"demi-caractère" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: Borrowed from French demi-caractère. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|demi-caractère}} Borrowed from French demi-caractère Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} demi-caractère (not comparable)
  1. (about a work for the stage or a performer's part in it, dated) Which, in the historical French nomenclature, was halfway between serious (sérieux) and comic (comique); typically, where the protagonists or the plot were not noble enough compared to those derived from mythology or history, but could still convey serious emotions (see for example the 1886 Camille Bellaigue quotation about Bizet's opera Carmen under French demi-caractère) Tags: dated, not-comparable Categories (topical): Ballet, Opera Synonyms: demicharacter
    Sense id: en-demi-caractère-en-adj-6J6maOWA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Adjective [French]

IPA: /də.mi.ka.ʁak.tɛʁ/
Etymology: demi- (“demi-”) + caractère (“character”) Etymology templates: {{af|fr|demi-<t:demi->|caractère<t:character>}} demi- (“demi-”) + caractère (“character”) Head templates: {{fr-adj|inv=1}} demi-caractère (invariable)
  1. demi-caractère Tags: invariable Categories (topical): Ballet, Opera
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