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perso

French, noun/pɛʁ.so/

perso is spelled P-E-R-S-O (5 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written French, the 2,320th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perso is a French masculine noun meaning “character” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personnage”.

What does perso mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    colloquialpersonal

  2. 2

    colloquialone's own

    T'as une voiture perso?

adverb

  1. 1

    colloquialpersonally (in one's own opinion)

    Perso, je suis contre l'avortement.

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecharacter

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Personnel.

adverb: 1. Personnellement.

noun: 1. Personnage.

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 perso

  • persos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce perso?

  • /pɛʁ.so/
  • \pɛʁ.so\
  • [pɛʁ.so]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is perso in French?

perso appears 35 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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