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character
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)
- (countable) A being involved in the action of a story.
- (countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; phene.
- (uncountable, countable) A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.
- A man of […] thoroughly subservient character
- (uncountable) Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
- (countable) A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
- (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.
- 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech
- (countable, dated) Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people.
- (countable, dated) A secret cipher; a way of writing in code.
- (countable, computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
- (countable, informal) A person or individual, especially one who is unknown or raises suspicions.
- (countable, mathematics) A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group.
- (countable) Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
- (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.
- (countable, dated) A reference given to a servant, attesting to their behaviour, competence, etc.
- (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)
- (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
- branding iron
- brand (made by a branding iron)
- 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)
- Obsolete spelling of caráter (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).
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manga
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?m????/, /?mæ???/
- Hyphenation: man?ga
- Rhymes: -????, -æ???
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Japanese ?? (manga), from Middle Chinese ? (MC mu?nH, “free, unrestrained”) + ? (MC ??u?H, ??w?k?, “drawing”). Compare Mandarin ????? (mànhuà), Korean ?? (?????, manhwa). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai. Doublet of manhua.
Noun
manga (countable and uncountable, plural manga or mangas)
- (countable, comics) A comic originating in Japan.
- (uncountable) An artistic style heavily used in, and associated with, Japanese comics, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of comics from other countries.
- (rare, countable, chiefly proscribed by fandom slang) A comic in manga style, regardless of the country of origin.
- Lately I've been reading a Brazilian manga.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:manga.
Hypernyms
- comic
Hyponyms
- doujinshi (“independent or fan-produced manga”)
Coordinate terms
- manhua (“Chinese comic”)
- manhwa (“Korean comic”)
- komku (“Malaysian comic”)
Derived terms
- animanga
Related terms
- mangaka (manga author/artist)
Translations
See also
- anime (“Japanese animation”)
Further reading
- manga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Spanish manga (“sleeve”). Doublet of manche.
Noun
manga (plural mangas)
- (Christianity) A covering for a crucifix.
Anagrams
- Magan, magna
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin manica.
Noun
manga f (plural mangues)
- sleeve
Catalan
Etymology
From Japanese ?? (manga), ? (man-, “random, uncontrolled”) + ? (-ga, “picture, sketch”). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?ma?.??/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?ma?.?a/
Noun
manga m (plural mangues)
- manga (Japanese comic book)
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese ??.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?m????a]
Noun
manga
- (countable) manga
Declension
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m??.?a?/
- Hyphenation: man?ga
Etymology 1
From Japanese ?? (manga), after an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai.
Noun
manga m (plural manga's, diminutive mangaatje n)
- manga
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Malay mangga.
Noun
manga m (plural manga's)
- (dated, Indonesia) mango
- Synonyms: mango, manja
- (dated, Indonesia) mango tree, Mangifera indica
Derived terms
- mangaboom
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese ?? (manga).
Noun
manga
- manga
Declension
Anagrams
- magna
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese ?? (manga).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??.?a/
- Homophone: mangas
Noun
manga m (plural mangas)
- a manga (comic originated in Japan)
- Hypernyms: bédé, BéDé, BD, bande dessinée
- Coordinate terms: manhwa, manhua
Related terms
- mangaka
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese manga (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin manica.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?ma???], (northwestern) [?ma?k?]
Noun
manga f (plural mangas)
- sleeve
- 1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 399:
- Et elle, quando esto oyu, empero que estaua muy mal ferido de morte, alynpou a cara cõna manga da loriga, et tomou a espada cõ ãbaslas mãos, coydandolle dar per çima da cabeça, et errouo et deulle h?u grã golpe eno caualo, atã grãde que lle cortou os narizes mesturado cõnas redeas.
- 1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 399:
- (nautical) beam
Related terms
- mangueira
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil ???????? (m??k?y) from ?? (m?, “mango species”) + ???? (k?y, “unripe fruit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?ma???]
Noun
manga f (plural mangas)
- mango (fruit)
Related terms
- mangueira
Etymology 3
Ultimately from Japanese.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?ma???]
Noun
manga m (plural mangas)
- manga
References
- “manga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “manga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “manga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “manga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “manga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Gamilaraay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /man?a/
Noun
manga
- ear
- Synonym: bina
References
- (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Adverb
manga
- many
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese ?? (manga), from Middle Chinese ? (màn, “free, unrestrained”) + ? (?w??, “drawing”). Doublet of manhua and manhwa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ma?a/
- Hyphenation: man?ga
Noun
manga (first-person possessive mangaku, second-person possessive mangamu, third-person possessive manganya)
- a comic originating in Japan
- Hypernym: komik
Related terms
- mangaka (“manga author/artist”)
- manhwa (“manhwa, Korean comic”)
See also
- anime (“Japanese animation”)
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese ?? (???, manga).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?man.?a/
- Hyphenation: màn?ga
Noun
manga m (invariable)
- (manga) manga
Anagrams
- magna
Japanese
Romanization
manga
- R?maji transcription of ???
- R?maji transcription of ???
Jingpho
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l/b-?a. Cognate with Burmese ??? (nga:), Sichuan Yi ? (nge), Sikkimese ? (nga), Min Dong ? (ngô, ng?)
Numeral
manga
- five
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese ??
Noun
manga
- manga
- Hyponym: komik
Maori
Noun
manga
- stream, creek
Old Norse
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Saxon mang?n, from Proto-West Germanic *mang?n.
Verb
manga
- to barter, chaffer
Conjugation
Related terms
- mang n
- mangari m
Descendants
- Icelandic: manga
- Swedish: många
References
- manga in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Polish
Etymology
From Japanese ??.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?man.?a/
Noun
manga f
- (comics) manga
Declension
Further reading
- manga in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- manga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?m??.??/
- Hyphenation: man?ga
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese manga, from Latin manica. Cognate with Spanish manga, French manche.
Noun
manga f (plural mangas)
- sleeve
Derived terms
- manguito
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Malay mangga, from Tamil ???????? (m??k?y) from ?? (m?, “mango species”) + ???? (k?y, “unripe fruit”).
Noun
manga f (plural mangas)
- mango (fruit)
- mango (tree)
- Synonym: mangueira
Descendants
- ? Asturian: mangu
- ? English: mango (see there for further descendants)
- ? French: mangue
- ? Galician: manga
- ? Hunsrik: Manga
- ? Spanish: manga
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?man?a/, [?mã?.?a]
Etymology 1
From Latin manica, cognate with Portuguese manga, French manche.
Noun
manga f (plural mangas)
- sleeve
- (tennis) set
- Synonyms: set, parcial
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Japanese.
Noun
manga m (plural mangas)
- manga
Etymology 3
Verb
manga
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of mangar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of mangar.
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of mangar.
Etymology 4
From Portuguese manga.
Noun
manga f (plural mangas)
- mango tree
- a type of mango (fruit)
Further reading
- “manga” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma??a/
Noun
manga c
- manga
Declension
Anagrams
- Magna
Turkish
Noun
manga
- squad
Zazaki
Etymology
man +? -ga.
Noun
manga
- cow
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