pers. comm.

Abbreviation of personal communication: used by authors to reference personal correspondence in academic works.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noun
  1. abbreviationbibliographyAbbreviation of personal communication: used by authors to reference personal correspondence in academic works.

    In a recent survey of South African dried abalone, sold in Hong Kong, it was reported that 65% of dried abalone was illegally sourced, 33% was derived from legal aquaculture and only 2% from legal fisheries (Britz, 2018, pers. comm.).

    2025, Peter A. Cook, “Worldwide abalone production: an update”, in New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, volume 59, number 1, →DOI, page 6
Cite this entry
APA

pers. comm.. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pers.%20comm.

MLA

“pers. comm..” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pers.%20comm.. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pers. comm.,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pers.%20comm..

Source: pers. comm. on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.