Character in Different Languages
Discover 'Character' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Character
Afrikaans karakter | ||
Albanian karakteri | ||
Amharic ባህሪ | ||
Arabic حرف | ||
Armenian բնավորություն | ||
Assamese চৰিত্ৰ | ||
Aymara jaqi | ||
Azerbaijani xarakter | ||
Bambara jogo | ||
Basque pertsonaia | ||
Belarusian характар | ||
Bengali চরিত্র | ||
Bhojpuri चरित्तर | ||
Bosnian karakter | ||
Bulgarian характер | ||
Catalan personatge | ||
Cebuano kinaiya | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 字符 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 字符 | ||
Corsican caratteru | ||
Croatian lik | ||
Czech charakter | ||
Danish karakter | ||
Dhivehi ޝަޚުސިއްޔަތު | ||
Dogri चाल-चलन | ||
Dutch karakter | ||
English character | ||
Esperanto rolulo | ||
Estonian iseloomu | ||
Ewe nᴐnᴐme | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) karakter | ||
Finnish merkki | ||
French personnage | ||
Frisian personaazje | ||
Galician personaxe | ||
Georgian ხასიათი | ||
German charakter | ||
Greek χαρακτήρας | ||
Guarani heseguáva | ||
Gujarati પાત્ર | ||
Haitian Creole karaktè | ||
Hausa hali | ||
Hawaiian ʻano | ||
Hebrew דמות | ||
Hindi चरित्र | ||
Hmong cim | ||
Hungarian karakter | ||
Icelandic persóna | ||
Igbo agwa | ||
Ilocano karakter | ||
Indonesian karakter | ||
Irish carachtar | ||
Italian personaggio | ||
Japanese キャラクター | ||
Javanese watake | ||
Kannada ಪಾತ್ರ | ||
Kazakh кейіпкер | ||
Khmer តួអក្សរ | ||
Kinyarwanda imiterere | ||
Konkani वर्ण | ||
Korean 캐릭터 | ||
Krio karakta | ||
Kurdish şexsîyet | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کاراکتەر | ||
Kyrgyz мүнөз | ||
Lao ລັກສະນະ | ||
Latin ingenium | ||
Latvian raksturs | ||
Lingala ezaleli | ||
Lithuanian charakteris | ||
Luganda enneyisa | ||
Luxembourgish charakter | ||
Macedonian карактер | ||
Maithili चरित्र | ||
Malagasy toetra | ||
Malay watak | ||
Malayalam പ്രതീകം | ||
Maltese karattru | ||
Maori pūāhua | ||
Marathi वर्ण | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯂꯤꯆꯠ ꯁꯥꯖꯠ | ||
Mizo nunzia | ||
Mongolian тэмдэгт | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဇာတ်ကောင် | ||
Nepali चरित्र | ||
Norwegian karakter | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) khalidwe | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବର୍ଣ୍ଣ | ||
Oromo amala | ||
Pashto لوښه | ||
Persian شخصیت | ||
Polish postać | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) personagem | ||
Punjabi ਅੱਖਰ | ||
Quechua sananpa | ||
Romanian caracter | ||
Russian персонаж | ||
Samoan amio | ||
Sanskrit स्वभावः | ||
Scots Gaelic caractar | ||
Sepedi semelo | ||
Serbian карактер | ||
Sesotho semelo | ||
Shona hunhu | ||
Sindhi ڪردار | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ස්වභාවය | ||
Slovak znak | ||
Slovenian znak | ||
Somali dabeecad | ||
Spanish personaje | ||
Sundanese watekna | ||
Swahili tabia | ||
Swedish karaktär | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) tauhan | ||
Tajik хислат | ||
Tamil தன்மை | ||
Tatar характер | ||
Telugu పాత్ర | ||
Thai ตัวละคร | ||
Tigrinya መልክዕ | ||
Tsonga xihlawulekisi | ||
Turkish karakter | ||
Turkmen häsiýet | ||
Twi (Akan) suban | ||
Ukrainian характер | ||
Urdu کردار | ||
Uyghur خاراكتېر | ||
Uzbek belgi | ||
Vietnamese tính cách | ||
Welsh cymeriad | ||
Xhosa uphawu | ||
Yiddish כאראקטער | ||
Yoruba ohun kikọ | ||
Zulu uhlamvu |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "karakter" in Afrikaans can also mean "typeface" or "font". |
| Albanian | In Albanian, "karakteri" also means "temperament" or "personality". |
| Amharic | The word "ባህሪ" can also mean "nature" or "disposition" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | In Arabic, the word "حرف" (harf) also means "letter of the alphabet" or "edge, border". |
| Azerbaijani | "Xarakter" in Azerbaijani comes from the Greek word "kharakter," meaning "an engraved mark". |
| Basque | The word "pertsonaia" comes from the Latin "persona," originally meaning "mask" (used in ancient theatre). |
| Bengali | চরিত্র (character) comes from the Sanskrit word 'char', meaning 'move' or 'act', and is related to the word 'chara' (behavior, conduct). |
| Bosnian | The word "karakter" can also refer to a person's nature or personality. |
| Bulgarian | The word 'характер' also means 'temperament' or 'disposition' in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | It can mean "role" instead of "character," "person," and also "figure," among other alternate meanings |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word “字符” was originally a Chinese rendering of the Sanskrit word “varṇa”, meaning “caste” or “color”, and was later used to translate the Greek word “gramma” in the Buddhist text of the 3rd century, which brought the new meaning of “written symbol”. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 字符 means not only a 'character' but also 'personality' and 'temperament'. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "caratteru" comes from the Greek "charaktēr" and can also mean "writing" or "signature". |
| Croatian | The word "lik" in Croatian also refers to a person's physical appearance or nature. |
