Actor

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Translations 2 Latin 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.3 Related Terms

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

actor

1. Person who performs in a theatrical play or movie
2. One that acts: a doer
3. One that takes part in a situation
4. (legal) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
5. (legal) One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.

Synonyms

• actress (female 1)

Translations

• Finnish: näyttelijä (1), tekijä (2,3)
• French: acteur
• German: Schauspieler m, Schauspielerin f
• Interlingua: actor
• Italian: attore
• Japanese: 俳優 (haiyuu) m/f, 男優 (danyuu) m, 女優 (joyuu) f
• Latin: actor nom., actoris gen.
• Polish: aktor m
• Portuguese: ator
• Romanian: actor m, actriţă f
• Romanica: actor m. actrice f
• Slovak: herec m (1), herečka f (1), činiteľ m (2), účastník m (3)
• Spanish: actor

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Latin

Etymology

Agent noun formed from actus, perfect passive participle of agere, do]], + -or, agent ending

Noun

actor, actoris m; third declension

1. doer
2. Person who performs in a theatrical play or movie

Related Terms

• act
• acting
• actio
• action
• actress
• actual
• actus
• agitare
• transaction