caractere
Portuguese, noun/ka.ɾakˈtɛ.ɾi/
caractere is spelled C-A-R-A-C-T-E-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 33,746th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caractere is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “character (basic element in a text string)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “um sinal gráfico não composto por sinais menores, como uma letra do alfabeto, um algarismo, um sinal de…”.
What does caractere mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecharacter (basic element in a text string)
Uma senha com oito caracteres.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. um sinal gráfico não composto por sinais menores, como uma letra do alfabeto, um algarismo, um sinal de pontuação ou um símbolo utilizado na imprensa ou na informática
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of caractere
- caracteres plural
- carácter alternative Portugal
- caráter alternative Portugal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caractere?
- Brazil /ka.ɾakˈtɛ.ɾi/
- Brazil /ka.ɾa.kiˈtɛ.ɾi/
- Portugal /kɐ.ɾɐkˈtɛ.ɾɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caractere in Portuguese?
caractere appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).