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{{also|Perso|Perso-}}
==Esperanto==
{{wp|persoj|lang=eo}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|eo|la|Persa}}, {{m|la|Persēs}}, from {{der|eo|grc|Περσίς}}, from {{der|eo|peo|𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿||Persia|ts=Pārsa}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|eo|LL-Q143 (epo)-Lepticed7-perso.wav}}
{{eo-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{eo-head}}

# a [[Persian]] {{gloss|member of the Persian [[ethnic group]]}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|eo|persa||Persian {{q|adjective}}}}
* {{l|eo|Persio||[[Persia]]}}

{{c|eo|Demonyms}}

==Finnish==

===Etymology===
{{suffix|fi|perse|o}}, derived from {{m|fi|perse||arse}}.<ref>{{R:fi:SSA}}</ref> Compare dialectal {{m|fi|makeaperse||sweet-toothed person|lit=sweet ass}}, colloquial {{m|fi|herkkuperse}} and e.g. {{m|fi|[[olla]] [[makea]]n [[perä|perään]]||to be greedy for sweet|lit=to be after sweet}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{fi-p}}

===Adjective===
{{fi-adj|perso|mpi|in}}

# [[greedy]] {{+obj|fi|all<t:for>}} {{gloss|consumed by selfish desires for something that brings pleasure, e.g. sweet, unhealthy food}}
#: {{ux|fi|Nalle Puh on '''perso''' hunajalle.|Winnie the Pooh is '''greedy''' for honey.}}
#: {{ux|fi|Olen todella '''perso''' makealle.|I'm a real '''sweet tooth'''.}}

====Declension====
{{fi-decl-valo|pos=adj|pers|||o|a}}

====Usage notes====
* {{m|fi||perso}} is seldom used without specifying a specific object for which someone is greedy ('for'), which is expressed with the allative case.
* {{m|fi||perso}} is mostly used of greed or desire for something which one considers to bring pleasure or be attractive, rather than for e.g. material wealth.

====Synonyms====
* {{l|fi|ahnas}}
* {{l|fi|ahne}}
* {{l|fi|nooli}} (Central and Northern Ostrobothnia)

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|fi
|persoilla
|persous
}}

===References===
<references />

===Further reading===
* {{R:KTSK|accessdate=2023-07-03}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|fi|a=eoprs|ropse}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-perso.wav}}

===Etymology 1===
[[apocope|Apocope]] of {{m|fr|personnel}}.

====Adjective====
{{fr-adj|mf}}

# {{lb|fr|colloquial}} [[personal]]
# {{lb|fr|colloquial}} one's [[own]]
#: {{uxi|fr|T'as une voiture '''perso'''?|t=Do you have '''your own''' car?}}

===Etymology 2===
[[apocope|Apocope]] of {{m|fr|personnellement}}.

====Adverb====
{{fr-adv}}

# {{lb|fr|colloquial}} [[personally]] (in one's own opinion)
#: {{uxi|fr|'''Perso''', je suis contre l'avortement.|t='''Personally''', I am against abortion.}}

===Etymology 3===
[[apocope|Apocope]] of {{m|fr|personnage}}.

====Noun====
{{fr-noun|m}}

# {{lb|fr|video games}} [[character]]
#* '''2001''', Laurent Trémel, ''Jeux de rôles, jeux vidéo, multimédia. Les faiseurs de mondes'', Presses universitaires de France (publ.), page 158.
#*: {{quote|fr|Mon voisin craignait de perdre son “'''perso'''” (personnage) – “Huls” – un pisteur qu'il chouchoutait depuis quatre ans.|t=My neighbor feared losing his '''character''' - "Huls" - a tracker he had pampered for four years.}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|fr|pores}}, {{l|fr|poser}}, {{l|fr|prose}}, {{l|fr|repos}}

==Italian==

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|pèrso}}

===Participle===
{{it-pp}}

# {{past participle of|it|perdere}}
#: {{syn|it|perduto}}

===Adjective===
{{it-adj}}

# [[lost]], [[wasted]]

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|it|a=eoprs|porse|preso|prose|respo|spero|sperò|spore}}