stock character

English

Noun

stock character (plural stock characters)

1. (writing, theater, film) Any fictional character drawn from some stereotype who is instantly recognizable.

Synonyms

• staple character

Translations

fictional character based on a recognizable stereotype

• Armenian: ամպլուա (hy) (amplua)
• Belarusian: амплуа́ n (ampluá)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 固定角色 (gu³ ding⁶ gok³ sik¹), 模式化人物 (mou⁴ sik¹ faa³ jan⁴ mat^6-2), 定型角色 (ding⁶ jing⁴ gok³ sik¹)

  Mandarin: 定型角色 (dìngxíng jiǎosè)

• Esperanto: rolfako
• Finnish: perushahmo
• French: personnage type m
• German: Typus (de) m
• Hungarian: szereplőtípus
• Italian: personaggio tipo m, tipo (it) m
• Japanese: ストックキャラクター (sutokku kyarakutā)
• Korean: 정형적 인물 (jeonghyeongjeok inmul)
• Lithuanian: amplua m
• Polish: stereotypowa postać fikcyjna f
• Portuguese: personagem modelo m, arquétipo de personagem m, tipo de personagem m, tipo (pt) m
• Russian: амплуа́ (ru) n (ampluá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ти̑пскӣ ли̑к m

  Roman: tȋpskī lȋk m

• Spanish: personaje tipo m
• Turkish: tip (tr), tip karakter
• Ukrainian: амплуа́ (uk) n (ampluá)
• Uzbek: amplua (uz)