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5-letter words (2 found)

ACTOR,TAROC,

4-letter words (13 found)

ACRO,ARCO,ATOC,CART,COAT,OCTA,ORCA,RATO,ROTA,TACO,TARO,TORA,TORC,

3-letter words (20 found)

ACT,ARC,ART,CAR,CAT,COR,COT,OAR,OAT,OCA,ORA,ORC,ORT,RAT,ROC,ROT,TAO,TAR,TOC,TOR,

2-letter words (5 found)

AR,AT,OR,TA,TO,

You can make 40 words from actor according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of actor

actor cator atcor tacor ctaor tcaor acotr caotr aoctr oactr coatr ocatr atocr taocr aotcr oatcr toacr otacr ctoar tcoar cotar octar tocar otcar actro catro atcro tacro ctaro tcaro acrto carto arcto racto crato rcato atrco tarco artco ratco traco rtaco ctrao tcrao crtao rctao trcao rtcao acort caort aocrt oacrt coart ocart acrot carot arcot racot craot rcaot aorct oarct aroct raoct oract roact corat ocrat croat rcoat orcat rocat atorc taorc aotrc oatrc toarc otarc atroc taroc artoc ratoc traoc rtaoc aortc oartc arotc raotc oratc roatc torac otrac troac rtoac ortac rotac ctora tcora cotra octra tocra otcra ctroa tcroa crtoa rctoa trcoa rtcoa corta ocrta crota rcota orcta rocta torca otrca troca rtoca ortca rotca

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Definitions and meaning of actor

actor

Alternative forms

  • acter (uncommon)
  • actour (obsolete)

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈak.tə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæk.tɚ/
  • Homophone: acter
  • Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)

Noun

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.]
  4. A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer. [from 16th c.]
  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 notes

  • 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.

Synonyms

  • (person who performs in a theatrical play or film): performer, player
  • (one who acts): doer
  • (one who takes part): participant
  • (a plaintiff): complainant, plaintiff
  • (entity performing a role in use case analysis): role

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "grammatical role"): undergoer

Hyponyms

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Scottish Gaelic: actair
  • → Welsh: actor

Translations

Further reading

  • “actor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “actor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “actor”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Cator, Croat, Croat., carto-, rocta, taroc

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin āctor.

Noun

actor m (plural actores)

  1. An actor.

Related terms

  • actriz

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āctōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əkˈto]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [akˈtoɾ]

Noun

actor m (plural actors, feminine actora)

  1. (sociology) actor, agent (person who does an action)
  2. maker, author (e.g. of a law)
  3. (law) plaintiff
  4. (law) legal entity who is party to a contract

Noun

actor m (plural actors, feminine actriu)

  1. (theater, film) actor

Related terms

  • actuar

Further reading

  • “actor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āctor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑk.tɔr/
  • Hyphenation: ac‧tor
  • Rhymes: -ɑktɔr

Noun

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.

Related terms

  • acteur
  • actie
  • activiteit
  • agenda
  • agens
  • ageren
  • agitatie
  • agitator
  • reactor

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /akˈtoɾ/

Noun

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

  1. actor

Further reading

  • “actor” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaːk.tor/, [ˈäːkt̪ɔr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈak.tor/, [ˈäkt̪or]

Noun

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.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

  • āctiō
  • āctrīx
  • āctus
  • agitō

Descendants

References

  • “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.
  • “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 and Roman 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 English

Noun

actor

  1. Alternative form of actour

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin āctor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /atˈtu/

Noun

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

  1. An actor.

Portuguese

Noun

actor m (plural actores)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of ator. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • aftor — dated

Etymology

Borrowed from French acteur, Latin āctor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /akˈtor/

Noun

actor m (plural actori, feminine equivalent actriță or actoriță)

  1. (acting) An actor.
    Synonyms: artist, interpret

Declension

Derived terms

  • actoraș
  • actoricesc
  • actorie

See also

  • teatralist

References

  • actor in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Scots

Etymology

From English actor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaktər/

Noun

actor (plural actors)

  1. An actor.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin actor.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

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

  1. (law) defendant

Further reading

  • “actor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

  • corta
  • tocar

Welsh

Etymology

From English actor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaktɔr/
  • Rhymes: -aktɔr

Noun

actor m (plural actorion)

  1. (acting) actor

Coordinate terms

  • (gender): actores (“actress”)

Related terms

  • actio (“to act”)

Mutation

References

  • 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

Source: wiktionary.org