| Czech | The word "charakter" can also mean "nature" or "disposition" in Czech. |
| Danish | The word "Karakter" is derived from the Greek word "charakter," meaning "an engraved mark, a distinguishing mark, a characteristic." |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "karakter" can also refer to the temperament or personality of someone or something. |
| Esperanto | The root of "rolulo" is "rol'", which means "to play a role", and it can also refer to a "part" in a play or movie. |
| Estonian | In Estonian, "iseloomu" not only means "character" but also "disposition, nature, temperament". |
| Finnish | The word "merkki" also means "mark", "trademark", and "sign" in Finnish. |
| French | Originally, the word "personnage" meant "mask" in French, coming from the Latin "persona". |
| Frisian | The word "personaazje" is derived from Latin persona, meaning "mask", and referred to the dramatic roles played by actors who wore masks. |
| Galician | In Galician, the word "personaxe" also refers to a person who has a significant role or influence in society. |
| Georgian | The word |
| German | The German word "Charakter" derives from the Ancient Greek word "charaktēr" and originally meant "engraving tool" or "distinctive mark". |
| Greek | The Greek word "χαρακτήρας" can also refer to an engraving, a mark, or a stamp. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word “પાત્ર” not only refers to a character in a story, but also to a vessel or container. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "karaktè" in Haitian Creole derives from the French word "caractère", meaning both "character" and "temperament". |
| Hausa | In Hausa, "hali" also refers to a person's moral or ethical disposition, and can be translated as "nature" or "personality." |
| Hawaiian | 'Ano' also means a 'mark, sign' and 'to mark, brand, tattoo'. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word 'דמות' ('demuth') derives from the root meaning 'image' or 'likeness', and its alternate meanings include 'form', 'statue', 'figure', and 'appearance'. |
| Hindi | The Sanskrit term "चरित्र" can also refer to deeds or one's conduct. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "cim" originally meant spirit, or soul. |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "karakter" can also mean "mark" or "grade". |
| Icelandic | The word "persóna" in Icelandic has its roots in Latin and originally meant "mask" or "role". |
| Igbo | Igbo 'agwa', which can also be translated to 'image' or 'picture', shares a semantic root with the word 'awa', meaning a 'dream', a 'phantom' or 'vision' |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "karakter" can also mean "letter". |
| Irish | The Irish word "carachtar" has two spellings and also means "print", "type" and "writing" in addition to "character". |
| Italian | In Italian, the word "personaggio" can also refer to a famous or important person. |
| Japanese | Japanese word "キャラクター" also means "mark left by fire" or "mark left by a cut" in some contexts. |
| Javanese | The word "watake" can also mean "actor" or "role" in Javanese plays. |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಪಾತ್ರ" (paatra) also means "vessel" or "container", highlighting the idea of a person as a vessel for experiences and qualities. |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, "кейіпкер" (character) originally meant "image" or "appearance" in the 18th century, and in folklore it also referred to a mythological creature. |
| Khmer | The Khmer word តួអក្សរ (character) is derived from the Sanskrit word 'varṇa', meaning 'letter' or 'sound'. |
| Korean | The word '캐릭터' is derived from the Chinese word ' carattere ', which means 'mark' or 'stamp'. |
| Kurdish | The word "şexsîyet" (character) derives from Arabic "shaqsīyah" and originally denoted individuality and particularity and was also used to refer to someone's body or external appearance, a meaning still preserved in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "мүнөз" in Kyrgyz can refer to both a person's character and their appearance, highlighting the connection between one's inner and outer qualities in Kyrgyz culture. |
| Latin | The Latin word "ingenium" also means "inborn quality," "talent," or "ability." |
| Latvian | The word "raksturs" is derived from the Middle Low German word "character", meaning "insignia, distinguishing mark, written sign". |
| Lithuanian | The word "charakteris" can also refer to a stamp or impression used to mark something. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Charakter" can also refer to the handwriting style of a person. |
| Macedonian | In Macedonian, the word “карактер” can also refer to one's temperament or personality. |
| Malagasy | Toetra can also mean "mark", "trace", "sign", "proof", "evidence", or "indication". |
| Malay | In Javanese it refers to a puppet, but in Arabic it means 'face'. |
| Malayalam | The word "പ്രതീകം" in Malayalam can also mean "a symbol" or "a sign". |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "karattru" also means "feature" or "trait". |
| Maori | "Pūāhua" can also mean "flower" or "blossom" in Maori. |
