character

character: 'kærəktə 1. noun
1) (the set of qualities that make someone or something different from others; type: You can tell a man's character from his handwriting; Publicity of this character is not good for the firm.) (egen)art, natur, karakter

2) (a set of qualities that are considered admirable in some way: He showed great character in dealing with the danger.) karakterstyrke

3) (reputation: They tried to damage his character.) rykte, ry, navn

4) (a person in a play, novel etc: Rosencrantz is a minor character in Shakespeare's `Hamlet'.) figur, skikkelse, person; rolle

5) (an odd or amusing person: This fellow's quite a character!) original

6) (a letter used in typing etc: Some characters on this typewriter are broken.) (skrift)tegn

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- characteristic
2. noun
(a typical quality: It is one of his characteristics to be obstinate.) karakteregenskap, trekk, kjennetegn

- characteristically
- characterize
- characterise
- characterization
- characterisation

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subst. \/ˈkærəktə\/

1) karakter, natur, egenart, særpreg, beskaffenhet, egenskap, lynne

2) (sterk) karakter, viljestyrke

• he has a firm character

han er karakterfast

3) anseelse, rykte, ry, skussmål, vitnemål

• he gained the character of a miser

han fikk ord på seg for å være gjerrig

4) stilling

5) personlighet, person, original, pussig skrue

6) oppdiktet person, figur, rolle, skikkelse

7) (litteratur) karakterskildring

8) (naturvitenskap) merke, tegn, kjennetegn

9) skrifttegn, bokstav, tegn

• Chinese characters

kinesiske skrifttegn

• Greek characters

greske bokstaver

10) (EDB) tegn, bokstav, siffer

11) bokstaver, skrift, håndskrift

act out of character gå ut av rollen, falle ut av rollen

character for rykte for, ord på seg for

• she has an excellent character for honesty

hun har et godt rykte på seg når det gjelder ærlighet

in character typisk, karakteristisk, helt naturlig (teater) i kostyme i karakterskildring

• the book was weak in character

karakterskildringene i boken var dårlige

in the character as\/of i egenskap av

be out of character være upassende for rollen, falle utenfor, være malplassert, være utypisk

a person of character en person med sterk personlighet, en person med karakterstyrke

be quite a character være litt av en skrue

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character — [kar′ək tər, kar′iktər] n. [ME carecter < OFr caractère < L character, an engraving instrument < Gr charaktēr < charassein, to engrave < charax, pointed stake] 1. a distinctive mark 2. a) any letter, figure, or symbol used in… … English World dictionary
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character — (n.) early 14c., from O.Fr. caractere (13c., Mod.Fr. caractère), from L. character, from Gk. kharakter engraved mark, also symbol or imprint on the soul, from kharassein to engrave, from kharax pointed stake, from PIE root *gher to scrape,… … Etymology dictionary
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