characterization

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkæɹəktəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• US, dialectal: /ˌkæɹəktəɹəˈzeɪʃən/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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• /ˌkɛɹəktəɹəˈzeɪʃən/ General American, Canada, Mary–marry–merry merger
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• CMU ARPABET: K EH2 R AH0 K T ER0 IH0 Z EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Ancient Greek χᾰρακτηρίζω (khăraktērízō)der. Medieval Latin charactērizōder. English characterize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English characterization From characterize + -ation.

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: carauterización — act or process of characterizing
• Bulgarian: характеризиране (harakterizirane) — act or process of characterizing
• Catalan: caracterització — act or process of characterizing
• Czech: charakterizace — act or process of characterizing
• Dutch: karakterisering — act or process of characterizing
• Finnish: luonnehtiminen — act or process of characterizing
• Finnish: luonnehdinta — act or process of characterizing
• French: caractérisation — act or process of characterizing
• Galician: caracterización — act or process of characterizing
• German: Charakterisierung — act or process of characterizing
• Greek: χαρακτηρισμός (charaktirismós) — act or process of characterizing
• Ancient Greek: ἠθοποιία (ēthopoiía) — act or process of characterizing
• Hungarian: karakterizáció — act or process of characterizing
• Indonesian: penokohan — act or process of characterizing
• Irish: carachtracht — act or process of characterizing
• Italian: caratterizzazione — act or process of characterizing
• Latvian: raksturošana — act or process of characterizing
• Latvian: raksturojums — act or process of characterizing
• Malay: perwatakan — act or process of characterizing
• Portuguese: caracterização — act or process of characterizing
• Portuguese: caraterização — act or process of characterizing
• Romanian: caracterizare — act or process of characterizing
• Russian: характери́стика (xarakterístika) — act or process of characterizing
• Russian: характеризация (xarakterizácija) — act or process of characterizing
• Slovak: charakterizácia — act or process of characterizing
• Spanish: caracterización — act or process of characterizing
• Swedish: karakteristik — act or process of characterizing
• Swedish: karakterisering — act or process of characterizing
• Ukrainian: характериза́ція (xarakteryzácija) — act or process of characterizing
• Welsh: cymeriadaeth — act or process of characterizing
• Welsh: nodweddiad — act or process of characterizing
• Yoruba: ìfìwàwẹ̀dá — act or process of characterizing