"deuteragonist" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌduː.təˈɹæɡ.ə.nɪst/, /ˌdju.təˈɹæɡ.ə.nɪst/ Audio: en-us-deuteragonist.ogg [US] Forms: deuteragonists [plural]
Etymology: Ancient Greek δευτεραγωνιστής (deuteragōnistḗs, literally “second actor”), originally in Greek drama, from ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “a combatant, pleader, actor”). By surface analysis, deuter- (“second”) + agonist (“combatant, participant”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|δευτεραγωνιστής|lit=second actor}} Ancient Greek δευτεραγωνιστής (deuteragōnistḗs, literally “second actor”), {{m|grc|ἀγωνιστής||a combatant, pleader, actor}} ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “a combatant, pleader, actor”), {{surf|en|deuter-|agonist|t1=second|t2=combatant, participant}} By surface analysis, deuter- (“second”) + agonist (“combatant, participant”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} deuteragonist (plural deuteragonists)
  1. (narratology) A secondary character; specifically, the second most important character (after the protagonist). Categories (topical): Narratology, People Translations (second most important character): deyteraqonist (Azerbaijani), devteraqonist (Azerbaijani), deuteragonista [masculine] (Catalan), deuteragonista [masculine] (Czech), deutéragoniste [feminine, masculine] (French), Deuteragonist [masculine] (German), Deuteragonistin [feminine] (German), deuteragonista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 들러리 (deulleori) (Korean), deuteragonista [masculine] (Polish), deuteragonista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), девтерагонист (devteragonist) [masculine] (Russian), деутераго̀нист [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), deuteragònist [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), deuteragonista [masculine] (Slovak), deuteragonista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), ikincil oyuncu (Turkish), девтерагоніст (devterahonist) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-deuteragonist-en-noun-VLlrtBUC Disambiguation of People: 45 55 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, narratology, sciences Disambiguation of 'second most important character': 79 21
  2. (historical, ancient Greek drama) An actor playing a role (potentially all roles) requiring a second actor to be present on the stage, opposite the protagonist. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Ancient Greece, Drama, Fictional characters, People, Stock characters Translations (second actor): deyteraqonist (Azerbaijani), devteraqonist (Azerbaijani), deuteragonista [masculine] (Catalan), deuteragonista [masculine] (Czech), deutéragoniste [feminine, masculine] (French), Deuteragonist [masculine] (German), Deuteragonistin [feminine] (German), deuteragonista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 들러리 (deulleori) (Korean), deuteragonista [masculine] (Polish), deuteragonista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), девтерагонист (devteragonist) [masculine] (Russian), деутераго̀нист [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), deuteragònist [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), deuteragonista [masculine] (Slovak), deuteragonista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), ikincil oyuncu (Turkish), девтерагоніст (devterahonist) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-deuteragonist-en-noun-gRuPzD20 Disambiguation of Ancient Greece: 41 59 Disambiguation of Drama: 36 64 Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 44 56 Disambiguation of People: 45 55 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 42 58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with deuter- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with deuter-: 32 68 Disambiguation of 'second actor': 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sidekick Related terms: antagonist Coordinate_terms: protagonist, tritagonist

Noun [Serbo-Croatian]

IPA: /deuteraɡǒnist/
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek δευτεραγωνιστής (deuteragōnistḗs, literally “second actor”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sh|grc|δευτεραγωνιστής|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=second actor|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Ancient Greek δευτεραγωνιστής (deuteragōnistḗs, literally “second actor”), {{bor+|sh|grc|δευτεραγωνιστής|lit=second actor}} Borrowed from Ancient Greek δευτεραγωνιστής (deuteragōnistḗs, literally “second actor”) Head templates: {{sh-noun|g=m|head=deuteragònist}} deuteragònist m (Cyrillic spelling деутераго̀нист) Inflection templates: {{sh-decl-noun|deuteragonist|deuteragonisti|deuteragonista|deuteragonista|deuteragonistu|deuteragonistima|deuteragonista|deuteragoniste|deuteragoniste|deuteragonisti|deuteragonistu|deuteragonistima|deuteragonistom|deuteragonistima}} Forms: deuteragònist [canonical, masculine], деутераго̀нист [Cyrillic], no-table-tags [table-tags], deuteragonist [nominative, singular], deuteragonisti [nominative, plural], deuteragonista [genitive, singular], deuteragonista [genitive, plural], deuteragonistu [dative, singular], deuteragonistima [dative, plural], deuteragonista [accusative, singular], deuteragoniste [accusative, plural], deuteragoniste [singular, vocative], deuteragonisti [plural, vocative], deuteragonistu [locative, singular], deuteragonistima [locative, plural], deuteragonistom [instrumental, singular], deuteragonistima [instrumental, plural]
  1. deuteragonist
    Sense id: en-deuteragonist-sh-noun-vLf092Ut Categories (other): Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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        "4": "deuteragonista",
        "5": "deuteragonistu",
        "6": "deuteragonistima",
        "7": "deuteragonista",
        "8": "deuteragoniste",
        "9": "deuteragoniste"
      },
      "name": "sh-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
  "lang_code": "sh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Serbo-Croatian lemmas",
        "Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns",
        "Serbo-Croatian nouns",
        "Serbo-Croatian terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
        "Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "deuteragonist"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deuteragonist",
          "deuteragonist#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/deuteraɡǒnist/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "deuteragonist"
}

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