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

Noun

character (countable and uncountable, plural characters)

  1. (countable) A being involved in the action of a story.
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  2. (countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; phene.
    A single locus governing the petal colour character was detected on the linkage group A2.
  3. (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.
  4. (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."
  5. (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.
  7. (countable) A written or printed symbol, or letter.
  8. (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
  9. (countable, dated) A secret cipher; a way of writing in code.
  10. (countable, computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
  11. (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.
  12. (countable, mathematics) A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group.
  13. (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
  14. (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.
  15. (countable, dated) A reference given to a servant, attesting to their behaviour, competence, etc.
  16. (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

Pages starting with "character".

Translations

being in a story
(computing) basic element in a text string
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Verb

character

  1. (obsolete) To write (using characters); to describe.

See also

Latinski

Etymology

From the Antički Grčki χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr).

Pronunciation

Noun

character

  1. branding iron
  2. brand (made by a branding iron)
  3. characteristic, mark, character, style
    Sinonims: ingenium, nātūra, habitus, mēns, indolēs

Declension

Third declension..

Case Singular Plural
Nominative charactē̆r charactērēs
Genitive charactēris charactērum
Dative charactērī charactēribus
Accusative charactērem charactērēs
Ablative charactēre charactēribus
Vocative charactē̆r charactērēs

Descendants

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 greška in package.lua at line 80: module 'Modul:data tables/dataM941' not found.Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portugalski

Noun

character m (plural characteres)

  1. Obsolete spelling of caráter (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).
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