# karakter
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch karakter, from Middle Dutch caracter, from Middle French caractère, from Old French caractere, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈrak.tər/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

karakter (plural karakters)
* character

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish carácter, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “type, nature, character”), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “I engrave”).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ka‧rak‧ter

### Noun

karakter
* character (trait marking a person or group)
    Synonyms: batasan, gawi
* character (moral strength)
* character (symbol for a sound or word)
* (authorship) character (being in a story)
    Synonym: personahe

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:karakter.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkaraktɛr]

### Noun

karakter m inan
* Obsolete form of charakter.

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “karakter”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “karakter”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Danish
### Etymology

From French caractère (“character, personality”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /karakteːr/, [kʰɑɑɡ̊ˈtˢeːˀɐ̯]

### Noun

karakter c (singular definite karakteren, plural indefinite karakterer)
* character (distinguishing feature)
* mark (a score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement)
* grade (rating)

#### Further reading

* “karakter” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “karakter” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
* karakter on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$
* Karakter (personlighed) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$
* Karakter (bedømmelse) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch caracter, from Middle French caractère, from Old French caractere, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌkaːˈrɑk.tər/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ka‧rak‧ter
* Rhymes: -ɑktər

### Noun

karakter n (plural karakters, diminutive karaktertje n)
* a character, standardized graphic symbol, such as a letter of an alphabet or a numeric digit
* a character; a role, often conventionalised, in theatre
* a nature, a character
* a character, a person's psychological characteristics; especially guts, backbone
* (obsolete) a magical mark, a witch's mark

#### Derived terms

* karakteriseren
* karakteristiek
* karaktermoord

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: karakter
* → Indonesian: karakter

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From Latin character.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɒrɒktɛr]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ka‧rak‧ter
* Rhymes: -ɛr

### Noun

karakter (plural karakterek)
* character (a person's psychological characteristics)
* character (a person with a distinctive personality)
* character (strength of mind, moral strength)
* character, glyph (a written or printed symbol, or letter)

#### Derived terms

* karakteres
* karaktergyilkosság
* karakterrajz
* karakterszerep
* karakterszínész

### References

* ↑ 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

### Further reading

* karakter in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkʰaraxtɛ(ː)r/
    Rhymes: -ɛːr

### Noun

karakter m (genitive singular karakters, nominative plural karakterar)
* character (a person’s psychological characteristics)
* a person with a distinctive personality
* (dated) grade, mark

#### Declension
## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch karakter, from Middle Dutch caracter, from Middle French caractère, from Old French caractere, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kaˈrak̚tər]
* Hyphenation: ka‧rak‧têr

### Noun

karaktêr (plural)
* character:
** a person's psychological characteristics; especially guts, backbone; quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty
    Synonyms: tabiat, watak
** (computing, mathematics) a written or printed symbol, or letter
** (computing) one of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character

#### Derived terms

* berkarakter
* karakter amoral
* karakter anal
* karakter permintaan

### Further reading

* “karakter” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## 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)
* character, nature
* a character (in a novel, etc.)
* mark (in an exam, schoolwork)
    gode karakterer ― good marks

### References

* “karakter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## 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)
* character, nature
* a character (in a novel, etc.)
* mark (in an exam, schoolwork)
    gode karakterar ― good marks

### References

* “karakter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /karǎkter/

### Noun

karàkter m (Cyrillic spelling кара̀ктер)
* character

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “karakter”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish carácter, from Latin character. Sense 4, semantic loan from English character.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /kaˈɾakteɾ/ [kɐˈɾak.t̪ɛɾ] (“trait; moral strength”, noun)
*** Rhymes: -akteɾ
** IPA: /ˈkaɾakteɾ/ [ˌkaː.ɾɐkˈt̪ɛɾ], /kaɾakˈteɾ/ [kɐ.ɾɐkˈt̪ɛɾ] (“symbol for sound of word; being in a story”, noun)
*** Rhymes: -aɾakteɾ, -eɾ
* Syllabification: ka‧rak‧ter

### Noun

karakter or káraktér or karaktér (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔)
* character (traits marking a person or group)
* character (moral strength)
* character (symbol for a sound or word)
* character (being in a story)
    Synonyms: bida, persona, personahe

#### Related terms

* karakerisasyon

### Further reading

* “karakter”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قاراقتر (karakter), from French caractère, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kɑ.ɾɑk.tæɾ]

### Noun

karakter (definite accusative karakteri, plural karakterler)
* character, a symbol such as a letter of an alphabet
* a person's psychological characteristics, character
* a person in a novel or story

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
karakter
karakterler
definite accusative
karakteri
karakterleri
dative
karaktere
karakterlere
locative
karakterde
karakterlerde
ablative
karakterden
karakterlerden
genitive
karakterin
karakterlerin
Possessive forms
nominative
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
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
karakterimi
karakterlerimi
2nd singular
karakterini
karakterlerini
3rd singular
karakterini
karakterlerini
1st plural
karakterimizi
karakterlerimizi
2nd plural
karakterinizi
karakterlerinizi
3rd plural
karakterlerini
karakterlerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
karakterime
karakterlerime
2nd singular
karakterine
karakterlerine
3rd singular
karakterine
karakterlerine
1st plural
karakterimize
karakterlerimize
2nd plural
karakterinize
karakterlerinize
3rd plural
karakterlerine
karakterlerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
karakterimde
karakterlerimde
2nd singular
karakterinde
karakterlerinde
3rd singular
karakterinde
karakterlerinde
1st plural
karakterimizde
karakterlerimizde
2nd plural
karakterinizde
karakterlerinizde
3rd plural
karakterlerinde
karakterlerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
karakterimden
karakterlerimden
2nd singular
karakterinden
karakterlerinden
3rd singular
karakterinden
karakterlerinden
1st plural
karakterimizden
karakterlerimizden
2nd plural
karakterinizden
karakterlerinizden
3rd plural
karakterlerinden
karakterlerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
karakterimin
karakterlerimin
2nd singular
karakterinin
karakterlerinin
3rd singular
karakterinin
karakterlerinin
1st plural
karakterimizin
karakterlerimizin
2nd plural
karakterinizin
karakterlerinizin
3rd plural
karakterlerinin
karakterlerinin
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 :