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actor

EnglishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

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 ἄκτωρ (áktōr, “leader”), from ἄγω (ágō, “lead, carry, convey, bring”).

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actor (plural actors, feminine actress, or (nonstandard) actoress)

  1. (obsolete, law) Someone who institutes a legal suit; a plaintiff or complainant. [13th–19th c.]
  2. (obsolete) Someone acting on behalf of someone else; a guardian. [14th–18th c.]
  3. Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent. [from 15th c.]
    • 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview 2001, p. 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.
  4. 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 (lyrics and music), “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, 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."
  5. (obsolete, Ancient Rome) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes. [16th–19th c.]
  6. (grammar) The subject performing the action of a verb. [from 18th c.]
  7. (software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).

Usage notesEdit

  • 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.

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DescendantsEdit

  • → Scottish Gaelic: actair
  • → Welsh: actor

TranslationsEdit

person who performs in a theatrical play or film — See also translations at actress
plaintiff — see plaintiff
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AsturianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin āctor.

NounEdit

actor m (plural actores)

  1. An actor.

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin āctor.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

actor m (plural actors, feminine actriu)

  1. An actor.

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DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin āctor.

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NounEdit

actor m (plural actores or actoren, diminutive actortje n)

  1. An actor; an agent, a player, who has a part in some field of economical, social or other action, i.e. an active human factor.

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GalicianEdit

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actor m (plural actores, feminine actriz, feminine plural actrices)

  1. actor
    A acción revela o actor.
    The act reveals the actor

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

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āctor m (genitive āctōris, feminine āctrīx); third declension

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

DeclensionEdit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative āctor āctōrēs
Genitive āctōris āctōrum
Dative āctōrī āctōribus
Accusative āctōrem āctōrēs
Ablative āctōre āctōribus
Vocative āctor āctōrēs

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ReferencesEdit

  • “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 Mediæ et Infimæ 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-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (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

Middle EnglishEdit

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actor

  1. Alternative form of actour

OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin āctor.

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NounEdit

actor m (plural actors, feminine actritz, feminine plural actrises)

  1. An actor.

PortugueseEdit

NounEdit

actor m (plural actores)

  1. Superseded spelling of ator. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)

RomanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French acteur, Latin āctor.

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NounEdit

actor m (plural actori, feminine equivalent actriță)

  1. (acting) An actor.

DeclensionEdit

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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ScotsEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From English actor.

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NounEdit

actor (plural actors)

  1. An actor.

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin actor.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /aɡˈtoɾ/ [aɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
  • (Colombia)
    Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: ac‧tor

NounEdit

actor m (plural actores, feminine actriz, feminine plural actrices)

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

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NounEdit

actor m (plural actores, feminine actora, feminine plural actoras)

  1. (law) defendant

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WelshEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English actor.

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NounEdit

actor m (plural actorion)

  1. An actor.

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MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
actor unchanged unchanged hactor
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ReferencesEdit

  • 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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