| Marathi | The Sanskrit word "वर्ण" (varṇa) also refers to the ancient Indian caste system in Sanskrit texts. |
| Mongolian | "Tэмдэгт" can also refer to a sign, symbol, or mark. |
| Nepali | The word "चरित्र" in Nepali derives from Sanskrit and can also mean "nature," "disposition," or "conduct." |
| Norwegian | The word "karakter" in Norwegian can also refer to a grade or mark, particularly in an academic setting. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "khalidwe" can also mean "nature" or "behavior" in Nyanja. |
| Pashto | The word "لوښه" (character) in Pashto also refers to a stamp used for signing documents. |
| Persian | In Persian, "شخصیت" also means "personality" or "reputation" |
| Polish | In the historical context, "postać" can also refer to a statue or sculpture. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Latin, "personagem" refers to an actor's mask; hence its double meaning of 'character' (a person in a narrative) and 'persona' (a person's outward appearance). |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਅੱਖਰ' can also refer to the marks made on a surface, such as letters or symbols. |
| Romanian | "Caracter" in Romanian has other meanings besides "character": 1) "mark, trace, feature" 2) "sign" 3) "nature" 4) "quality, property" 5) "proof". |
| Russian | The word "персонаж" comes from the Latin "persona", meaning "mask", and originally referred to theatrical roles. |
| Samoan | The word "amio" in Samoan can also mean "form" or "style". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "caractar" in Scots Gaelic can also mean 'mark' or 'incision'. |
| Serbian | In Serbian, the word "карактер" can also mean "temper" or a person's "moral or ethical quality." |
| Sesotho | "Semelo" can also mean "person" or "human being". |
| Shona | In the Shona language, "hunhu" also means "the essential being of a person, place or thing." |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, the word "ڪردار" ("character") also means "fate" or "destiny". |
| Slovak | "Znak" also means "sign" in Slovak; it is the source of the name of the traffic sign, "značka". |
| Slovenian | "Znak" comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰnéǵʰ-, meaning "to beget, produce, or create" and also appears in words like "to know" and "name." |
| Somali | "Dabeecad" is a derivative of the word "dabe", which means 'footprint'. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "personaje" can refer to a theatrical role, a literary figure, a fictional character, or a person of note or interest. |
| Sundanese | The word "watekna" in Sundanese can also mean "persona" or "role". |
| Swahili | Swahili 'tabia' originates from Arabic 'tabi'a', which means 'nature' or 'disposition,' implying that character is inherent and innate. |
| Swedish | The word "karaktär" comes from the Greek word "kharakter", which means "engraved mark" or "distinctive feature". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In pre-colonial Philippines, 'tauhan' also meant 'slave' or 'serf'. |
| Tajik | The word "хислат" (character) in Tajik also refers to a person's qualities, disposition, or temperament. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "தன்மை" means "character" but it can also mean "essence" or "nature". |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "పాత్ర" (character) shares its etymology with the Tamil word "பாத்திரம்", which can refer to a container or vessel. |
| Thai | The word 'ตัวละคร' (character) comes from the Sanskrit word 'patra' ('sheet, canvas, cloth'), referring to a piece of cloth painted with a representation of an actor on stage |
| Turkish | The Arabic word 'khātam' meaning 'seal' likely contributed to the Turkish word 'karakter'. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "характер" also means "temperament" and is derived from the Greek word "charakter," meaning "distinctive mark." |
| Urdu | The word "کردار" can also mean "action" or "behavior" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The word "belgi" can also mean knowledge, sign, and feature in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | "Tính cách" also figuratively refers to the essence of a substance, a substance's "nature" as defined by its "characteristic" qualities. |
| Welsh | The word 'cymeriad' may derive from the Proto-Celtic root *gwer-, meaning 'crooked' or 'bent', suggesting an etymological connection to 'person' or 'individual'. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word 'uphawu' can also mean 'a mark, a sign, a brand' or 'a badge' |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word “כאראקטער” is derived from the Greek “kharakter”, meaning “sign or mark”, but it can also mean “nature” or “temperament”. |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "ohun kikọ" also means "the thing that is written" or "the writing itself". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "uhlamvu" also means "personality" and "reputation." |
| English | "Character" is derived from Greek "kharaktēr" meaning "an engraved mark, a device, an instrument for marking, hence a distinguishing quality or feature, especially of personal behaviour" |