person

person
person [{{t}}'pɜ:sən] (pl people [{{t}}'pi:pəl] or {{}}formal{{}} persons)
1 noun
(a) (individual) personne f;
∎ he's just the person we need c'est exactement la personne qu'il nous faut;
∎ a young person (female) une jeune personne; (male) un jeune homme;
∎ {{}}Law{{}} by a person or persons unknown par des personnes inconnues ou non identifiées;
∎ she is a nice/strange person c'est une personne gentille/étrange, c'est quelqu'un de gentil/d'étrange;
∎ I like him as a person je l'aime bien en tant que personne;
∎ he's a good worker, but I don't really like him as a person au travail il est bien, mais je n'aime pas trop sa personnalité ou mais sur le plan personnel je ne l'aime pas trop;
∎ he's not that sort of person ce n'est pas du tout son genre;
∎ {{}}familiar{{}} I'm not a great eating-out person je n'aime pas beaucoup manger au restaurant□ ;
∎ {{}}familiar{{}} are you a cat person or a dog person? est-ce que tu préfères les chats ou chiens?□ ;
∎ in the person of en la personne de
(b) {{}}formal{{}} (body) personne f;
∎ to have sth on or about one's person avoir qch sur soi;
∎ she had the wallet concealed about her person le portefeuille était caché sur elle
(c) {{}}Grammar{{}} personne f;
∎ in the first person plural à la première personne du pluriel
(d) {{}}Religion{{}} personne f
2 in person adverb
en personne;
∎ she came in person elle est venue en personne;
∎ this letter must be delivered to him in person cette lettre doit lui être remise en mains propres

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