character
Latin
noun
Definitions
- branding iron
- brand (made by a branding iron)
- characteristic, mark, character, style
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (nature, character, type, engraver).
Origin
Ancient Greek
χαρακτήρ
Gloss
nature, character, type, engraver
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
字
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- caract English
- character English
- caracter Latin
- charactērem Latin
- Charakter German
- karakter Hungarian
- karakterek Hungarian
- karaktereken Hungarian
- karaktereket Hungarian
- karakteren Hungarian
- karaktert Hungarian
- karakter Dutch, Flemish
- caractère French
- caractériel French
- caractérologie French
- характер Russian
- carácter Spanish, Castilian
- carátula Spanish, Castilian
- χαράσσω Ancient Greek
- χαρακτήρ Ancient Greek
- karakter Norwegian Bokmål
- caractere Portuguese
- caráter Portuguese
- charakter Polish
- karakter Norwegian Nynorsk
- caracter Middle English
- carachtar Irish
- karakter Danish
- caractere Old French
- garser Old French
- ĥaraktero Esperanto
- caracteritzar Catalan, Valencian
- caràcter Catalan, Valencian
- caracter Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- caracter Middle Dutch
- karakter Turkish
- caractar Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- karacter Middle High German
- карактер Macedonian
- carátura Old Spanish