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English

Etymology

From Middle English caracter, from Old French caractere, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek ???????? (kharakt?r, “type, nature, character”), from ??????? (kharáss?, “I engrave”). Doublet of charakter.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??(?)kt?/, /?kæ?(?)kt?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæ??kt?/
• Hyphenation: char?ac?ter

Noun

character (countable and uncountable, plural characters)

1. (countable) A being involved in the action of a story.
2. (countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; phene.

3. (uncountable, countable) A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.

   • A man of […] thoroughly subservient character

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.
   • 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech

     It were much to be wished that there were throughout the world but one sort of character for each letter to express it to the eye.

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, computing) 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 or raises suspicions.

11. (countable, mathematics) A complex number representing an element of 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.

    • This subterraneous passage is much mended since Seneca gave so bad a character of it.

14. (countable, dated) A reference given to a servant, attesting to their behaviour, competence, etc.
15. (countable, obsolete) Personal appearance.

Usage notes

Character is sometimes used interchangeably with reputation, but the two words have different meanings; character describes the distinctive qualities of an individual or group while reputation describes the opinions held by others regarding an individual or group. Character is internal and authentic, while reputation is external and perceived.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Pages starting with “character”.

Translations

Verb

character (third-person singular simple present characters, present participle charactering, simple past and past participle charactered)

1. (obsolete) To write (using characters); to describe.

See also

• codepoint
• font
• glyph
• letter
• symbol
• rune
• pictogram

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ???????? (kharakt?r).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /k?a?rak.ter/, [k?ä??äkt??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka?rak.ter/, [k????kt??r]

Noun

character m (genitive charact?ris); third declension

1. branding iron
2. brand (made by a branding iron)
3. characteristic, mark, character, style

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• Hungarian: karakter
• Galician: caritel; ? carácter
• Irish: carachtar
• Italian: carattere
• Old French: caractere
  • ? English: character
  • French: caractère
• Polish: charakter
  • ? Russian: ????????? (xarákter)
• Portuguese: caractere, carácter
• Sicilian: caràttiri
• Spanish: carácter

References

• character in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• character in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• character in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Noun

character m (plural characteres)

1. Obsolete spelling of caráter (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).

English

Etymology

From Late Latin ar?mata (“spices”) (or ar?ma (“spice”)), from Ancient Greek ????? (ár?ma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?????m?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???o?m?/
• Rhymes: -??m?

Noun

aroma (plural aromas or aromata)

1. A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.

Synonyms

• (a pleasant smell): fragrance, nosegay, scent
• See also Thesaurus:aroma

Antonyms

• (a pleasant smell): odor/odour, pungency, reek, stench

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• -o-rama, -orama, Amaro, amaro

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /???o.m?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a??o.ma/

Etymology 1

From Latin ar?ma, from Ancient Greek ????? (ár?ma).

Noun

aroma f (plural aromes)

1. aroma

Derived terms

• aromar

Related terms

• aromàtic

Etymology 2

Verb

aroma

1. third-person singular present indicative form of aromar
2. second-person singular imperative form of aromar

Further reading

• “aroma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “aroma” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “aroma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “aroma” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• aroom

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ar?ma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a??ro?.ma?/
• Hyphenation: aro?ma

Noun

aroma n (plural aroma's, diminutive aromaatje n)

1. aroma
2. food flavouring

Derived terms

• aromatisch

Esperanto

Etymology

From aromo +? -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?roma/
• Hyphenation: a?ro?ma
• Rhymes: -oma

Adjective

aroma (accusative singular aroman, plural aromaj, accusative plural aromajn)

1. aromatic

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin ar?ma (“spice, herb”), from Ancient Greek ????? (ár?ma, “spice, herb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??rom?]
• Hyphenation: aro?ma
• Rhymes: -m?

Noun

aroma (plural aromák)

1. aroma

Declension

References

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ar?ma, from Ancient Greek ????? (ár?ma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).

Pronunciation

Noun

aroma m (plural aromi)

1. aroma, fragrance, smell
2. flavour, flavor
3. spice

Derived terms

Anagrams

• amaro

Further reading

• aroma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (ár?ma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?ro?.ma/, [ä??o?mä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?ro.ma/, [?????m?]

Noun

ar?ma n (genitive ar?matis); third declension

1. spice, herb

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Derived terms

• ar?maticus

Descendants

References

• aroma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (ár?ma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).

Noun

aroma m (definite singular aromaen, indefinite plural aromaer, definite plural aromaene)

1. aroma

Related terms

• aromatisk

References

• “aroma” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (ár?ma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).

Noun

aroma m (definite singular aromaen, indefinite plural aromaer or aromaar, definite plural aromaene or aromaane)

1. aroma

Related terms

• aromatisk

References

• “aroma” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin aroma, from Ancient Greek ????? (ár?ma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?.??o.m?/
• Hyphenation: a?ro?ma

Noun

aroma m (plural aromas)

1. aroma

   Synonyms: cheiro, odor, perfume

2. flavour

Related terms

• aromático

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ar??ma/
• Hyphenation: a?ro?ma

Noun

aróma f (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. aroma

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin ar?ma (“spices”), from Ancient Greek ????? (ár?ma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??oma/, [a??o.ma]

Noun

aroma m (plural aromas)

1. aroma

   Synonyms: esencia, fragancia, olor, perfume

Derived terms

Related terms

• aromatizar

Further reading

• “aroma” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.