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tyyppi — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bloke noun (British, informal) A man, especially an ordinary or average one.
  • character noun A person portrayed in a book, film, play, or other story.
  • dude noun (informal) A man, especially a young man.
  • feather noun One of the light, branching structures covering a bird's body, used for flight and insulation.
  • kind noun A type or category of thing that shares common features with others.
  • sort noun A particular type or kind of something.
  • strain verb To injure a muscle or tendon by overstretching or overusing it.
  • turn verb To move or rotate around an axis, or to change direction.
  • type noun A category or class of things that share particular features.
  • variety noun A deviation or difference.

Senses

tyyppi is used for these senses in English:

  • bloke (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street. [From 1847]
  • character (countable) A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
  • character (countable, informal) A person or individual, especially one who is unknown.
  • dude (chiefly, US, Canada, colloquial) A man, generally a younger man.
  • feather Kind; nature; species (from the proverbial phrase "birds of a feather").
  • kind (type theory) The type of a type constructor or a higher-order type operator.
  • sort (informal) A person evaluated in a certain way.
  • strain (music, poetry) Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, etc.

character — full definition

  1. noun A person portrayed in a book, film, play, or other story.
  2. noun The combination of qualities and traits that make up a person's nature, especially their moral strength or honesty.
  3. noun A single letter, digit, or symbol, especially in writing or computing.
  4. noun A distinctive or unusual person, often amusing or eccentric.

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