person

personne

Un être humain considéré individuellement.

En anglais simple : A human being considered as one individual.

• She is a kind person.
• Only one person came to the meeting.
• Who was the person you met yesterday?

Synonymes : human being, individual

Expressions courantes : a nice person, one person, person next door

personne

Catégorie grammaticale distinguant la personne qui parle, celle qui écoute et les autres personnes ou choses.

En anglais simple : A grammar category showing whether words refer to the speaker, the listener, or someone or something else.

• The story is written in the first person.
• This verb has different endings for each person.
• Which pronouns belong to the third person?

Expressions courantes : first person, second person, third person

personne, sujet de droit

Individu ou organisation reconnu par la loi comme ayant des droits et des obligations.

En anglais simple : An individual or organization that the law recognizes as having rights and responsibilities.

• A company can be a legal person.
• The law treats each corporation as a separate person.
• The court considered whether the animal could be recognized as a person.

Synonymes : legal entity

Expressions courantes : legal person, natural person, artificial person

corps

Le corps de quelqu’un, surtout à propos d’objets portés sur soi ou de blessures.

En anglais simple : Someone’s body, especially when talking about things carried or physical harm.

• He carried no money on his person.
• The guard searched her person for hidden weapons.
• The prisoner suffered injuries to his person.

Comment l'utiliser : on someone’s person (The officer found a knife on his person.); about someone’s person (She kept the keys about her person.)

Synonymes : body

Expressions courantes : on your person, search someone’s person