karaktero

Esperanto

Alternative forms

• ĥaraktero (rare, archaic)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Hellenic *-tḗr

Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr)

Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)der.

Latin charactērder.

Old French caracterebor.

Middle English caracter

English characterbor.

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Latin charactērlbor.

French caractèrebor.

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Latin charactērder.

Middle High German karacter

German Charakterbor.

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Latin charactēremder.

Italian caratterebor.

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Latin charactērlbor.

Polish charakterbor.

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Polish charakterbor.

Russian хара́ктер (xarákter)bor.

Esperanto karaktero

Borrowed from English character, French caractère, German Charakter, Italian carattere, Polish charakter and Russian хара́ктер (xarákter). First attested in 1888.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /karakˈtero/

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• Rhymes: -ero
• Syllabification: ka‧rak‧te‧ro

Noun

karaktero (uncountable, accusative karakteron)

2. 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.

Further reading

Etymological texts

• Cherpillod, André (2003), “karaktero”, in Konciza Etimologia Vortaro [Concise Etymological Dictionary] (in Esperanto), Universala Esperanto-Asocio, →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), 1997-2026
• 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