Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

-person

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.55 in modern English

Syllables: -per-son
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

Someone who is an expert in an area.

suffix

Someone who is employed or holds a position in an area.

suffix

Someone who has special characteristics relating to a topic or area.

suffix

Someone of a particular nationality. (More often, the separate noun "person" is used, e.g. "Norse person".)

Example Sentences

"sportsperson"
"spokesperson"
"superperson"
"Norseperson"
"I see a Scotsperson who will invent a voice machine that will enable a person far, far away to wake another in the dead of night to ask, “Is this the Couchiching Inn?”"

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin persōna Anglo-Norman persouneder. Middle English persoun English person English -person person used in compounds.

Inflected Forms

-persons (plural) -people (plural)

Questions

What does -person mean?: Someone who is an expert in an area.
Where does -person come from?: Etymology tree Latin persōna Anglo-Norman persouneder. Middle English persoun English person English -person person used in compounds.

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