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very important person [1 record]

Record 1 2024-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Etiquette and Protocol (General)
DEF

A person of great importance or influence, especially someone considered to merit special treatment.

OBS

very important person; VIP: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

PHR

VIP area, VIP guest, VIP lounge, VIP section

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étiquette et protocole (Généralités)
OBS

personnalité très importante; VIP : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Etiqueta y protocolo (Generalidades)
DEF

Persona que recibe un trato especial en ciertos lugares públicos por ser famosa o socialmente relevante.

OBS

El término vip [...] es un anglicismo plenamente asentado en español. [...] Vip, procedente de la sigla inglesa VIP (very important person, "persona muy importante"), hace su plural añadiendo una ese, vips, y es común en cuanto al género (los vips, las vips), tal como señala el Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, que también menciona su significado como adjetivo: "de los vips".

PHR

Cena, entrada, pase, paseo, sala VIP.

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