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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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script
- See Wiktionary:Scripts for information about scripts on Wiktionary.
English
Etymology
From Middle English scrit, borrowed from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptum (something written), from scr?b? (“write”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sk??pt/
- Rhymes: -?pt
Noun
script (countable and uncountable, plural scripts)
- (countable, obsolete) A writing; a written document.
- Synonyms: cursive, hand, handwriting, manuscript
- Written characters; style of writing.
- (typography) Type made in imitation of handwriting.
- Synonym: cursive
- (countable, law) An original instrument or document.
- (countable) The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.
- Hyponyms: screenplay, teleplay
- (computing) A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
- Synonyms: batch file, macro, shell script
- Hyponyms: coffeescript, here-script, postscript
- (linguistics) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
- Synonyms: language script, writing system
- Short for prescription.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- scripture
Translations
Verb
script (third-person singular simple present scripts, present participle scripting, simple past and past participle scripted)
- (transitive) To make or write a script.
- (transitive) To devise, concoct, or contrive.
Translations
References
- script in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- crispt
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English script.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skr?pt/
- Hyphenation: script
- Rhymes: -?pt
Noun
script n (plural scripts, diminutive scriptje n)
- script (written text of a dramatic performance)
See also
- scenario
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English script. Doublet of écrit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sk?ipt/
Noun
script m (plural scripts)
- script (written dialogue for a play, film, etc.)
Further reading
- “script” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- szkript
Etymology
Borrowed from English script.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?skript]
- Hyphenation: script
Noun
script (plural scriptek)
- (computing) script
Declension
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English script. Doublet of escrito.
Noun
script m (plural scripts)
- (acting) script (text of the dialogue and action for a drama)
- Synonym: roteiro
- (computing) script (source code that is interpreted rather than compiled)
Related terms
- escrito
Romanian
Etymology
Initially inherited from Latin scriptum as the past participle of scrie, which was later replaced by scris. The current meaning is borrowed from English script.
Noun
script n (plural scripturi)
- script (of a film, play, show, etc.)
Synonyms
- scenariu
Related terms
- scriptic
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