actant

English

Etymology

Simultaneously coined in English and French by Bruno Latour from action +‎ -ant

Noun

actant (plural actants)

1. (grammar) Any of the participants, such as the subject or object, in a grammatical clause.

Derived terms

• actantial

Translations

any of the participants in a grammatical clause

• Estonian: aktantti
• Finnish: aktantti
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: attante m
• Portuguese: actante m

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French

Etymology

Coined in French by Lucien Tesnière.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: actants

Noun

actant m (plural actants)

1. actant

Further reading

• “actant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• tançât