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Plural of character

regular plural

The plural of character is characters.

Forms of character

Singularcharacter /ˈkæ.ɹɪk.tə/
Pluralcharacters /ˈkɛɹəktɚz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Characters in a sentence

  • But Pirates! comes with all the usual Aardman strengths intact, particularly the sense that its characters and creators alike are too good-hearted and sweet to nitpick.2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 29 Apr...
  • You two characters are going to Top Gun.1986, Jim Cash; Jack Epps, Jr.; Ehud Yonay, Top Gun, California: Paramount Pictures
  • In computing, pi characters may be entered with special key combinations.From the entry pi
  • There's a massive iceberg of increasingly crazy fanfics out there based around those two characters.From the entry iceberg
  • Her first novel contained a host of characters who were richly and convincingly drawn.From the entry draw

Meaning of character

  1. noun A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
  2. noun A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; nature; phene.
  3. noun A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.

Full definition of character

Questions about the plural of character

What is the plural of character?
The plural of character is characters.
Is character countable?
Character is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: character (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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