"Char" meaning in English

See Char in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Shortening (of personal names). Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Char
  1. A nickname for Charlotte
    Sense id: en-Char-en-name-i7VpcCOy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 24 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 35 16 20 13 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 19 25 17 15
  2. A nickname for Charlene
    Sense id: en-Char-en-name-GKILlR3g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 24 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 19 25 17 15
  3. A short river in west Dorset, England; in full, the River Char. Categories (place): Places in Dorset, England, Places in England, Rivers in Dorset, England, Rivers in England Derived forms: Charmouth
    Sense id: en-Char-en-name-F68pdrgc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 24 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 19 25 17 15
{
  "etymology_text": "Shortening (of personal names).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Char",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 24 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 16 20 13 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 19 25 17 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A nickname for Charlotte"
      ],
      "id": "en-Char-en-name-i7VpcCOy",
      "links": [
        [
          "Charlotte",
          "Charlotte"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 24 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 19 25 17 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A nickname for Charlene"
      ],
      "id": "en-Char-en-name-GKILlR3g",
      "links": [
        [
          "Charlene",
          "Charlene"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Dorset, England",
          "orig": "en:Places in Dorset, England",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in England",
          "orig": "en:Places in England",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Rivers in Dorset, England",
          "orig": "en:Rivers in Dorset, England",
          "parents": [
            "Rivers",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Rivers in England",
          "orig": "en:Rivers in England",
          "parents": [
            "Rivers",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 24 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 19 25 17 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 95",
          "word": "Charmouth"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A short river in west Dorset, England; in full, the River Char."
      ],
      "id": "en-Char-en-name-F68pdrgc",
      "links": [
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ],
        [
          "Dorset",
          "Dorset#English"
        ],
        [
          "England",
          "England#English"
        ],
        [
          "River Char",
          "w:River Char"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Char"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Charmouth"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Shortening (of personal names).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Char",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A nickname for Charlotte"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Charlotte",
          "Charlotte"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A nickname for Charlene"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Charlene",
          "Charlene"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Places in Dorset, England",
        "en:Places in England",
        "en:Rivers in Dorset, England",
        "en:Rivers in England"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A short river in west Dorset, England; in full, the River Char."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ],
        [
          "Dorset",
          "Dorset#English"
        ],
        [
          "England",
          "England#English"
        ],
        [
          "River Char",
          "w:River Char"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Char"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Char meaning in English (0.9kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.