karakter

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈrak.tər/

• Audio:

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Noun

karakter (plural karakters)

1. character

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧rak‧ter

Noun

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:karakter.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaraktɛr]

Noun

karakter m inan

1. Obsolete form of charakter.

Declension

Declension of karakter (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	karakter	karaktery
genitive	karakteru	karakterů
dative	karakteru	karakterům
accusative	karakter	karaktery
vocative	karaktere	karaktery
locative	karakteru	karakterech
instrumental	karakterem	karaktery

Further reading

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

Danish

Etymology

From French caractère (“character, personality”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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)

Declension

Declension of karakter

common gender	Singular		Plural
	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
• karakter on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Karakter (personlighed) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Karakter (bedømmelse) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaːˈrɑk.tər/

• Audio:

  (file)

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

• karakteriseren
• karakteristiek
• karaktermoord

Descendants

• Afrikaans: karakter
• → Indonesian: karakter

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin character.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒrɒktɛr]

• Audio:

  (file)

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

Noun

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)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	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
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

• karakteres

 

Compound words

• karaktergyilkosság
• karakterrajz
• karakterszerep
• karakterszínész

 

Further reading

• 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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰaraxtɛ(ː)r/

  Rhymes: -ɛːr

Noun

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• berkarakter

 

• karakter amoral
• karakter anal
• karakter permintaan

 

Further reading

• “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 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)

1. character, nature
2. a character (in a novel, etc.)
3. 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)

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

   gode karakterar ― good marks

References

• “karakter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /karǎkter/

Noun

karàkter m (Cyrillic spelling кара̀ктер)

1. character

Declension

Declension of karakter

	singular	plural
nominative	karakter	karakteri
genitive	karaktera	karaktera
dative	karakteru	karakterima
accusative	karakter	karaktere
vocative	karakteru	karakteri
locative	karakteru	karakterima
instrumental	karakterom	karakterima

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (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

Noun

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

Related terms

• karakerisasyon

Further reading

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

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑ.ɾɑk.tæɾ]

Noun

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

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	karakter
Definite accusative	karakteri
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	karakter	karakterler
Definite accusative	karakteri	karakterleri
Dative	karaktere	karakterlere
Locative	karakterde	karakterlerde
Ablative	karakterden	karakterlerden
Genitive	karakterin	karakterlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular karakterim karakterlerim 2nd singular karakterin karakterlerin 3rd singular karakteri karakterleri 1st plural karakterimiz karakterlerimiz 2nd plural karakteriniz karakterleriniz 3rd plural karakterleri karakterleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular karakterimi karakterlerimi 2nd singular karakterini karakterlerini 3rd singular karakterini karakterlerini 1st plural karakterimizi karakterlerimizi 2nd plural karakterinizi karakterlerinizi 3rd plural karakterlerini karakterlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular karakterime karakterlerime 2nd singular karakterine karakterlerine 3rd singular karakterine karakterlerine 1st plural karakterimize karakterlerimize 2nd plural karakterinize karakterlerinize 3rd plural karakterlerine karakterlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular karakterimde karakterlerimde 2nd singular karakterinde karakterlerinde 3rd singular karakterinde karakterlerinde 1st plural karakterimizde karakterlerimizde 2nd plural karakterinizde karakterlerinizde 3rd plural karakterlerinde karakterlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular karakterimden karakterlerimden 2nd singular karakterinden karakterlerinden 3rd singular karakterinden karakterlerinden 1st plural karakterimizden karakterlerimizden 2nd plural karakterinizden karakterlerinizden 3rd plural karakterlerinden karakterlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular karakterimin karakterlerimin 2nd singular karakterinin karakterlerinin 3rd singular karakterinin karakterlerinin 1st plural karakterimizin karakterlerimizin 2nd plural karakterinizin karakterlerinizin 3rd plural karakterlerinin karakterlerinin
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular karakterim karakterlerim 2nd singular karaktersin karakterlersin 3rd singular karakter karakterdir karakterler karakterlerdir 1st plural karakteriz karakterleriz 2nd plural karaktersiniz karakterlersiniz 3rd plural karakterler karakterlerdir