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character

1. noun personality2. noun particular charm3. noun strong qualities4. noun reputation5. noun person in story6. noun unusual person7. noun COMP, PRESS typeface8. noun BIOL defining characteristic
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1 noun personalitypearsantacht fem3  c m uwhat sort of character is he? cén cineál duine é?she has a strong character is duine láidir íhe had a dark side to his character bhí taobh dorcha ann mar dhuinehe has many character flaws tá go leor lochtanna air, is iomaí locht atá airthat was one of her character traits b'in tréith a bhain léi, b'in tréith a bhí inti mar dhuine 2 noun particular charmcarachtar masc1  c m unádúr masc1  c m uthis region has a character all of its own tá carachtar dá chuid féin ag an gceantar seo, tá nádúr ar leith ag baint leis an gceantar seoit's in keeping with the character of the building tá sé ag teacht leis an gcarachtar atá ag an bhfoirgneamh
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3 noun strong qualitiesteacht aniar  c m uspiorad masc1  c m uspreacadh masc  c m ushe was a girl with character ba chailín í a raibh spiorad inti, cailín láidir a bhí inti 4 noun reputationhe was of good character bhí dea-cháil air, bhí dea-theist airhe tried to attack her character rinne sé iarracht a clú a mhilleadh, rinne sé iarracht a hainm a scriosadh 5 noun person in storycarachtar masc1  c m upearsa fem5  c m uthe main character in the play an príomhcharachtar sa dráma, an phríomhphearsa sa drámahe plays different characters déanann sé páirteanna difriúla, bíonn carachtair dhifriúla aigesoap character carachtar sobaldráma 6 noun unusual personhe's a bit of a character is carachtar ceart é, is duine ann féin é, is ait an mac é 7 noun COMP, PRESS typefacecarachtar masc1  c m ulitir fem5  c m uin bold characters i litreacha dubha, i litreacha troma 8 noun BIOL defining characteristictréith fem2  c m usaintréith fem2  c m uidentification character tréith aitheantais, saintréith aitheantais
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in character

Síle, in character, was singing all night mar a bheifeá ag súil leis, bhí Síle ag canadh ar feadh na hoíche

out of character

it's out of character for him to talk like that ní nós leis a bheith ag caint mar sin, ní dual dó a bheith ag caint mar sinshe's behaving out of character tá sí ag déanamh rudaí nach ndéanfadh sí de ghnáth, tá sí ag déanamh rudaí aisteacha

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