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English
Etymology
From L. #Latin|actor, (cognate: Ancient Greek άκÏÏÏ (aktor) "leader", from Î¬Î³Ï (agÅ) "to lead, carry, convey, bring").
Noun
wikipedia|actor|actor (player)
en-noun
- a person who performs in a theatrical play or film
- one who acts; a doer
- one who takes part in a situation
- law An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
- law One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.
- (policy debate) One who enacts a certain policy action.
- software engineering The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
Synonyms
(person who performs in a theatrical play or film): actress (female), performer, player
(one who acts): doer
(one who takes part): participant
(advocate in civil courts or cases):
(a plaintiff): complainant, plaintiff
(one who enacts a policy action)
(entity performing a role in use case analysis): role
Derived terms
straight actor
Translations
trans-top|person who performs in a theatrical play or film
Albanian: aktor m, aktore f
Bosnian: glumac m, glumica f
Croatian: glumac m, glumica f
Czech: herec m
Estonian: näitleja
Finnish: näyttelijä
French: acteur m, actrice f
German: Schauspieler m, Schauspielerin f
Greek: ηθοÏοιÏÏ m,f
Hebrew: ש××§× (sakhqan) m, ש××§× ×ת (sakhqanit) f
Hungarian: szÃnész
Icelandic: leikari m (a man), leikkona f (a woman)
Italian: attore m, attrice f
Japanese: ä¿³åª (haiyÅ«); å½¹è
(yakusha)
Latin: actor#Latin|Äctor m nominative, actoris|Äctoris m genitive
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Maltese: attur m, attriÄi f, atturi p
Polish: aktor m
Portuguese: actor#Portuguese|actor m, actriz f (Portugal); ator m, atriz f (Brazil)
Scottish Gaelic: cluicheadair m, cleasaiche m, ban-chleasaiche f, ban-chluicheadair f
Romanian: actor m, actriÅ£Ä f
Russian: акÑÑÑ (akt'ór) m
Sinhala: නà·
à·à·à· m/නà·à·
à·à¶º f ,රà¶à¶à¶± à·à·à¶½à·à¶´à·à¶ºà· m/රà¶à¶à¶± à·à·à¶½à·à¶´à·à¶±à·à¶º f , n
Slovak: herec m, hereÄka f
Slovenian: igralec m, igralka f
Spanish: actor#Spanish|actor m, actriz f
Swedish: skådespelare c
Telugu: à°¨à°à±à°¡à± (naá¹uá¸u)
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trans-top|one who acts; a doer
Albanian: aktor m, aktore f, bërës m, bërëse f
Finnish: tekijä, toimija
French: faiseur m, faiseuse f
German: Handelnde c
Hungarian: cselekvÅ
Italian: attore m, attice f
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Polish: aktor m
Russian: деÑÑÐµÐ»Ñ (d'éjat'el) m
Scottish Gaelic: cluicheadair m, cleasaiche m, ban-chleasaiche f, ban-chluicheadair f
Slovak: Äiniteľ m
Swedish: skådespelare c
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trans-top|one who takes part in a situation
Finnish: tekijä
French: acteur m, actrice f
Romanian: personaj
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Russian: ÑÑаÑÑник (uÄástnik) m
Slovak: úÄastnÃk m
Telugu: పాతà±à°°à°§à°¾à°°à°¿ (pÄtradÊ°Äri)
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trans-top|advocate in civil courts or cases
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trans-top|plaintiff
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trans-top|one who enacts a policy action
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trans-top|entity performing a role in use case analysis
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Ido: aktoro
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ttbc|Interlingua: actor
Related terms
act
acting
action
actress
actual
transaction
Latin
Etymology
Agent noun formed from actus|actus, perfect passive participle of agere|agere to do, + -or, agential ending
Noun
actor m 3rd decl. (pl., actoris|actoris)
- doer
- actor#English|actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie)
Related terms
actio
actus
agitare
Derived terms
English: #Noun|actor
French: acteur
Portuguese
Noun
actor m
- actor#English|actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie)
See also
actriz
Romanian
Noun
ro-noun|gendm|plactori|f=actriÅ£Ä
- actor#English|actor
Declension
ro-noun-m
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Spanish
Noun
es-noun-mf|mplactores|factriz|fpl=actrices
- actor#English|actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie)
Related terms
acto m
acción f
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