actor

• actour (obsolete)

From Latin āctor (“doer”), from agō (“to do”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄκτωρ (áktōr, “leader”), from ἄγω (ágō, “lead, carry, convey, bring”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.tə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.tɚ/

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• Homophone: acter
• Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)

actor (plural actors, feminine actress)

1. A person who performs in a theatrical play or film.
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     Exactly. Marijuana is something we just all gradually decided is okay, like Mark Wahlberg as a serious actor. “You know what? Sure, I’ve decided I’m fine with that.”

2. One who acts; a doer.
3. One who takes part in a situation.
4. (law) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
5. (law) One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.
6. (policy debate) One who enacts a certain policy action.
7. (software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).

• 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. This distinction is now normally avoided.

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

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

• nonstate actor
• straight actor
• voice actor

• act
• acting
• action
• actress
• actual
• transaction

• actor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• actor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• actor at OneLook Dictionary Search

• Croat, Croat., rocta

From Latin āctor.

actor m (plural actores)

1. actor

• actriz

From Latin āctor.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əkˈto/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /akˈtoɾ/

actor m (plural actors, feminine actriu)

1. actor

• actuar

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

From Latin āctor.

actor m (plural actores)

1. actor

• actriz

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaːk.tor/, [ˈaːk.tɔr]

āctor m (genitive āctōris); third declension

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

Third declension.

• āctiō
• āctrīx
• āctus
• agitō

• 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, 1883–1887)
• actor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the actor who plays the leading part: actor primarum (secundarum, tertiarum) partium
    
• actor in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• 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 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

actor m (plural actores)

1. Superseded spelling of ator.

• aftor (dated)

Borrowed from French acteur, Latin āctor.

• IPA^(key): /akˈtor/

actor m (plural actori, feminine equivalent actriță)

1. (acting) actor

• artist, interpret

• actoraș
• actoricesc
• actorie

• teatralist

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

From English actor.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaktər/

actor (plural actors)

1. actor

From Latin actor

• IPA^(key): /aɡˈtoɾ/, [aɣˈt̪oɾ]
• Hyphenation: act‧or

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

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

• actor voz

• acción
• acto
• actoral
• actuar

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

1. (law) defendant

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