"character" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /kʰaˈrak.teːr/ [Classical], [kʰäˈräkt̪eːr] [Classical], /kʰaˈrak.ter/ [Classical], [kʰäˈräkt̪ɛr] [Classical], /kaˈrak.ter/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [käˈräkt̪er] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From the Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|χαρακτήρ}} Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr) Head templates: {{la-noun|charactē̆r/charactēr<3>|g=m}} charactē̆r m (genitive charactēris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|charactē̆r/charactēr<3>}} Forms: charactē̆r [canonical, masculine], charactēris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], charactē̆r [nominative, singular], charactērēs [nominative, plural], charactēris [genitive, singular], charactērum [genitive, plural], charactērī [dative, singular], charactēribus [dative, plural], charactērem [accusative, singular], charactērēs [accusative, plural], charactēre [ablative, singular], charactēribus [ablative, plural], charactē̆r [singular, vocative], charactērēs [plural, vocative]
  1. branding iron Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-character-la-noun-ZSmq~F4J Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 51 22 27 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 49 21 29
  2. brand (made by a branding iron) Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-character-la-noun-fZz~5WTT
  3. characteristic, mark, character, style Tags: declension-3 Synonyms: ingenium, nātūra, habitus, mēns, indolēs
    Sense id: en-character-la-noun-QCXe7j-2

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "caráuter"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: caráuter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: caráuter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "karakter"
          },
          "expansion": "Hungarian: karakter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hungarian: karakter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "caritel"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: caritel",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "carácter",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ carácter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: caritel; → carácter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "carachtar",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: carachtar, caractar, cáractar, cárachtar\nIrish: carachtar",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: carachtar, caractar, cáractar, cárachtar\nIrish: carachtar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "carattere"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: carattere",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: carattere"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zlw-ocs",
            "2": "charakter",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Czech: charakter (learned)\nCzech: charakter",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Czech: charakter (learned)\nCzech: charakter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "caractere"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: caractere\n→ English: character\n→ Scottish Gaelic: caractar\nFrench: caractère",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: caractere\n→ English: character\n→ Scottish Gaelic: caractar\nFrench: caractère"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zlw-osk",
            "2": "charakter",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Slovak: charakter (learned)\nSlovak: charakter",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Slovak: charakter (learned)\nSlovak: charakter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "charakter",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: charakter, harakter, karakter (learned)\n→ Kashubian: charakter\n→ Russian: хара́ктер (xarákter)\n→ Silesian: karakter (through Middle Polish \"karakter\")",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: charakter, harakter, karakter (learned)\n→ Kashubian: charakter\n→ Russian: хара́ктер (xarákter)\n→ Silesian: karakter (through Middle Polish \"karakter\")"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "caractere",
            "3": "carácter"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: caractere, carácter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: caractere, carácter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "caracter"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: caracter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: caracter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "caràttiri"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: caràttiri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: caràttiri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "carácter"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: carácter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: carácter"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "χαρακτήρ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "charactē̆r",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactēris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactē̆r",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactērēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactēris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactērum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactērī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactēribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactērem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactērēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactēre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactēribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactē̆r",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactērēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "charactē̆r/charactēr<3>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "charactē̆r m (genitive charactēris); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "charactē̆r/charactēr<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 22 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 21 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "branding iron"
      ],
      "id": "en-character-la-noun-ZSmq~F4J",
      "links": [
        [
          "branding iron",
          "branding iron"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "brand (made by a branding iron)"
      ],
      "id": "en-character-la-noun-fZz~5WTT",
      "links": [
        [
          "brand",
          "brand"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "characteristic, mark, character, style"
      ],
      "id": "en-character-la-noun-QCXe7j-2",
      "links": [
        [
          "characteristic",
          "characteristic"
        ],
        [
          "mark",
          "mark"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "style",
          "style"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ingenium"
        },
        {
          "word": "nātūra"
        },
        {
          "word": "habitus"
        },
        {
          "word": "mēns"
        },
        {
          "word": "indolēs"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaˈrak.teːr/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰäˈräkt̪eːr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaˈrak.ter/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰäˈräkt̪ɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈrak.ter/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[käˈräkt̪er]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "character"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "caráuter"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: caráuter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: caráuter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "karakter"
          },
          "expansion": "Hungarian: karakter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hungarian: karakter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "caritel"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: caritel",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "carácter",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ carácter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: caritel; → carácter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "carachtar",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: carachtar, caractar, cáractar, cárachtar\nIrish: carachtar",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: carachtar, caractar, cáractar, cárachtar\nIrish: carachtar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "carattere"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: carattere",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: carattere"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zlw-ocs",
            "2": "charakter",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Czech: charakter (learned)\nCzech: charakter",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Czech: charakter (learned)\nCzech: charakter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "caractere"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: caractere\n→ English: character\n→ Scottish Gaelic: caractar\nFrench: caractère",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: caractere\n→ English: character\n→ Scottish Gaelic: caractar\nFrench: caractère"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zlw-osk",
            "2": "charakter",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Slovak: charakter (learned)\nSlovak: charakter",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Slovak: charakter (learned)\nSlovak: charakter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "charakter",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: charakter, harakter, karakter (learned)\n→ Kashubian: charakter\n→ Russian: хара́ктер (xarákter)\n→ Silesian: karakter (through Middle Polish \"karakter\")",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: charakter, harakter, karakter (learned)\n→ Kashubian: charakter\n→ Russian: хара́ктер (xarákter)\n→ Silesian: karakter (through Middle Polish \"karakter\")"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "caractere",
            "3": "carácter"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: caractere, carácter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: caractere, carácter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "caracter"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: caracter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: caracter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "caràttiri"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: caràttiri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: caràttiri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "carácter"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: carácter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: carácter"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "χαρακτήρ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "charactē̆r",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactēris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactē̆r",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactērēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactēris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactērum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactērī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactēribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactērem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactērēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactēre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactēribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactē̆r",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charactērēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "charactē̆r/charactēr<3>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "charactē̆r m (genitive charactēris); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "charactē̆r/charactēr<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "branding iron"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "branding iron",
          "branding iron"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "brand (made by a branding iron)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "brand",
          "brand"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "characteristic, mark, character, style"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "characteristic",
          "characteristic"
        ],
        [
          "mark",
          "mark"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "style",
          "style"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ingenium"
        },
        {
          "word": "nātūra"
        },
        {
          "word": "habitus"
        },
        {
          "word": "mēns"
        },
        {
          "word": "indolēs"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaˈrak.teːr/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰäˈräkt̪eːr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaˈrak.ter/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰäˈräkt̪ɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈrak.ter/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[käˈräkt̪er]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "character"
}

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