character

Betekenis

Noun

1. A being involved in the action of a story.
2. A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; phene.
3. A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.
4. Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
5. A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
6. A written or printed symbol, or letter.
7. Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people.
8. A secret cipher; a way of writing in code.
9. One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
10. (informal) A person or individual, especially one who is unknown.
11. A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group.
12. Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
13. The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation.
14. A reference given to a servant, attesting to their behaviour, competence, etc.
15. (obsolete) Personal appearance.

Verb

To write (using characters); to describe.

Koppelteken as

char‧ac‧ter

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈkæɹɪktə/

Etimologie

From Middle English caracter, from Old French caractere, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “type, nature, character”), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “I engrave”). Doublet of charakter.

Sinne

These tokens also have a small character printed on the bottom of the token .