character
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Etymology
From Middle English caracter, from Old French caractere, from Latinski character, from Antički Grčki χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “type, nature, character”), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “I engrave”). Dubleti of charakter.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) MFA(ključ): /ˈkæɹəktə/
- (General American)
- (Mary–marry–merry distinction) MFA(ključ): /ˈkæɹ(ə)ktɚ/
- (Mary–marry–merry merger) MFA(ključ): /ˈkɛɹ(ə)ktɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: char‧ac‧ter
Noun
character (countable and uncountable, plural characters)
- (countable) A being involved in the action of a story.
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- (countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; phene.
- A single locus governing the petal colour character was detected on the linkage group A2.
- (uncountable, countable) A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.
- A study of the suspect's character and his cast iron alibi ruled him out.
- (uncountable) Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
- He has a great deal of character.
- "You may not like to eat liver," said Calvin's father, "but it builds character."
- (countable) A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
- Julius Caesar is a great historical character.
- That bloke is such a character.
- (countable) A written or printed symbol, or letter.
- (countable, dated) Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people.
- an inscription in the Runic character
- (countable, dated) A secret cipher; a way of writing in code.
- (countable, computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
- (countable, informal) A person or individual, especially one who is unknown.
- We saw a shady character slinking out of the office with some papers.
- That old guy is a real character.
- (countable, mathematics) A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group.
- (countable) Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
- in the miserable character of a slave
- in his character as a magistrate
- (countable, dated) The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation.
- a man's character for truth and veracity
- Her actions give her a bad character.
- (countable, dated) A reference given to a servant, attesting to their behaviour, competence, etc.
- (countable, obsolete) Personal appearance.
Usage notes
Character is sometimes used interchangeably with reputation, but the two words have different meanings; character describes the distinctive qualities of an individual or group while reputation describes the opinions held by others regarding an individual or group. Character is internal and authentic, while reputation is external and perceived.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- ASA character
- base character
- big-character poster
- box-drawing character
- break character
- breakout character
- build character
- carriage control character
- character actor
- character actress
- character amnesia
- character assassination
- character-based
- character-building
- character cell
- character class
- character density
- character disorder
- character encoding
- character-forming
- character generator
- characterisation / characterization
- characterise / characterize
- characteristic
- characterless
- character man
- character map
- character part
- character recognition
- character reference
- character set
- character shoe
- character study
- character theory
- character trait
- character user interface
- character witness
- Chinese character
- combining character
- Dirichlet character
- ghost character
- Han character
- in character
- lead character
- main character syndrome
- non-player character
- non-printable character
- optical character recognition
- original character
- out of character
- out-of-character
- private-use character
- special character
- supplementary character
- title character
Pages starting with "character".
Translations
being in a story
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distinguishing feature
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complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
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moral strength
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notable or eccentric person
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symbol or letter
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(computing) basic element in a text string
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(informal) unknown person
(mathematics) complex number
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Verb
character
See also
Etymology
From the Antički Grčki χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) MFA(ključ): /kʰaˈrak.teːr/, [kʰaˈrak.t̪eːr] or MFA(ključ): /kʰaˈrak.ter/, [kʰaˈrak.t̪ɛr]
Noun
character
- branding iron
- brand (made by a branding iron)
- characteristic, mark, character, style
Declension
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | charactē̆r | charactērēs |
Genitive | charactēris | charactērum |
Dative | charactērī | charactēribus |
Accusative | charactērem | charactērēs |
Ablative | charactēre | charactēribus |
Vocative | charactē̆r | charactērēs |
Descendants
- Mađarski: karakter
- Galician: caritel; → carácter
- Irski: carachtar
- Italijanski: carattere
- Old French: caractere
- Poljski: charakter
- Portugalski: caractere, carácter
- Rumunski: caracter
- Sicilian: caràttiri
- Španski: carácter
References
- “character”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- character in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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Noun
character m (plural characteres)
- Obsolete spelling of caráter (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).