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caractère

Definitions of caractère
  1. noun
    a written symbol that is used to represent speech
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    exposant
    a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
    indice
    a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
    lettre majuscule
    one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
    lettre minuscule
    the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
    caractères
    printed characters
    lettre
    the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
    espace
    a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
    rune
    any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages
    radical
    a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram
    fonte, oeil
    a specific size and style of type within a type family
    initiale
    the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)
    z
    the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet
    alpha
    the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
    bêta
    the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
    gamma
    the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet
    delta
    the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
    epsilon
    the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet
    zêta
    the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet
    êta
    the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet
    thêta
    the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet
    iota
    the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet
    kappa
    the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet
    lambda
    the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet
    mu
    the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet
    nu
    the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet
    xi
    the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet
    omicron
    the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet
    pi
    the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet
    rho
    the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet
    sgma
    the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet
    tau
    the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet
    upsilon
    the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet
    phi
    the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet
    chi
    the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet
    psi
    the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet
    oméga
    the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet
    aleph
    the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    beth
    the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    gimel
    the 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    daleth
    the 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    he
    the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    waw
    the 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    zayin
    the 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    heth
    the 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    teth
    the 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    yodh
    the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    kaph
    the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    lamedh
    the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    mem
    the 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    nun
    the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    samekh
    the 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    ayin
    the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    pe
    the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    sadhe
    the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    qoph
    the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    resh
    the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    sin
    the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    shin
    the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    taw
    the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    lettre polyphonique
    a letter that has two or more pronunciations
    caractère d'imprimerie
    a plain hand-drawn letter
    voyelle
    a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
    consonne
    a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
    type of:
    symbole écrit
    a written or printed symbol
  2. noun
    a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper
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    bloc
    a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
  3. noun
    the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
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    esprit
    a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character
    bravoure, courage, cran
    a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
    lâcheté
    the trait of lacking courage
    type of:
    caractéristique, trait de caractère
    a distinguishing feature of your personal nature
  4. noun
    the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
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    type of:
    caractéristique, propriété
    an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
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