impersonnel
French, adjective/ɛ̃.pɛʁ.sɔ.nɛl/
impersonnel is spelled I-M-P-E-R-S-O-N-N-E-L (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,844th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impersonnel is a French adjective meaning “impersonal (not relating to a person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui ne constitue pas une personne”.
What does impersonnel mean in English?
adjective
- 1
impersonal (not relating to a person)
- 2
derogatoryimpersonal, banal, nondescript
- 3
impersonal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui ne constitue pas une personne. 2. Qui n’appartient pas, qui ne se rapporte pas à une personne. 3. Qui est employé à la troisième personne du singulier, sans relation à un sujet déterminé, en parlant de certains verbes. 4. Modes du verbe qui ne reçoivent pas d’inflexions indiquant les personnes.
noun: 1. Verbes impersonnel, verbe employé à la troisième personne du singulier, sans relation à un sujet déterminé, en parlant de certains verbes.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of impersonnel
- impersonnelle feminine
- impersonnels masculine plural
- impersonnelles feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impersonnel?
- /ɛ̃.pɛʁ.sɔ.nɛl/
- \ɛ̃.pɛʁ.sɔ.nɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to impersonnel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is impersonnel in French?
impersonnel appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).