actor

English

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Alternative forms

• actour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin āctor (“doer”), from agere (“to do”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄκτωρ (aktōr, “leader”), from ἄγω (agō, “lead, carry, convey, bring”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.tə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.təɹ/

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Noun

Wikipedia

actor (plural actors)

1. A person who performs in a theatrical play or film.
2. One who acts; a doer.
3. One who takes part in a situation.
4. (law) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
5. (law) One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.
6. (policy debate) One who enacts a certain policy action.
7. (software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).

Synonyms

• (person who performs in a theatrical play or film): actress f, performer, player
• (one who acts): doer
• (one who takes part): participant
• (advocate in civil courts or cases):
• (a plaintiff): complainant, plaintiff
• (one who enacts a policy action)
• (entity performing a role in use case analysis): role

Derived terms

• straight actor
• voice actor
• actress

Translations

person who performs in a theatrical play or film

• Afrikaans: akteur m, aktrise f
• Albanian: aktor (sq) m, aktore (sq) f
• Arabic: مُمَثِّل m (mumaththil)

  Egyptian Arabic: ممثل m (mumasel)

• Armenian: դերասան (hy) (derasan)
• Asturian: actor m
• Basque: aktore (eu), antzezle (eu)
• Bulgarian: актьор (bg) (aktjor), артист (bg) (artist)
• Catalan: actor m, actriu f
• Chechen: артист (artist)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 演員, 演员 (zh) (yǎnyuán)

• Czech: herec (cs) m, herečka (cs) f
• Danish: skuespiller (da) c
• Dutch: acteur (nl) m, actrice (nl) f, toneelspeler m, toneelspeelster f
• Esperanto: aktoro
• Estonian: näitleja
• Finnish: näyttelijä (fi)
• French: acteur (fr) m, actrice (fr) f
• Galician: actor (gl) m
• German: Schauspieler (de) m, Schauspielerin (de) f
• Greek: ηθοποιός (el) c (ithopoiós)

  Ancient: ὑποκριτής m (ὑpokritís),

• Hebrew: שחקן (he) m (sakhqan), שחקנית f (sakhqanit)
• Hindi: अभिनेता m (abhinētā), अभिनेत्री f (abhinētrī)
• Hungarian: színész (hu)
• Icelandic: leikari (is) m (a man), leikkona (is) f (a woman)
• Irish: aisteoir m
• Italian: attore (it) m, attrice (it) f
• Japanese: 俳優 (ja) (はいゆう, haiyū), 役者 (ja) (やくしゃ, yakusha), 女優 (ja) (じょゆう, joyū) (actress)
• Jèrriais: acteur m, actrice f

• Kashubian: teatrownik
• Korean: 배우 (ko) (baeu) (俳優 (ko))
• Latin: āctor m
• Luxembourgish: Schauspiller, Acteur
• Malagasy: mpilalao
• Malay: pelakon
• Maltese: attur m, attriċi f
• Norwegian: skuespiller (no) m, skuespillerinne (no) m, f
• Occitan: actor (oc) m
• Oriya: ଅଭିନେତା m, ଅଭିନେତ୍ରୀ f
• Persian: بازیگر (fa) (bāzigar)
• Polish: aktor (pl) m
• Portuguese: ator (pt) m, atriz (pt) f
• Romanian: actor (ro) m, actriță (ro) f
• Russian: актёр (ru) m (aktjór), актриса (ru) f (aktrísa), артист (ru) m (artíst), артистка (ru) f (artístka)
• Scottish Gaelic: cluicheadair m, cleasaiche m, ban-chleasaiche f, ban-chluicheadair f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: глумац m, глумица f

  Roman: glumac m, glumica f

• Sinhalese: නළුවා m (naḷuvā), නිළිය f (niḷiya), රංගන ශිල්පියා m (raṁgana śilpiyā), රංගන ශිල්පිනිය f, n (raṁgana śilpiniya)
• Slovak: herec m, herečka f
• Slovene: igralec (sl) m, igralka f
• Sotho: sebapadi
• Spanish: actor (es) m, actriz (es) f
• Swedish: skådespelare (sv) c, aktör (sv) m, aktris (sv) f
• Tamil: நடிகன் (ta) (naṭikaṉ)
• Telugu: నటుడు (te) (naṭuḍu)
• Turkish: aktör (tr)
• Vietnamese: diễn viên (vi)
• Volapük: (♂♀) dramatan (vo), (♂) hidramatan, (♀) jidramatan

one who acts; a doer

• Albanian: aktor (sq) m, aktore (sq) f, bërës (sq) m, bërëse f
• Bulgarian: извършител (bg) (izvǎršitel)
• Chechen: артист (artist)
• Esperanto: aganto
• Finnish: tekijä (fi), toimija
• French: faiseur (fr) m, faiseuse (fr) f
• German: Handelnde c
• Hungarian: cselekvő (hu)

• Italian: attore (it) m, attrice (it) f
• Maltese: attur
• Polish: aktor (pl) m
• Russian: деятель (ru) m (déjatelʹ), деятельница (ru) f (déjatelʹnica)
• Scottish Gaelic: cluicheadair m, cleasaiche m, ban-chleasaiche f, ban-chluicheadair f
• Slovak: činiteľ m
• Swedish: aktör (sv)

one who takes part in a situation

• Bulgarian: участник (bg) (učastnik)
• Chechen: артист (artist)
• Finnish: tekijä (fi)
• French: acteur (fr) m, actrice (fr) f

• Romanian: personaj (ro)
• Russian: участник (ru) m (učástnik), участница (ru) f (učástnica)
• Slovak: účastník m
• Telugu: పాత్రధారి (te) (pātradʰāri)

advocate in civil courts or cases

plaintiff — see plaintiff

one who enacts a policy action

entity performing a role in use case analysis

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Translations to be checked

• Ido: aktoro
• Interlingua: actor

Related terms

• act
• acting
• action
• actress
• actual
• transaction

External links

• actor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• actor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• actor at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Croat

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin āctor.

Noun

actor m (plural actores)

1. actor

Related terms

• actriz

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin āctor.

Noun

actor m (plural actors)

1. actor

Related terms

• actriu

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin āctor.

Noun

actor m (plural actores)

1. actor

Related terms

• actriz

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Latin

Etymology

Agent noun formed from āctus +‎ -tor, perfect passive participle of agō (“do, act, make”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaːk.tor/

Noun

āctor m (genitive āctōris); third declension

1. doer
2. actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie)

Inflection

Third declension.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	āctor	āctōrēs
genitive	āctōris	āctōrum
dative	āctōrī	āctōribus
accusative	āctōrem	āctōrēs
ablative	āctōre	āctōribus
vocative	āctor	āctōrēs

Related terms

• āctiō
• āctus
• agitō

Descendants

• Asturian: actor
• Catalan: actor
• English: actor
• French: acteur
• Galician: actor
• Italian: attore

• Occitan: actor
• Persian: بازیگر
• Portuguese: ator
• Romanian: actor
• Russian: актёр m (aktjо́r)
• Spanish: actor

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Portuguese

Noun

actor m (plural actores)

1. Obsolete spelling of ator.

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Romanian

Noun

actor m (plural actori; feminine equivalent actriță)

1. actor

Declension

declension of actor

	singular		plural
gender m	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un actor	actorul	niște actori	actorii
genitive/dative	unui actor	actorului	unor actori	actorilor

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin actor, actoris.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: act‧or

Noun

actor m (plural actores, feminine actriz)

1. actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie)

Derived terms

• actor voz
• actriz voz

Related terms

• acción f
• acto m
• actuar