکنانPersian
- كاركوونكى ، غړى ،پرسونلPashto
- pessoalPortuguese
- staff; (de) personalRomanian
- персонал; кадрыRussian
- zamestnanci; personálnySlovak
- osebjeSlovenian
- osobljeSerbian
- personalSwedish
- บุคลากรThai
- personelTurkish
- (總稱)人員，員工Chinese (Trad.)
- персоналUkrainian
- کارکنانUrdu
- nhân sựVietnamese
- （总称）人员，员工，全体职员Chinese (Simp.)
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