karakter
Afrikaans
Etymology
Noun
karakter (plural karakters)
Cebuano
Etymology
From English character, from Middle English caracter, from Old French caractere, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “type, nature, character”), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “I engrave”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ka‧rak‧ter
Noun
karakter
- (authorship) a character; a being in a story
- Synonym: personahe
- a distinguishing feature
- a complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
- strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength
- a written or printed symbol, or letter
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:karakter.
Danish
Etymology
From French caractère (“character, personality”).
Pronunciation
Noun
karakter c (singular definite karakteren, plural indefinite karakterer)
- character (distinguishing feature)
- mark (a score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement)
- grade (rating)
Declension
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | karakter | karakteren | karakterer | karaktererne |
genitive | karakters | karakterens | karakterers | karakterernes |
Further reading
- “karakter” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “karakter” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch caracter, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr).
Pronunciation
Noun
karakter n (plural karakters, diminutive karaktertje n)
- A character, standardized graphic symbol, such as a letter of an alphabet or a numeric digit.
- A character; a role, often conventionalised, in theatre.
- A nature, a character.
- A character, a person's psychological characteristics; especially guts, backbone.
- (obsolete) A magical mark, a witch's mark.
Derived terms
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
karakter (plural karakterek)
- character (a person's psychological characteristics)
- character (a person with a distinctive personality)
- character (strength of mind, moral strength)
- character, glyph (a written or printed symbol, or letter)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | karakter | karakterek |
accusative | karaktert | karaktereket |
dative | karakternek | karaktereknek |
instrumental | karakterrel | karakterekkel |
causal-final | karakterért | karakterekért |
translative | karakterré | karakterekké |
terminative | karakterig | karakterekig |
essive-formal | karakterként | karakterekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | karakterben | karakterekben |
superessive | karakteren | karaktereken |
adessive | karakternél | karaktereknél |
illative | karakterbe | karakterekbe |
sublative | karakterre | karakterekre |
allative | karakterhez | karakterekhez |
elative | karakterből | karakterekből |
delative | karakterről | karakterekről |
ablative | karaktertől | karakterektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
karakteré | karaktereké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
karakteréi | karakterekéi |
Possessive forms of karakter | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | karakterem | karaktereim |
2nd person sing. | karaktered | karaktereid |
3rd person sing. | karaktere | karakterei |
1st person plural | karakterünk | karaktereink |
2nd person plural | karakteretek | karaktereitek |
3rd person plural | karakterük | karaktereik |
Derived terms
(Compound words):
References
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Noun
karakter m (genitive singular karakters, nominative plural karakterar)
- character (a person’s psychological characteristics)
- a person with a distinctive personality
- (dated) grade, mark
Declension
m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | karakter | karakterinn | karakterar | karakterarnir |
accusative | karakter | karakterinn | karaktera | karakterana |
dative | karakter | karakternum | karakterum | karakterunum |
genitive | karakters | karaktersins | karaktera | karakteranna |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr); from English character (in a novel etc.).
Noun
karakter m (definite singular karakteren, indefinite plural karakterer, definite plural karakterene)
- character, nature
- a character (in a novel, etc.)
- mark (in an exam, schoolwork)
- gode karakterer ― good marks
References
- “karakter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr); from English character (in a novel, etc.).
Noun
karakter m (definite singular karakteren, indefinite plural karakterar, definite plural karakterane)
- character, nature
- a character (in a novel, etc.)
- mark (in an exam, schoolwork)
- gode karakterar ― good marks
References
- “karakter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
karàkter m (Cyrillic spelling кара̀ктер)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | karakter | karakteri |
genitive | karaktera | karaktera |
dative | karakteru | karakterima |
accusative | karakter | karaktere |
vocative | karakteru | karakteri |
locative | karakteru | karakterima |
instrumental | karakterom | karakterima |
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from French caractère, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr).
Pronunciation
Noun
karakter (definite accusative karakteri, plural karakterler)
- character, a symbol such as a letter of an alphabet
- a person's psychological characteristics, character
- a person in a novel or story
Declension
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