"acter" meaning in English

See acter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈæk.tə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈæk.tɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-actor.ogg Forms: acters [plural]
Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ) Etymology: From act + -er (“person or thing to which a certain number or measurement applies”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|act|er|id2=measurement|t2=person or thing to which a certain number or measurement applies}} act + -er (“person or thing to which a certain number or measurement applies”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} acter (plural acters)
  1. (in combination) A play or film with a particular number of acts. Tags: in-compounds
    Sense id: en-acter-en-noun-LiLgvmdp Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (measurement) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈæk.tə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈæk.tɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-actor.ogg Forms: acters [plural]
Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ) Etymology: From act + -er (forming agent nouns). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|act|-er|id2=agent noun|pos2=forming agent nouns}} act + -er (forming agent nouns) Head templates: {{en-noun}} acter (plural acters)
  1. (uncommon, nonstandard) An actor, someone who or something which acts. Tags: nonstandard, uncommon Categories (topical): Acting, Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-acter-en-noun-NAgYH80i Disambiguation of Acting: 28 72 Disambiguation of Occupations: 11 89 Disambiguation of People: 6 94 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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