personnel

CEFRB1

/pɝ.səˈnɛl/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The people who work for an organization.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A human resources department.

Examples

  • I will not be dictated to by some idiot in the personnel department.

  • There is a severe shortage of skilled personnel.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /-el/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A member of an organization such as an army.

  2. Collection of people in an organization, such as employees and office staff, members of the military, etc.

More examples

In context

  • Our personnel are very highly educated.

  • I've just had a letter from personnel.

  • People like to see such friendly relationship existing between the respective personnels of their Army, Navy and Marine Corps.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The company hired new blank to work in the customer service department.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Unadapted borrowing from French personnel. Doublet of personal.