actor

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• actour (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

Wikipedia

actor ‎(plural actors, feminine actress)

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): 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

Hyponyms

• (person who performs in a theatrical play or film): actress f
• enactor
• reenactor

Derived terms

• straight actor
• voice actor
• actress

Translations

person who performs in a theatrical play or film — See also translations at : actress

Afrikaans: akteur, aktrise (actress) Albanian: aktor (sq) m, aktore (sq) f Arabic: مُمَثِّل m ‎(mumaṯṯil), مُمَثِّلَة f ‎(mumaṯṯila) Armenian: դերասան (hy) ‎(derasan) Asturian: actor m Azeri: aktyor (az), artist (az), aktrisa (actress) Basque: aktore (eu), antzezle (eu) Belarusian: акцёр m ‎(akcjór), актры́са f ‎(aktrýsa) Bengali: অভিনেতা ‎(ôbhineta), অভিনেত্রী ‎(ôbhinetri) (actress) Bulgarian: актьо́р (bg) m ‎(aktjór), арти́ст (bg) m ‎(artíst), актри́са (bg) f ‎(aktrísa), арти́стка (bg) f ‎(artístka) Burmese: ဇာတ်ဆောင် (my) ‎(jathcaung) Catalan: actor (ca) m, actriu (ca) f Chechen: артист ‎(artist) Chinese: Mandarin: 演員 (zh), 演员 (zh) ‎(yǎnyuán), 伶 (zh) ‎(líng) Czech: herec (cs) m, herečka (cs) f Danish: skuespiller (da) c, skuespillerinde (da) c (actress) Dutch: acteur (nl) m, actrice (nl) f, toneelspeler (nl) m, toneelspeelster (nl) f Esperanto: aktoro Estonian: näitleja, näitlejanna (actress), näitlejatar (actress) Faroese: sjónleikari m Finnish: näyttelijä (fi) French: acteur (fr) m, actrice (fr) f Galician: actor (gl) m Georgian: მსახიობი ‎(msaxiobi), მსახიობი კაცი ‎(msaxiobi ḳaci), მსახიობი ქალი ‎(msaxiobi kali) German: Schauspieler (de) m; (female) Schauspielerin (de) f Greek: ηθοποιός (el) m, f ‎(ithopoiós) Ancient: ὑποκριτής m ‎(ὑpokritís), Hebrew: שַׂחְקָן (he) m ‎(sakhkán) Hindi: अभिनेता (hi) m ‎(abhinetā), अभिनेत्री (hi) f ‎(abhinetrī) Hungarian: színész (hu), színésznő (hu) (actress) Icelandic: leikari (is) m, leikkona (is) f Ido: aktoro (io) Indonesian: aktor (id), pemeran (id), aktris (id) (actress) 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), 演技者 ‎(えんぎしゃ, engisha) Kashubian: teatrownik Kazakh: актер ‎(akter), сахнагер ‎(saxnager), актриса ‎(aktrïsa) (actress) Khmer: រង្គាជីព (km) ‎(rɑŋkieciip), អ្នកលេងកុន ‎(neak leeŋ kon) (colloquial) Korean: 배우 (ko) ‎(bae-u) (俳優 (ko)), 여배우 (ko) ‎(yeobae-u) (女俳優 (ko)) (actress), 연기자 (ko) ‎(yeon-gija) (演技者 (ko)), 여우 (ko) ‎(yeou) (女優 (ko)) (actress) Kyrgyz: актёр (ky) ‎(aktyor), актриса (ky) ‎(aktrisa) (actress) Lao: ນັກສະແດງລະຄອນ ‎(nak sa dǣng la khǭn), ຕົວລະຄອນ ‎(tūa la khǭn), ນາງລະຄອນ ‎(nāng la khǭn) (actress)

