karakter

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch karakter.

Noun

karakter (plural karakters)

  1. character

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

  1. (authorship) a character; a being in a story
    Synonym: personahe
  2. a distinguishing feature
  3. a complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  4. strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength
  5. a written or printed symbol, or letter

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:karakter.


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

Further reading


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

karakter n (plural karakters, diminutive karaktertje n)

  1. character, standardized graphic symbol, such as a letter of an alphabet or a numeric digit
  2. character, a person's psychological characteristics; especially guts, backbone

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin character.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒrɒktɛr]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ka‧rak‧ter

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
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):

  • karakterrajz
  • karakterszerep
  • karakterszínész

References

  1. 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

  • 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

Declension


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 karakterergood marks

References


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 karakterargood marks

References


Serbo-Croatian

Noun

karàkter m (Cyrillic spelling кара̀ктер)

  1. character

Declension


Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French caractère, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɾaktəɾ/

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
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
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
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