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English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle English actour, from Anglo-Norman actor, Middle French actor, and their source, Latin āctor (“doer”), from agō (“to do”). Equivalent to act + -or. Cognate with Ancient Greek ?κτωρ (áktōr, “leader”), from ?γω (ágō, “lead, carry, convey, bring”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ak.t?(?)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??k.t?/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (UK): (file) - Homophone: acter
- Rhymes: -?kt?(?)
Noun
[edit]actor (plural actors)
- (obsolete, law) Someone who institutes a legal suit; a plaintiff or complainant. [13th–19th c.]
- (obsolete) Someone acting on behalf of someone else; a guardian. [14th–18th c.]
- Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent. [from 15th c.]
- 1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the laws of England[1]:
- A man may be principal in an offence in two degrees. A principal, in the first degree, is he that is the actor, or absolute perpetrator of the crime; and, in the second degree, he who is present, aiding, and abetting the fact to be done.
- 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 373:
- Never, my dear Bethel, did the most feverish dreams of fiction produce scenes more painful, or more terrific, than the real events to which I have been an actor, since the date of my last letter.
- 1852 February 8, “Reminiscences”, in The Daily Union (Washington)[2], page 2:
- Mr. Clay had been too prominent an actor in public affairs to allow whig deception and misrepresentation a fair opportunity for successful action.
- A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer. [from 16th c.]
- 1991, Ani DiFranco, “Anticipate”, in Not So Soft:
- Seems like everyone's an actor / Or they're an actor's best friend / I wonder what was wrong to begin with / That they should all have to pretend
- 2017 April 2, “Marijuana”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 7, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:
- Exactly. Marijuana is something we just all gradually decided is okay, like Mark Wahlberg as a serious actor. “You know what? Sure, I’ve decided I’m fine with that.”
- 2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 88:
- "I'm an actress -- actor, as we have to say these days."
- (obsolete, Ancient Rome) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes. [16th–19th c.]
- (grammar) The subject performing the action of a verb. [from 18th c.]
- (software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
Usage notes
[edit]- In the sense of a person who acts in a play or film, the traditional sense of the word only applied to male actors, the term actress being used for the female counterpart.
Synonyms
[edit]- (person who performs in a theatrical play or film): performer, player
- (one who acts): doer
- (one who takes part): participant
- (a plaintiff): complainant, plaintiff
- (entity performing a role in use case analysis): role
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “grammatical role”): undergoer
Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- actorfic
- actorial
- actorine
- actorish
- actorism
- actorlike
- actorly
- actornaut
- actorness
- actor-proof
- actorship
- actory
- actroid
- back actor
- bad actor
- character actor
- child actor
- coactor
- crisis actor
- interactor
- live actor
- method actor
- nonactor
- non-state actor
- nonstate actor
- non state actor
- overactor
- play-actor
- self-actor
- spect-actor
- straight actor
- supporting actor
- threat actor
- underactor
- voice actor
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Translations
[edit]person who performs in a theatrical play or film — see also actress
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one who acts; a doer
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one who takes part in a situation
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plaintiff — see plaintiff
one who enacts a policy action
entity performing a role in use case analysis
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Further reading
[edit]- “actor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “actor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “actor”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
[edit]Asturian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]actor m (plural actores)
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[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]actor m (plural actors, feminine actora, feminine plural actores)
- (sociology) actor, agent (person who does an action)
- maker, author (e.g., of a law)
- (law) plaintiff
- (law) legal entity who is party to a contract
Noun
[edit]actor m (plural actors, feminine actriu, feminine plural actrius)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “actor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin āctor. Doublet of acteur.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]actor m (plural actores or actoren, diminutive actortje n)
- actor; agent, player (who has a part in some field of economical, social or other action, i.e., an active human factor)
Related terms
[edit]Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]actor m (plural actores, feminine actriz, feminine plural actrices)
- actor
- A acción revela o actor.
- The act reveals the actor
Further reading
[edit]- “actor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coru?a: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “actor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Agent noun formed from āctus + -tor, perfect passive participle of agō (“do, act, make”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [?a?k.t?r]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [?ak.t?or]
Noun
[edit]āctor m (genitive āctōris, feminine āctrīx); third declension
- doer, agent
- actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie)
- (law) prosecutor, plaintiff, advocate, orator
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | āctor | āctōrēs |
| genitive | āctōris | āctōrum |
| dative | āctōrī | āctōribus |
| accusative | āctōrem | āctōrēs |
| ablative | āctōre | āctōribus |
| vocative | āctor | āctōrēs |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “actor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “actor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "actor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Medi? et Infim? Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “actor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-fran?ais, Hachette.
- Carl Mei?ner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the actor who plays the leading part: actor primarum (secundarum, tertiarum) partium
- the actor who plays the leading part: actor primarum (secundarum, tertiarum) partium
- “actor”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia[4]
- “actor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “actor”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “actor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]actor
- alternative form of actour
Occitan
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[edit]Noun
[edit]actor m (plural actors, feminine actritz, feminine plural actrises)
Portuguese
[edit]Noun
[edit]actor m (plural actores)
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of ator. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.
Romanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French acteur, Latin āctor.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]actor m (plural actori, feminine equivalent actri?? or actori??)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | actor | actorul | actori | actorii | |
| genitive-dative | actor | actorului | actori | actorilor | |
| vocative | actorule | actorilor | |||
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “actor”, in DEX online—Dic?ionare ale limbii romane (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
Scots
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]actor (plural actors)
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]actor m (plural actores, feminine actriz, feminine plural actrices)
- actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]actor m (plural actores, feminine actora, feminine plural actoras)
Further reading
[edit]- “actor”, in Diccionario de la lengua espa?ola [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Espa?ola], 10 December 2024
Anagrams
[edit]Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]actor m (plural actorion)
- (acting) actor
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (gender): actores (“actress, actor (female)”)
Related terms
[edit]- actio (“to act”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| actor | unchanged | unchanged | hactor |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “actor”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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