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A character in a role-playing game or computer game whose actions are not controlled by a player.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: roleplaying games
Topics: video-games
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: player character
A person who does not think for themselves nor make their own decisions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, derogatory
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From non- + player character.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
personatge no jugador
— character in a role-playing game or computer game
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Chinese Mandarin:
非玩家角色
(fēi-wánjiā juésè)
— character in a role-playing game or computer game
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Finnish:
NPC
— character in a role-playing game or computer game
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Finnish:
ei-pelaaja-hahmo
— character in a role-playing game or computer game
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Finnish:
ei-pelaajahahmo
— character in a role-playing game or computer game
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French:
personnage non-joueur (PNJ)
— character in a role-playing game or computer game
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French:
ordi
— character in a role-playing game or computer game
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German:
Nicht-Spieler-Charakter (NSC or NPC)
— character in a role-playing game or computer game
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Indonesian:
karakter nonpemain
— character in a role-playing game or computer game
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Italian:
personaggio non giocante (PNG)
— character in a role-playing game or computer game
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Polish:
bohater niezależny (BN)
— character in a role-playing game or computer game
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Portuguese:
non-player character (NPC)
— character in a role-playing game or computer game
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Portuguese:
personagem não jogável
— character in a role-playing game or computer game
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Romanian:
personaj non-jucător
— character in a role-playing game or computer game
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Russian:
неигрово́й персона́ж
(neigrovój personáž)
— character in a role-playing game or computer game
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Spanish:
personaje no jugador
— character in a role-playing game or computer game
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Spanish:
personaje no jugable
— character in a role-playing game or computer game
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Swedish:
spelledarperson (SLP)
— character in a role-playing game or computer game
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Ukrainian:
неігрови́й персона́ж
(neihrovýj personáž)
— character in a role-playing game or computer game