actor

(sociology) actor, agent (person who does an action)

(law) legal entity who is party to a contract

ca-noun

actor m (plural actors, feminine actora)


actor

actor m (plural actors, feminine actriu)


actor

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

nl-noun

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

actores (plural)
actoren (plural)
actortje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin āctor. Doublet of acteur.


actor

(obsolete, law) Someone who institutes a legal suit; a plaintiff or complainant.

(obsolete) Someone acting on behalf of someone else; a guardian.

A man may be principal in an offence in two degrees. A principal, in the first degree, is he that is the actor, or absolute perpetrator of the crime; and, in the second degree, he who is present, aiding, and abetting the fact to be done.

1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the laws of England^(https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AWilliam_Blackstone%2C_Commentaries_on_the_Laws_of_England_(1st_ed%2C_1769%2C_vol_IV).pdf&page=48):

Never, my dear Bethel, did the most feverish dreams of fiction produce scenes more painful, or more terrific, than the real events to which I have been an actor, since the date of my last letter.

1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 373:

Mr. Clay had been too prominent an actor in public affairs to allow whig deception and misrepresentation a fair opportunity for successful action.

1852 February 8, “Reminiscences”, in The Daily Union (Washington), page 2:

Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent.

Seems like everyone's an actor / Or they're an actor's best friend / I wonder what was wrong to begin with / That they should all have to pretend

1991, Ani DiFranco, “Anticipate”, in Not So Soft:

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.”

2017 April 2, “Marijuana”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 7, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:

"I'm an actress -- actor, as we have to say these days."

2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 88:

A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer.

(obsolete, Ancient Rome) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.

(grammar) The subject performing the action of a verb.

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(software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).

actors (plural)
acter (alternative uncommon)
actour (alternative obsolete)

role

entity performing a role in use case analysis

→ Scottish Gaelic: actair

→ Welsh: actor

jilaa

person who performs in a theatrical play or film — see also actress

Inherited from Middle English actour, from Anglo-Norman actor, Middle French actor, and their source, Latin āctor (“doer”), from agō (“to do”). Equivalent to act + -or. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄκτωρ (áktōr, “leader”), from ἄγω (ágō, “lead, carry, convey, bring”).


actor

A acción revela o actor.

gl-noun

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

actores (plural)
actriz (feminine)
actrices (feminine plural)
ator (alternative)


actor

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

(law) prosecutor, plaintiff, advocate, orator

la-noun

āctor m (genitive āctōris, feminine āctrīx); third declension

āctor (canonical masculine)
āctōris (genitive)
āctrīx (feminine)
āctor (nominative singular)
āctōrēs (nominative plural)
āctōris (genitive singular)
āctōrum (genitive plural)
āctōrī (dative singular)
āctōribus (dative plural)
āctōrem (accusative singular)
āctōrēs (accusative plural)
āctōre (ablative singular)
āctōribus (ablative plural)
āctor (singular vocative)
āctōrēs (plural vocative)

→ Asturian: actor

→ Catalan: actor

→ Middle English: actour

English: actor

→ Scottish Gaelic: actair

→ Welsh: actor

→ Italian: attore

→ Middle French: acteur

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→ Dutch: acteur
Afrikaans: akteur
→ Indonesian: aktor

French: acteur

→ Norman: acteur

→ Norwegian Bokmål: aktør

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: aktør

→ Russian: актёр (aktjór), актёръ (aktjór) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
→ Azerbaijani: aktyor
→ Bashkir: актёр (aktyor)
→ Tajik: актёр (aktyor)
→ Uzbek: aktyor
→ Yiddish: אַקטיאָר (aktyor)

→ Swedish: aktör

→ Turkish: aktör

→ Occitan: actor

→ Old Galician-Portuguese: abtor, autor, outor (semi-learned)
Galician: actor
Portuguese: ator

→ Persian: بازیگر

→ Polish: aktor

→ Romanian: actor

→ Spanish: actor

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


actor

oc-noun

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

actors (plural)
actritz (feminine)
actrises (feminine plural)


actor

Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of ator. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.


actor

ro-noun

actor m (plural actori, feminine equivalent actriță or actoriță)

actori (plural)
equivalent actriță (feminine)
actoriță (feminine)
actor (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
actorul (accusative definite nominative singular)
actori (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
actorii (accusative definite nominative plural)
actor (indefinite singular)
actorului (definite singular)
actori (indefinite plural)
actorilor (definite plural)
actorule (singular vocative)
actorilor (plural vocative)
aftor (alternative dated)

Borrowed from French acteur, Latin āctor.


actor

actores (plural)
actriz (feminine)
actrices (feminine plural)


actor

es-noun

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

actores (plural)
actora (feminine)
actoras (feminine plural)


actor

actorion (plural)
actor
hactor (prothesis-h)