Meaning

2 senses
  1. A musical composition that expresses a specific mood or non-musical idea.

  2. A work of art (painting, sculpture, writing, film, etc.) that has as its subject matter the description or depiction of an individual person or character.

Origin

Calque of German Charakterstück.

Calque of German Charakterstück.

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Forms

plural: character pieces
Singularcharacter piece
Pluralcharacter pieces

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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