karaktero
Esperanto
Alternative forms
- ĥaraktero (rare, archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from English character, French caractère, German Charakter, Italian carattere, Polish charakter and Russian хара́ктер (xarákter).[1] First attested in 1888.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /karakˈtero/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ero
- Syllabification: ka‧rak‧te‧ro
Noun
karaktero (uncountable, accusative karakteron)
- character, personality, nature
- 2025 November 27, Renée Triolle, “La unua eŭropano, kiu vizitis Tibeton Alexandra David-Néel (1868-1969)”, in uea.facila[1], archived from the original on 23 December 2025:
- Ŝia edzo bone komprenis ŝian neordinaran karakteron, kaj ĝin akceptis.
- Her husband understood her unusual character well and accepted it.
References
- ^ Ebbe Vilborg, “karaktero”, in Etimologia Vortaro de Esperanto [Etymological Dictionary of Esperanto], volume 3, →ISBN, page 24
- ^ Neves; Pabst (2022), “karakter/”, in Historia Vortaro de Esperanto, →ISBN, page 428
Further reading
Etymological texts
- André Cherpillod, “karaktero”, in Konciza Etimologia Vortaro [Concise Etymological Dictionary], →ISBN
Monolingual dictionaries
- “karaktero”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
- “karaktero”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present
- Grosjean, Émile (1980), “karaktero”, in Plena Vortaro de Esperanto[2], →OL, page 221
- Bein, Kazimierz (1922), “karaktero”, in Vortaro de Esperanto[3], →OL, page 74
- Benson, William (1932), “karakter-o”, in Universala Esperanto-Metodo[4], →OL, page 355
Multilingual dictionaries
- Butler, Montagu C. (1967), “karakter-o”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary[5], →OL, page 199
- Millidge, Edward (1913), “karakter-o”, in The Esperanto-English Dictionary[6], →OL, page 180
- Motteau, Achille (1907), “karakter-o”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary[7], →OCLC, page 63