HOW TO PRONOUNCE
character
/ˈkɛɹɪktɚ/
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Begin with “k,” rather than the “ch” of “chair.”
Keep the k and t sounds connected later in the word, then finish with a light r-colored vowel.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The main character keeps a journal.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does character mean?
noun
- A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
- A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; nature; phene.
- A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.
More meanings (13)
noun
- Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
- A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
- A written or printed symbol, or letter.
- One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
- (informal) A person or individual, especially one who is unknown.
- An assignment of complex numbers to each element of a group, in particular a finite abelian group. More precisely, a group homomorphism into the group of units of a field (usually ℂ).
- Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
- (dated) Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people.
- (dated) A secret cipher; a way of writing in code.
- (dated) The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation.
- (dated) A reference given to a servant, attesting to their behaviour, competence, etc.
- (obsolete) Personal appearance.
verb
- (obsolete) To write (using characters); to describe.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkɛɹɪktɚ/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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See this word in context.
There is scarcely anything that can wound the pride or degrade the character of an independent nation which we do not experience.
The same traits of character might be seen in Colonel Lloyd’s slaves, as are seen in the slaves of the political parties.
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We now see the element of folly distinctly mingling with the many varying particulars which made up the character of Bathsheba Everdene.
Not improbably, it was to this latter class of men that Mr. Dimmesdale, by many of his traits of character, naturally belonged.
What else does the history of ideas prove, than that intellectual production changes its character in proportion as material production is changed?