karakter

From Dutch karakter, from Middle Dutch caracter, from Middle French caractère, from Old French caractere, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈrak.tər/

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karakter (plural karakters)

1. character

Borrowed from Spanish carácter, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “type, nature, character”), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “I engrave”).

• Hyphenation: ka‧rak‧ter

karakter

1. character (trait marking a person or group)

   Synonyms: batasan, gawi

2. character (moral strength)
3. character (symbol for a sound or word)
4. (authorship) character (being in a story)

   Synonym: personahe

For quotations using this term, see Citations:karakter.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaraktɛr]

karakter m inan

1. Obsolete form of charakter.

• “karakter”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “karakter”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

From French caractère (“character, personality”).

• IPA^(key): /karakteːr/, [kʰɑɑɡ̊ˈtˢeːˀɐ̯]

karakter c (singular definite karakteren, plural indefinite karakterer)

1. character (distinguishing feature)
2. mark (a score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement)
3. grade (rating)

• “karakter” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “karakter” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
• karakter on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Karakter (personlighed) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Karakter (bedømmelse) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

From Middle Dutch caracter, from Middle French caractère, from Old French caractere, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr).

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaːˈrɑk.tər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ka‧rak‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɑktər

karakter n (plural karakters, diminutive karaktertje n)

1. a character, standardized graphic symbol, such as a letter of an alphabet or a numeric digit
2. a character; a role, often conventionalised, in theatre
3. a nature, a character
4. a character, a person's psychological characteristics; especially guts, backbone
5. (obsolete) a magical mark, a witch's mark

• karakteriseren
• karakteristiek
• karaktermoord

• Afrikaans: karakter
• → Indonesian: karakter

 karakter on Hungarian Wikipedia

From Latin character.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒrɒktɛr]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ka‧rak‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɛr

karakter (plural karakterek)

1. character (a person's psychological characteristics)
2. character (a person with a distinctive personality)
3. character (strength of mind, moral strength)
4. character, glyph (a written or printed symbol, or letter)

• karakter in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰaraxtɛ(ː)r/

  Rhymes: -ɛːr

karakter m (genitive singular karakters, nominative plural karakterar)

1. character (a person’s psychological characteristics)
2. a person with a distinctive personality
3. (dated) grade, mark

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

karakter

Wikipedia ^id

From Dutch karakter, from Middle Dutch caracter, from Middle French caractère, from Old French caractere, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr).

• IPA^(key): [kaˈrak̚tər]
• Hyphenation: ka‧rak‧têr

karaktêr (plural karakter-karakter, first-person possessive karakterku, second-person possessive karaktermu, third-person possessive karakternya)

1. character:
   1. a person's psychological characteristics; especially guts, backbone; quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.

      Synonyms: tabiat, watak

   2. (computing, mathematics) a written or printed symbol, or letter.
   3. (computing) one of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.

• “karakter” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

karakter

Wikipedia ^no

From Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr); from English character (in a novel etc.).

karakter m (definite singular karakteren, indefinite plural karakterer, definite plural karakterene)

1. character, nature
2. a character (in a novel, etc.)
3. mark (in an exam, schoolwork)

   gode karakterer ― good marks

• “karakter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr); from English character (in a novel, etc.).

karakter m (definite singular karakteren, indefinite plural karakterar, definite plural karakterane)

1. character, nature
2. a character (in a novel, etc.)
3. mark (in an exam, schoolwork)

   gode karakterar ― good marks

• “karakter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:

karakter

Wikipedia ^sh

• IPA^(key): /karǎkter/

karàkter m (Cyrillic spelling кара̀ктер)

1. character

• “karakter”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Borrowed from Spanish carácter, from Latin character. Sense 4, semantic loan from English character.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /kaˈɾakteɾ/ [kɐˈɾak.t̪ɛɾ] (“trait; moral strength”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -akteɾ
  • IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾakteɾ/ [ˌkaː.ɾɐkˈt̪ɛɾ], /kaɾakˈteɾ/ [kɐ.ɾɐkˈt̪ɛɾ] (“symbol for sound of word; being in a story”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -aɾakteɾ, -eɾ
• Syllabification: ka‧rak‧ter

karakter or káraktér or karaktér (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔)

1. character (traits marking a person or group)
2. character (moral strength)
3. character (symbol for a sound or word)
4. character (being in a story)

   Synonyms: bida, persona, personahe

• karakerisasyon

• “karakter”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

From Ottoman Turkish قاراقتر (karakter), from French caractère, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr).

• IPA^(key): [kɑ.ɾɑk.tæɾ]

karakter (definite accusative karakteri, plural karakterler)

1. character, a symbol such as a letter of an alphabet
2. a person's psychological characteristics, character
3. a person in a novel or story