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English

Alternative forms

• acter (uncommon)
• actour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English actor, from Latin ?ctor (“doer”), from ag? (“to do”). Equivalent to act +? -or. Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (ákt?r, “leader”), from ??? (ág?, “lead, carry, convey, bring”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æk.t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æk.t?/
• Homophone: acter
• Rhymes: -ækt?(?)

Noun

actor (plural actors, feminine actress)

1. A person who performs, plays a part in a theatrical play or film.
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).
8. (linguistics, grammar) The most agent-like argument of a clause, e.g. 'the torpedo' in "The torpedo sank the boat" and "The torpedo fired".

Usage notes

• 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.

Synonyms

• (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

Antonyms

• (grammatical role): undergoer

Hyponyms

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

Derived terms

• character actor
• nonstate actor
• straight actor
• voice actor

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Scottish Gaelic: actair
• ? Welsh: actor

Translations

Further reading

• 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

Anagrams

• Croat, Croat., carto-, rocta, taroc

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin ?ctor.

Noun

actor m (plural actores)

1. An actor.

Related terms

• actriz

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ?ctor.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?k?to/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ak?to?/

Noun

actor m (plural actors, feminine actriu)

1. An actor.

Related terms

• actuar

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?ctor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k.t?r/
• Hyphenation: ac?tor
• Rhymes: -?kt?r

Noun

actor m (plural actores or actoren, diminutive actortje n)

1. An actor; an agent, a player, who has a part in some field of economical, social or other action, i.e. an active human factor.

Related terms

• acteur
• actie
• activiteit
• agenda
• agens
• ageren
• agitatie
• agitator
• reactor

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a?k.tor/, [?ä?kt??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ak.tor/, [??kt??r]

Noun

?ctor m (genitive ?ct?ris, feminine ?ctr?x); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

• ?cti?
• ?ctr?x
• ?ctus
• agit?

Descendants

References

• 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?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• actor in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[2]
• 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

Middle English

Noun

actor

1. Alternative form of actour

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin ?ctor.

Pronunciation

Noun

actor m (plural actors, feminine actritz, feminine plural actrises)

1. An actor.

Portuguese

Noun

actor m (plural actores)

1. Superseded spelling of ator.

Romanian

Alternative forms

• aftor (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from French acteur, Latin ?ctor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak?tor/

Noun

actor m (plural actori, feminine equivalent actri??)

1. (acting) An actor.

Declension

Synonyms

• artist, interpret

Derived terms

• actora?
• actoricesc
• actorie

See also

• teatralist

References

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

Scots

Etymology

From English actor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?akt?r/

Noun

actor (plural actors)

1. An actor.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin actor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??to?/, [a???t?o?]
• Hyphenation: act?or
• Rhymes: -o?

Noun

actor m (plural actores, feminine actriz or actora, feminine plural actrices or actoras)

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

Derived terms

• actor de voz
• actor porno

Related terms

• acción
• acto
• actoral
• actuar

Noun

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

1. (law) A defendant.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• corta
• tocar

Welsh

Etymology

From English actor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?akt?r/

Noun

actor m (plural actorion)

1. An actor.

Coordinate terms

• actores (“actress”)

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “actor”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin operat?r, from operor (“work, labour”). Equivalent to operate +? -or.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??p???e?t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??p???e???/
• Hyphenation: op?er?ator

Noun

operator (countable and uncountable, plural operators)

1. One who operates.
2. A telecommunications facilitator whose job is to establish temporary network connections.
3. (mathematics) A function or other mapping that carries variables defined on a domain into another variable or set of variables in a defined range.
4. (uncountable) The game of Chinese whispers.
5. (informal) A person who is adept at making deals or getting results, especially one who uses questionable methods.
   • 1990, House of Cards, Season 1, Episode 1:

     Francis Urquhart: I think Lord Billsborough is starting to lose touch a bit.
     Tim Stamper: Shame. Used to be a hell of an operator in his day.

6. A member of a military special operations unit.
7. (computing) The administrator of a channel or network on IRC.
8. (computing) A symbol that represents a construct in a programming language and differs from a normal function in its syntax.
9. (linguistics) A kind of expression that enters into an a-bar movement dependency and is said to bind a variable.

   In the sentence "What did Bill say he wants to buy?", "what" is an operator, binding a phonetically empty variable.

Hyponyms

Related terms

Translations

References

• operator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• aeroport, aëroport, poor rate

Latin

Etymology

operor +? -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /o.pe?ra?.tor/, [?p???ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.pe?ra.tor/, [?p?????t??r]

Noun

oper?tor m (genitive oper?t?ris); third declension

1. worker, operator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

Verb

oper?tor

1. second-person singular future active imperative of operor
2. third-person singular future active imperative of operor

References

• operator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• operator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• operator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

• Ultimately from Latin oper?tor (“worker”), probably through English operator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?p?????to??/

Noun

operator ?

1. surgeon

Polish

Etymology

From French opérateur, from Latin oper?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.p??ra.t?r/

Noun

operator m pers (feminine operatorka)

1. machinist, operator
2. (medicine) surgeon

   Synonym: chirurg

3. (cinematography) cameraman, cinematographer
4. (telecommunications) operator (company providing operator services)

Declension

Noun

operator m inan

1. (mathematics) operator
2. (linguistics) operator

Declension

Derived terms

• (noun) operatornia
• (adjectives) operatorski, operatorowy

Further reading

• operator in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• operator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /op?ra?tor/
• Hyphenation: o?pe?ra?tor

Noun

opèr?tor m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. (mathematics) operator

Declension

Swedish

Noun

operator c

1. (mathematics, computing) an operator

Declension