| English | Abbr. | French | Spanish | Portuguese |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| character | caractère | carácter | caractere | |
| character displacement | ||||
| meristic characters, characters | caractères méristiques | |||
| morphometric character | ||||
| morphometric characters, characters | ||||
| ontogenetic characters, characters | caractères ontogénétiques | |||
| Optical Character Recognition, Character Recognition, Recognition | OCR | reconnaissance optique des caractères | O.C.R. | |
| primitive character |