Phrase guide

character set

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The set of characters encoded by a given character encoding.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A set of characters together with a character encoding.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 3

an ordered list of characters that are used together in writing or printing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: list, listing

Narrower terms: alphabet, alphanumerics, alphanumeric characters, ASCII character set

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 字符集 (zìfújí) — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Danish: tegnsæt — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Danish: tegntabel — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Esperanto: alfabeto — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Esperanto: signaro — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Estonian: märgistik — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Estonian: märgirühm — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Faroese: stavafeingi — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Faroese: teknfeingi — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Faroese: stavtalva — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Faroese: tekntalva — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Finnish: merkistö — set of characters in a character encoding
  • French: jeu de caractères — set of characters in a character encoding
  • German: Zeichensatz — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Hungarian: karakterkészlet — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Icelandic: stafasett — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Icelandic: stafatafla — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Irish: tacar carachtar — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tegnsett — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: teiknsett — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Polish: zestaw znaków — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Portuguese: conjunto de caracteres — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Russian: набо́р си́мволов (nabór símvolov) — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Swedish: teckenuppsättning — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Vietnamese: bảng mã — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Vietnamese: bảng mã ký tự — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Vietnamese: bảng mã kí tự — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Vietnamese: bộ mã — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Vietnamese: bộ mã ký tự — set of characters in a character encoding
  • Vietnamese: bộ mã kí tự — set of characters in a character encoding