"actant" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: actants [plural]
Etymology: Simultaneously coined in English and French by Bruno Latour from action + -ant Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|action|ant}} action + -ant Head templates: {{en-noun}} actant (plural actants)
  1. That which acts; a source of action or activity.
    Sense id: en-actant-en-noun-Hdg-vOHH
  2. (grammar) Any of the participants, such as the subject or object, in a grammatical clause. Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (any of the participants in a grammatical clause): 行動元 /行动元 (xíngdòngyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), aktantti (Estonian), aktantti (Finnish), actant [masculine] (French), attante [masculine] (Italian), актант (aktant) (Kazakh), актант (aktant) (Kyrgyz), actante [masculine] (Portuguese), actante [masculine] (Spanish), diễn tố (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-actant-en-noun-BI9Aap0Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ant, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Kyrgyz translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ant: 23 77 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Kyrgyz translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 11 89 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'any of the participants in a grammatical clause': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: actantial

Inflected forms

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