character

Noun

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

Verb

To write (using characters); to describe.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkæɹɪktə/

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

nature

personality

disposition

letter

quality

temperament

type

temper

sign

characteristic

mark

personage

token

individuality

property

person

🧑‍🦱

conduct

trait

case

signal

kind

symbol

attribute

form

alphabet

writing

appearance

identity

spirit

reference

part

behavior

habit

role

feature

reputation

persona

behaviour

graphic symbol

fibre

manner

condition

figure

fellow

engrave

eccentric

grapheme

sort

lineament

inscribe

Translations

caractère

carattere

Charakter

carácter

χαρακτήρας

personnage

Zeichen

caràcter

nature

karakter

caráter

Buchstabe

karakter

γράμμα

personaggio

Sentences

After character creation the game runs its course .

The more power is exercised the higher and stronger the character becomes .

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

Shaw has played the character of Eve Jenson in the soap opera "Emmerdale".