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.) značaj; vrsta

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

3) (reputation: They tried to damage his character.) dober glas

4) (a person in a play, novel etc: Rosencrantz is a minor character in Shakespeare's `Hamlet'.) oseba (v igri)

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

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

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- characteristic

2. noun

(a typical quality: It is one of his characteristics to be obstinate.) značilnost

- characteristically

- characterize
- characterise
- characterization
- characterisation

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I [kaeriktə]

noun

znak, pisava, črka, številka; dostojatnstvo, stan, položaj; značaj; oseba, igralec, -lka; dober glas; čudak; spričevalo; opis; kakovost, lastnost

to act out of character — zmesti se

to have the character for bravery (honesty) — biti na glasu kot junak (poštenjak)

to be out of character — ne ustrezati

to be quite a character — biti nekoliko prenapet

a public character — javni delavec

to see s.th. in its true character — videti kaj v pravi luči

figuratively to set the character of s.th. — vtisniti čemu pečat

to give s.o. a good character — dati komu dobro spričevalo

out of all character — popolnoma neprimeren

a strange character — čudak

II [kaeriktə]

transitive verb

poetically archaic opisati