carattere

Definitions of carattere
  1. noun
    a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
    synonyms: attributo, caratteristica, nota, peculiarità, qualità
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    attributo
    a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
  2. noun
    your usual mood
    synonyms: essenza, essere, indole, natura, naturale, temperamento, tempra
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    spirito
    an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
    compostezza, lentezza, pacatezza
    steadiness of mind under stress
    isolamento
    a disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation
    irrequietezza
    inability to rest or relax or be still
    ombrosità
    characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright
    filosofia, longanimità, pazienza, sopportazione
    good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
    arrendevolezza, cedevolezza, condiscendenza, docilità, elasticità, obbedienza, soggezione, sommissione, sottomissione, ubbidienza
    a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
    impazienza
    a dislike of anything that causes delay
    acredine, acrimonia, agrezza, agrore, amarezza, asprezza
    a rough and bitter manner
    renitenza, riluttanza, ritrosia
    a certain degree of unwillingness
    affabilità, amabilità, cordialità
    a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)
    ostilità
    a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition
    compitezza, fresco, frescura, rezzo
    great coolness and composure under strain
    serenità
    a disposition free from stress or emotion
    terremoto
    a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset
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    stampo, stoffa
    the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions
  3. noun
    the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
    synonyms: essenza, essere, indole, natura, naturale, temperamento, tempra
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    attributo, qualità
    an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
  4. noun
    a written symbol that is used to represent speech
    synonyms: carattere alfabetico, lettera
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    maiuscolo
    one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
    cassa, minuscola, minuscolo
    the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
    stelletta
    a star-shaped character * used in printing
    carattere alfabetico, lettera
    the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
    blank, spazio
    a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
    ideogramma
    a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it
    maiuscoletto
    a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters
    digramma
    two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe')
    alfa
    the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
    gamma
    the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet
    delta
    the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
    maiuscola, stampatello
    a plain hand-drawn letter
  5. noun
    the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
    synonyms: carattere alfabetico, lettera
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    digramma
    two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe')
    alfa
    the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
    gamma
    the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet
    delta
    the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
    maiuscola, stampatello
    a plain hand-drawn letter
    type of:
    carattere alfabetico, lettera
    a written symbol that is used to represent speech
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