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Meaning of personnel | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
pɝ.səˈnɛl

Definitions

  1. Collection of people in an organization, such as employees and office staff, members of the military, etc.
    countable, uncountable
  2. A member of an organization such as an army.
    countable, nonstandard
  3. the people employed in a firm, factory, shop etc; the staff. Our personnel are very highly trained; (also adjective) a personnel manager. personeel طاقَم المُوَظَّفين او العامِلين личен състав pessoal zaměstnanci; posádka; personální das Personal, Personal-... personale; personale- προσωπικόpersonal personal کارکنان henkilöstö personnelסגל कर्मचारी वर्ग, कार्मिक, कार्यकर्त्ता osoblje, namještenici személyzet staf starfslið personale; del personale 職員 전 직원, 인사(人事) darbuotojai, personalas perso...
    etc
  4. personal;medical ___ → equipo médico, cuerpo facultativo.
  5. A human resources department.
    uncountable
  6. (used with pl. verb) The people employed by or active in an organization, business, or service.
  7. The department of human resources in an organization.
  8. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) the people employed in an organization or for a service or undertaking. Compare materiel
  9. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a. Also called: human resources the office or department that interviews, appoints, or keeps records of employees
  10. the body of persons employed in an organization. Compare materiél.
  11. (used with a pl. v.) persons.
  12. a department of an organization supervising matters of personnel.
  13. 'personal'Personal (/pɜːsənəl/) is an adjective. You use it to say that something belongs or relates to a particular person.This is my personal opinion.

Equivalents

العربية الموظفون
Azərbaycanca şəxsi heyət
Български персонал
Čeština personál
Cymraeg personél
Ελληνικά προσωπικό
Español personal plantel
Français personnel personnel
עברית סגל
Magyar személyzet
Bahasa Indonesia personel personil
Italiano personale
日本語 人員 職員
한국어 요원 인원 직원
Kurdî kadro personal personal personel
Malagasy olona
Bahasa Melayu kakitangan
Nederlands medewerkers personeel
Polski kadra personel
Português pessoal
Română personal
Svenska personal

Examples

“People like to see such friendly relationship existing between the respective personnels of their Army, Navy and Marine Corps.”
“Newspapers in "capitalist" ownership, universities presided over by "reactionary" governing bodies, broadcasting systems owned by conservative governments have all been known to influence public opinion in the direction of socialism, because this was the conviction of the personnel.”
“In 2009, the Obama Administration released guidelines on enhanced interrogation written in 2003 and 2004 by the CIA Office of Medical Services. ^((OMS).1-3(appendix F)) The OMS guidelines, even in redacted form, and opinions from the US Department of Justice's (DOJ’s) Office of Legal Counsel show that CIA physicians, psychologists, and other health care personnel had important roles in enhanced interrogation.”
“An army personnel has been killed in action in a gunfight after security forces intercepted terrorists making an infiltration attempt near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, officials said today.”
“An army personnel was seen to torture an injured protester.”
“I've just had a letter from personnel.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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