figurant
English
editNoun
editfigurant (plural figurants)
- An actor or dancer in the background lacking an aural presence.
Related terms
editTranslations
editAn actor or dancer in the background
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Catalan
editVerb
editfigurant
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French figurant. By surface analysis, figureren + -ant.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfigurant m (plural figuranten, diminutive figurantje n, feminine figurante)
- (theater, movies) extra
- (figurative) irrelevant person, bit player
Related terms
editFrench
editEtymology
editFrom figurer.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editfigurant m (plural figurants, feminine figurante)
- (film) extra
- (theater) bit player
Descendants
edit- → Dutch: figurant
Participle
editfigurant
Further reading
edit- “figurant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
editVerb
editfigūrant
Polish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French figurant.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfigurant m pers (female equivalent figurantka)
- (politics) figurehead, puppet, stooge (person in a nominal position of leadership but with no actual power)
- (theater) bit player, extra
- Synonym: statysta
Declension
editDeclension of figurant
singular | plural | |
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nominative | figurant | figuranci/figuranty (deprecative) |
genitive | figuranta | figurantów |
dative | figurantowi | figurantom |
accusative | figuranta | figurantów |
instrumental | figurantem | figurantami |
locative | figurancie | figurantach |
vocative | figurancie | figuranci |
Further reading
editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French figurant.
Noun
editfigurant m (plural figuranți)
Declension
editDeclension of figurant
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) figurant | figurantul | (niște) figuranți | figuranții |
genitive/dative | (unui) figurant | figurantului | (unor) figuranți | figuranților |
vocative | figurantule | figuranților |
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- fr:Acting
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- Rhymes:Polish/urant
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