From Middle French personnage, from Old French personage; by surface analysis, person +‎ -age (compare French suffix -age).

• (America) IPA: /ˈpɝsənɪd͡ʒ/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈpɜːsənɪd͡ʒ/

personage (plural personages)

1. A person, especially one who is famous or important.

   Coordinate term: very important person

2. character (in a film, book, play, etc.)
3. The creation of corporate persons named after living people.
4. Character represented; external appearance; persona.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC ↗; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act (please specify |act=I or II), scene i ↗:

     But tell me, that haſt ſeene him, Menaphon,
     What ſtature wields he, and what perſonage?

• French: personnage
• German: Persönlichkeit
• Portuguese: personalidade
• Russian: персона́ж
• Spanish: personaje