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Noun [Anglais]

IPA: \ˈkɛɹ.ək.tɚ\, \ˈkæɹ.ək.tə\ Audio: En-us-character.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-character.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-character.wav Forms: characters [plural]
  1. Nature.
    Sense id: fr-character-en-noun-lBv34xX9 Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
  2. Signe, témoignage.
    Sense id: fr-character-en-noun-Qf-tN9iR Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
  3. Personnage.
    Sense id: fr-character-en-noun-EO7q~cV0 Categories (other): Lexique en anglais de la littérature, Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais Topics: literature
  4. Caractère.
  5. Numéro, personne drôle ou particulière.
    Sense id: fr-character-en-noun-RIHWs7F1 Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun [Latin]

IPA: \kʰaˈrak.teːr\, [kʰäˈräkt̪eːr], \kʰaˈrak.ter\, [kʰäˈräkt̪ɛr], \kaˈrak.ter\, [käˈräkt̪er]
Forms: characterēs [plural, nominative], characterēs [plural, vocative], characterĕm [singular, accusative], characterēs [plural, accusative], characterĭs [singular, genitive], characteriŭm [plural, genitive], characterī [singular, dative], characterĭbŭs [plural, dative], characterĕ [singular, ablative], characterĭbŭs [plural, ablative]
  1. Fer pour marquer le bétail, marque faite au fer rouge.
    Sense id: fr-character-la-noun-KCECrKO2 Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en latin
  2. Marque, signe, empreinte, stigmate.
    Sense id: fr-character-la-noun-Rf1Wb83P Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en latin
  3. Cachet, caractère, genre de style, style.
    Sense id: fr-character-la-noun-mbEPku49 Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en latin
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: character, caractère Related terms: characterismus

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰäˈräkt̪ɛr]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\kaˈrak.ter\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[käˈräkt̪er]"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "word": "character"
}

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