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dénigrement; médisance; calomnie; discrédit jeté sur qqnEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > character assassination
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character ['kærəktə(r)]1 noun(a) (nature, temperament) caractère m;∎ the war completely changed his character la guerre a complètement transformé son caractère;∎ is there such a thing as national character? la notion de caractère national existe-t-elle?;∎ his remark was quite in/out of character cette remarque lui ressemblait tout à fait/ne lui ressemblait pas du tout(b) (aspect, quality) caractère m;∎ it was the vindictive character of the punishment she objected to c'était le caractère vindicatif du châtiment qu'elle désapprouvait(c) (determination, integrity) caractère m;∎ she's a woman of great character c'est une femme qui a beaucoup de caractère;∎ he lacks character il manque de caractère(d) (distinction, originality) caractère m;∎ to have character avoir du caractère;∎ the house had (great) character la maison avait beaucoup de caractère;∎ her face is full of character son visage a beaucoup de caractère(e) (unusual person) personnage m;∎ he's a bit of a character c'est un personnage;∎ she seems to attract all sorts of characters elle semble attirer toutes sortes d'individus;∎ he's quite a character! c'est un phénomène ou un sacré numéro!∎ there's a suspicious character loitering outside il y a un individu suspect qui rôde dehors∎ the main character le personnage principal, le protagoniste;∎ Chaplin plays two different characters in 'The Great Dictator' Chaplin joue deux rôles différents dans 'Le Dictateur'(h) Typography caractère m;∎ in Greek characters en caractères grecs;∎ Typography & Computing characters per inch caractères mpl par pouce;∎ Typography & Computing characters per second caractères mpl par secondecharacter assassination diffamation f;Computing character code code m de caractère;Computing character generator générateur m de caractères;Computing character insert insertion f de caractère;Marketing character licensing cession f de licence sur un personnage;Computing character recognition reconnaissance f de caractères;British character reference reférences fpl;Computing character set jeu m de caractères;character sketch portrait m ou description f rapide;Computing character smoothing lissage m de caractères;Computing character space espace m;Computing character spacing espacement m des caractères;Law character witness témoin m de moralité -
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character [ˈkærɪktər]1. nouna. caractère mc. of good/bad character de bonne/mauvaise réputationd. (in film, play) personnage me. (Computing) caractère m2. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━‼|/b] [b]character is not always translated by caractère.* * *['kærəktə(r)]1) ( personality) caractère mto act in/out of character — agir de façon habituelle/surprenante
his remarks are totally in character/out of character — ces remarques ne me surprennent pas/me surprennent de sa part
2) ( reputation) réputation f3) Literature, Theatre, Television personnage m ( from de)4) ( person) individu ma real character — un sacré numéro (colloq)
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assassination [ə‚sæsɪ'neɪʃən]assassinat m;∎ character assassination diffamation f►► assassination attempt attentat m (contre quel qu'un)Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > assassination
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