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The word is pronounced with the stress on the third syllable, and refers to the human resources of an organization or institution, originally in the armed forces and later in the business world. It is often used attributively (i.e. before a noun), e.g. personnel carrier (in military contexts), personnel officer (in business contexts), or is qualified in some way, e.g. military personnel and trained personnel. Used by itself it also means 'a personnel department' (I'd better check with Personnel), although this name is now giving way to the more fashionable term human resources, and it occasionally occurs with a preceding numeral to denote a number of personnel: one copy to every 25 personnel.

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People who actually compose an organization’s work force; human resources of an organization.

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n.the individuals required in either a military or civilian capacity to accomplish the assigned mission.

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(DOD) Those individuals required in either a military or civilian capacity to accomplish the assigned mission.

IN BRIEF: Men and women employed in any work or service.

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish. — Sam Walton (1918-1992)

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n

The sum of persons employed in an enterprise. In dentistry it refers to the staff employed by the dentist.

For a list of words related to personnel, see:

• Corporations and Business Practices - personnel: employees; department responsible for hiring new employees

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Common misspelling(s) of personnel

• personell
• personnell
• personel

Dansk (Danish)
n., -
n. pl. - personale

idioms:

• personnel carrier    mandskabsvogn

Nederlands (Dutch)
personeel, personeelszaken

Français (French)
n. - personnel, (gén, Mil) personnel, (Admin) service du personnel

idioms:

• personnel carrier    véhicule de transport de troupes

Deutsch (German)
n. - Personal, Besatzung, Personalabteilung

idioms:

• personnel carrier    Schützenpanzer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (υπαλληλικό) προσωπικό, ανθρώπινο δυναμικό

idioms:

• personnel carrier    όχημα μεταφοράς προσωπικού

Italiano (Italian)
personale, ufficio personale

idioms:

• personnel carrier    autoblindo, trasporto truppe

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pessoal (m), equipe (f)

idioms:

• personnel carrier    transporte de pessoal

Русский (Russian)
персонал, отдел кадров

idioms:

• personnel carrier    средство для перевозки личного состава

Español (Spanish)
n. - personal, dotación, plantilla, departamento de personal

idioms:

• personnel carrier    transporte de tropas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - personal, personalavdelningen

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
人员, 职员

idioms:

• personnel carrier    军事人员运送车

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 人員, 職員
n. - 人員, 職員

idioms:

• personnel carrier    軍事人員運送車

한국어 (Korean)
n.; n. pl. - 인사과, 사원, (관청.회사 등의) 인원

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 人員, 人事部局

idioms:

• personnel carrier    人員運搬車

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) موظفون, مستخدمون, شؤون الموظفين, متعلق بالموظفين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סגל, חבר עובדים, מדור יחסי העובדים‬
n. pl. - ‮אנשי צוות, חבר עובדים‬

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