different between singer vs acter

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English synger, syngere, singere, singare, equivalent to sing +? -er. Cognate with Scots singar, Saterland Frisian Sjunger, West Frisian sjonger, German Low German Singer. Compare also Old English sangere, Dutch zanger, German Low German Sänger, German Sänger (“singer”), Danish sanger, Swedish sångare, Icelandic söngvari.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s???/
• (General American) enPR: s?ng??r IPA^(key): /?s???/
• Rhymes: -???(?)

Noun

singer (plural singers)

1. A person who sings, often professionally.
2. (square dance) dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure.

Synonyms

• (person who sings): cantor, chanter

Hyponyms

• (person who sings):
  • (female): cantrix (archaic), chanteuse, chantress, singeress (obsolete, rare), songstress
  • (male): songster

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (shing?)

Translations

Etymology 2

From singe +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?nd???(?)/
• Rhymes: -?nd??(?)

Noun

singer (plural singers)

1. A person who, or device which, singes.
2. A machine for singeing cloth.

Translations

Anagrams

• Greins, Negris, nigres, re-nigs, re-sign, reigns, renigs, resign, resing, ringes, signer

French

Etymology

In at least the ape sense, from singe (“monkey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??.?e/

Verb

singer

1. to ape
2. to sprinkle with flour

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written singe- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• signer

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

act +? -er

Noun

acter (plural acters)

1. (in combination) A play or film with a particular number of acts.

   a one-acter

   a two-acter

Etymology 2

From act +? -er.

Noun

acter (plural acters)

1. (uncommon) An actor, someone who or something which acts.

Anagrams

• Carte, Trace, caret, carte, cater, crate, creat, react, recta, reäct, trace

French

Verb

acter

1. To enact

Conjugation