histrion

See also: histrión

English

Alternative forms

• histrio

Etymology

From Latin histriō. Compare French histrion. See histrionic.

Noun

histrion (plural histrions)

1. (obsolete) A stage actor.

Related terms

• histrionic

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “histrion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin histriōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.tʁi.jɔ̃/

Noun

histrion m (plural histrions)

1. (derogatory) a minstrel

Derived terms

• histrionisme
• histrionnerie

Related terms

• histrionique

Descendants

• → Esperanto: histriono

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French histrion, from Latin histrio.

Noun

histrion m (plural histrioni)

1. histrion

Declension

Declension of histrion

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) histrion	histrionul	(niște) histrioni	histrionii
genitive/dative	(unui) histrion	histrionului	(unor) histrioni	histrionilor
vocative	histrionule		histrionilor