Latin: āctor m, āctrīx f Latvian: aktieris m, aktrise f Lithuanian: aktorius m, aktorė f Luxembourgish: Schauspiller, Acteur Macedonian: актер m ‎(akter), артист m ‎(artist), актерка f ‎(akterka), артистка f ‎(artistka) Malagasy: mpilalao (mg) Malay: pelakon, aktres (ms) (actress) Maltese: attur m, attriċi f Maori: kaitapere Mongolian: жүжигчин (mn) ‎(žüžigčin) Navajo: áhodilʼį́įnii Norman: acteur m, actrice f Norwegian: Bokmål: skuespiller (no) m, skuespillerinne (no) m, f Nynorsk: skodespelar (nn) m, skodespelarinne f Occitan: actor (oc) m Oriya: ଅଭିନେତା m ‎(abhinetā), ଅଭିନେତ୍ରୀ f ‎(abhinetrī) Persian: بازیگر (fa) ‎(bâzigar), آکتور (fa) ‎(âktor), آکتریس (fa) ‎(âktris) Polish: aktor (pl) m, aktorka (pl) f Portuguese: ator (pt) m, atriz (pt) f Romanian: actor (ro) m, actriță (ro) f Russian: актёр (ru) m ‎(aktjór), актри́са (ru) f ‎(aktrísa), арти́ст (ru) m ‎(artíst), арти́стка (ru) f ‎(artístka) Scots: actor Scottish Gaelic: cluicheadair m, cleasaiche m, ban-chleasaiche f, ban-chluicheadair f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: глумац m, глумица f Roman: glumac (sh) m, glumica (sh) f Sinhalese: නළුවා ‎(naḷuvā), නිළිය ‎(niḷiya), රංගන ශිල්පියා ‎(raṁgana śilpiyā), රංගන ශිල්පිනිය ‎(raṁgana śilpiniya) Slovak: herec (sk) m, herečka (sk) 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, skådespelerska (sv) c (actress) Tagalog: aktor (tl), artista (tl), manlalabas Tajik: актёр ‎(aktyor), актриса ‎(aktrisa) (actress) Tamil: நடிகன் (ta) ‎(naṭikaṉ) Telugu: నటుడు (te) ‎(naṭuḍu) Thai: นักแสดงชาย ‎(nák sàdaeng chaai), นักแสดง (th) ‎(nák sàdaeng), นักแสดงหญิง ‎(nák sàdaeng yĭng) (actress) Turkish: oyuncu (tr), aktör (tr) m, aktris (tr) f Turkmen: aktýor (tk), artist (tk), aktrisa (tk) (actress) Ukrainian: акто́р (uk) m ‎(aktór), актри́са (uk) f ‎(aktrýsa) Urdu: اداکار m ‎(adākār) Uzbek: aktyor (uz), aktrisa (uz) (actress) Vietnamese: diễn viên (vi), nữ diễn viên (actress) Volapük: (♂♀) dramatan (vo), (♂) hidramatan, (♀) jidramatan Yiddish: שוישפּילער m ‎(shoyshpiler), אַקטיאָר m ‎(aktyor)

one who acts; a doer

• Albanian: aktor (sq) m, aktore (sq) f, bërës (sq) m, bërëse f
• Bulgarian: извърши́тел (bg) m ‎(izvǎršítel)
• Chechen: артист ‎(artist)
• Esperanto: aganto
• Finnish: tekijä (fi), toimija (fi)
• French: faiseur (fr) m, faiseuse (fr) f
• German: Handelnde c
• Hungarian: cselekvő (hu)
• Ido: aganto (io)
• Italian: attore (it) m, attrice (it) f

• Maltese: attur
• Polish: aktor (pl) m
• Portuguese: agente (pt) m, f
• Romanian: făcător (ro) m, făcătoare (ro) f
• Russian: де́ятель (ru) m ‎(déjatelʹ), де́ятельница (ru) f ‎(déjatelʹnica)
• Scottish Gaelic: cluicheadair m, cleasaiche m, ban-chleasaiche f, ban-chluicheadair f
• Slovak: činiteľ m
• Swedish: aktör (sv)
• Turkish: aktör (tr) n

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: participant (ro) m, participantă (ro) f
• Russian: уча́стник (ru) m ‎(učástnik), уча́стница (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: ^{(please verify)} 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/, [ˈaːk.tɔr]

Noun

āctor m ‎(genitive āctōris); third declension

1. doer
2. actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie)
3. (law) prosecutor, plaintiff, advocate, orator

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	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 ‎(aktjór)
• Spanish: actor

References

• actor in Charlton T. Lewis & 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 Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• actor in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the actor who plays the leading part: actor primarum (secundarum, tertiarum) partium
    
• actor in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia^[2]
• 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 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

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Portuguese

Noun

actor m (plural actores)

1. Superseded spelling of ator.

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Romanian

Noun

actor m ‎(plural actori, feminine equivalent actriță)

1. (acting) actor

Declension

declension of actor

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) actor	actorul	(niște) actori	actorii
genitive/dative	(unui) actor	actorului	(unor) actori	actorilor
vocative	actorule		actorilor

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Scots

Wikipedia ^sco

Etymology

From English actor.

Noun

actor ‎(plural actors)

1. actor

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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)
2. (law) defendant

Derived terms

• actor voz
• actriz voz

Related terms

• acción f
• acto m
• actuar