per·son·nel (pûr s -n l )n. 1. a. The body of persons employed by or active in an organization, business, or service. b. (used with a pl. verb) Persons. 2. An administrative division of an organization concerned with the body of persons employed by or active in it and often acting as a liaison between different departments. [French, from Old French, personal, from Latin pers  n lis; see personality.] |
personnel
Noun
1. the people employed in an organization or for a service
2. the department in an organization that appoints or keeps records of employees
3. (in the armed forces) people, as opposed to machinery or equipment [French]
Those individuals required in either a military or civilian capacity to accomplish the assigned mission.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  personnel - group of people willing to obey orders; "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens"organization, organisation - a group of people who work together guerilla force, guerrilla force - an irregular armed force that fights by sabotage and harassment; often rural and organized in large groups armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" paramilitary, paramilitary force, paramilitary organisation, paramilitary organization, paramilitary unit - a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops) constabulary, police, police force, law - the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him" private security force, security force - a privately employed group hired to protect the security of a business or industry military police, MP - a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners patrol - a group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security rank and file, rank - the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army); "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel" staff - personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task; "the hospital has an excellent nursing staff"; "the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions" line personnel - personnel having direct job performance responsibilities management personnel - personnel having overall planning and direction responsibilities |
| 2. |  personnel - the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel managementdepartment, section - a specialized division of a large organization; "you'll find it in the hardware department"; "she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury" |
personnel
noun employees, people, members, staff, workers, men and women, workforce, human resources, helpers, liveware
Translations
n personnel [pəːsəˈnel]
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 zaměstnanci; posádka; personální personale; personale- das Personal, Personal-... προσωπικό personal personal کارکنان henkilökunta (de) personnel סֶגֶל कर्मचारी वर्ग, कार्मिक, कार्यकर्त्ता osoblje,namještenici személyzet staf starfslið personale; del personale 職員 전직원(의), 인원(의) darbuotojai, personalas personāls; kadri; štata darbinieki kakitangan; jabatan personel personeel personale, personell personel, załoga pessoal staff; (de) personal персонал; кадры zamestnanci; personálny osebje osoblje personal บุคลากร personel 全體職員 персонал کارکنان nhân sự 全体职员
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