figurant

figurant (plural figurants)

1. An actor or dancer in the background lacking an aural presence.

figurant

1. present participle of figurar

Borrowed from French figurant. Surface analysis figureren +‎ -ant.

• IPA^(key): /ˌfi.ɣyˈrɑnt/

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figurant m (plural figuranten, diminutive figurantje n, feminine figurante)

1. (theater, movies) extra
2. (figuratively) irrelevant person, bit player

• figureren

figurant

1. present participle of figurer

figurant m (plural figurants)

1. (film) extra
2. (theater) bit player

• “figurant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

figūrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of figūrō