"caractère" meaning in French

See caractère in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ka.ʁak.tɛʁ/ Audio: Fr-caractère.ogg , Qc-caractère.ogg Forms: caractères [plural]
Etymology: Via Latin, from Ancient Greek. More at English character. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|la|-}} Latin, {{der|fr|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{cog|en|character}} English character Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} caractère m (plural caractères)
  1. character, demeanour, personality Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-caractère-fr-noun-8C7qYDBw Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7
  2. character (written symbol) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-caractère-fr-noun-sKp0KacO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: caractère chinois, caractère de cochon, chaîne de caractères, de caractère

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "caractère chinois"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "caractère de cochon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "chaîne de caractères"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "de caractère"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "caracter",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: caracter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: caracter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "karakter",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: karakter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: karakter"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "character"
      },
      "expansion": "English character",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Via Latin, from Ancient Greek. More at English character.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caractères",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "caractère m (plural caractères)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "character, demeanour, personality"
      ],
      "id": "en-caractère-fr-noun-8C7qYDBw",
      "links": [
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "demeanour",
          "demeanour"
        ],
        [
          "personality",
          "personality"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "character (written symbol)"
      ],
      "id": "en-caractère-fr-noun-sKp0KacO",
      "links": [
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ka.ʁak.tɛʁ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-caractère.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6c/Fr-caract%C3%A8re.ogg/Fr-caract%C3%A8re.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Fr-caract%C3%A8re.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Qc-caractère.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f0/Qc-caract%C3%A8re.ogg/Qc-caract%C3%A8re.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Qc-caract%C3%A8re.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "caractères"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caractère"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "French 3-syllable words",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "caractère chinois"
    },
    {
      "word": "caractère de cochon"
    },
    {
      "word": "chaîne de caractères"
    },
    {
      "word": "de caractère"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "caracter",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: caracter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: caracter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "karakter",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: karakter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: karakter"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "character"
      },
      "expansion": "English character",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Via Latin, from Ancient Greek. More at English character.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caractères",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "caractère m (plural caractères)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "character, demeanour, personality"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "demeanour",
          "demeanour"
        ],
        [
          "personality",
          "personality"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "character (written symbol)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ka.ʁak.tɛʁ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-caractère.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6c/Fr-caract%C3%A8re.ogg/Fr-caract%C3%A8re.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Fr-caract%C3%A8re.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Qc-caractère.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f0/Qc-caract%C3%A8re.ogg/Qc-caract%C3%A8re.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Qc-caract%C3%A8re.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "caractères"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caractère"
}

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