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English
Etymology
From L. #Latin|actor, (cognate: Ancient Greek άκ��� (aktor) "leader", from άγ� (ag�) "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: ηθο�οι�� m,f
Hebrew: ש×�ק×� (sakhqan) m, ש×�×§× ×�ת (sakhqanit) f
Hungarian: szÃnész
Icelandic: leikari m (a man), leikkona f (a woman)
Italian: attore m, attrice f
Japanese: 俳� (haiyū); 役� (yakusha)
Latin: actor#Latin|�ctor m nominative, actoris|�ctoris m genitive
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Maltese: attur m, attri�i 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, actriţ� f
Russian: ак��� (akt'ór) m
Sinhala: න���� m/න���ය f ,ර��න ��ල�ප�ය� m/ර��න ��ල�ප�න�ය f , n
Slovak: herec m, here�ka 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: cselekv�
Italian: attore m, attice f
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Polish: aktor m
Russian: де��ел� (d'éjat'el) m
Scottish Gaelic: cluicheadair m, cleasaiche m, ban-chleasaiche f, ban-chluicheadair f
Slovak: �initeľ 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: ��а��ник (u�ástnik) m
Slovak: úÄ�astnÃk m
Telugu: పాత�రధారి (p�tradʰ�ri)
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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=actriţ�
- 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
Category:Occupations
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