character
Систем
Etymology
From Средњи Енглески caracter, from Стари Француски caractere, from Латински character, from Антички Грчки χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “type, nature, character”), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “I engrave”). Дублети of charakter.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) МФА(кључ): /ˈkæɹəktə/
- (General American)
- (Mary–marry–merry distinction) МФА(кључ): /ˈkæɹ(ə)ktɚ/
- (Mary–marry–merry merger) МФА(кључ): /ˈkɛɹ(ə)ktɚ/
Audio (US): (file) - Хифенација: char‧ac‧ter
Noun
character (countable and uncountable, plural characters)
- (countable) A being involved in the action of a story.
- 1695, John Dryden, A Parallel of Poetry and Painting:
- [I]n a tragedy, or epick poem, the hero of the piece must be advanced foremost to the view of the reader or spectator; he must outshine the rest of all the characters; he must appear the prince of them, like the sun in the Copernican system, encompassed with the less noble planets …
- Шаблон:RQ:Churchill Celebrity
- 2012 април 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits”, in The Onion AV Club:
- But Pirates! comes with all the usual Aardman strengths intact, particularly the sense that its characters and creators alike are too good-hearted and sweet to nitpick. The ambition is all in the craft rather than in the storytelling, but it’s hard to say no to the proficiency of that craft, or the mild good cheer behind it.
- (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
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- Преводе у наставку треба проверити и уметнути изнад у одговарајуће табеле превода. Видите инструкције на Викиречник:Унос § Преводи.
Verb
character (third-person singular simple present characters, present participle charactering, simple past and past participle charactered)
See also
Etymology
From the Антички Грчки χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr).
Pronunciation
- () МФА(кључ): /kʰaˈrak.teːr/, [kʰäˈräkt̪eːr] or МФА(кључ): /kʰaˈrak.ter/, [kʰäˈräkt̪ɛr]
- () МФА(кључ): /kaˈrak.ter/, [käˈräkt̪er]
Noun
character
- branding iron
- brand (made by a branding iron)
- characteristic, mark, character, style
Declension
Descendants
- Мађарски: karakter
- Galician: caritel; → carácter
- Ирски: carachtar
- Италијански: carattere
- Стари Француски: caractere
- Пољски: charakter
- Португалски: caractere, carácter
- Румунски: caracter
- Sicilian: caràttiri
- Шпански: 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
- Lua грешка in package.lua at line 80: module 'Модул:data tables/dataM941' not found.Ramminger, Johann (2016 јул 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Noun
character m (plural characteres)
- Obsolete spelling of caráter (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).