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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,

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Definitions and meaning of actor

actor

English

Alternative forms

  • acter (uncommon)
  • actour (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from 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

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

Noun

actor (plural actors)

  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.
  • William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “actor”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
  • “actor”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

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

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āctor.

Noun

actor m (plural actores)

  1. actor

Related terms

  • actriz

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āctōrem.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  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, feminine plural actrius)

  1. (theater, film) actor

Related terms

  • actuar

Further reading

  • “actor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āctor. Doublet of acteur.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

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

Related terms

Galician

Alternative forms

  • ator (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /atˈtoɾ/ [at̪ˈt̪oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Hyphenation: at‧tor

Noun

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

  1. actor

Further reading

  • “actor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 20122025
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “actor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Latin

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaːk.tɔr]
    • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈak.t̪or]

    Noun

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

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

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    Related terms

    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[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • actor”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[4]
    • 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

    Borrowed from Latin āctor.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /atˈtu/

    Noun

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

    1. actor

    Portuguese

    Noun

    actor m (plural actores)

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

    Romanian

    Alternative forms

    • aftordated

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French acteur, Latin āctor.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /akˈtor/

    Noun

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

    1. (acting) actor
      Synonyms: artist, interpret

    Declension

    Derived terms

    See also

    • teatralist

    References

    • “actor”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 20042025

    Scots

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English actor.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈaktər/

    Noun

    actor (plural actors)

    1. actor

    Spanish

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin āctor.

    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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

    Anagrams

    • corta
    • tocar

    Welsh

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English actor.

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    actor m (plural actorion)

    1. (acting) actor

    Coordinate terms

    • (gender): actores (actress, actor (female))

    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