actor

Etymology
, from, , and their source, , from. Equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬, from.

Noun

 * 1)  Someone who institutes a legal suit; a plaintiff or complainant.
 * 2)  Someone acting on behalf of someone else; a guardian.
 * 3) Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent.
 * 4) A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer.
 * 5)  An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
 * 6)  The subject performing the action of a verb.
 * 7)  The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
 * 1)  An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
 * 2)  The subject performing the action of a verb.
 * 3)  The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
 * 1)  The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).

Usage notes

 * In the sense of a person who acts in a play or film, the traditional sense of the word only applied to male actors, the term being used for the female counterpart.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: ,
 * Albanian:, vepruese, ,
 * Amharic: ተዋናይ
 * Arabic: مُمَثِّل, مُمَثِّلَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: ممثل, ممثلة
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: অভিনেতা
 * Asturian: actor, actriz
 * Azerbaijani:, , aktrisa
 * Bashkir: актёр, актриса ; артист
 * Basque: ,
 * Belarusian: акцёр, актры́са
 * Bengali:, অভিনেত্রী
 * Bulgarian:, , ,
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chechen: артист
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 演員
 * Hokkien: 演員
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Elfdalian: skåðespilär
 * Esperanto: aktoro, aktorino
 * Estonian: näitleja, ,
 * Faroese: sjónleikari
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, actriz
 * Georgian: მსახიობი, მსახიობი კაცი, მსახიობი ქალი
 * German:, , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὑποκριτής
 * Greenlandic: isiginnaartitsisartoq
 * Gujarati: અભિનેતા
 * Hebrew:, שַׂחְקָנִית
 * Hindi:, , , रंगकर्मी, , एक्टर
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido:, ,
 * Indonesian:, ,
 * Irish: aisteoir
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, , , 演技者
 * Kannada:
 * Kashubian: teatrownik, teatrownica
 * Kazakh: актёр, актер, сахнагер, актриса, әртіс
 * Khmer:, អ្នកលេងកុន
 * Korean:, , ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, ,
 * Kyrgyz:, , ,
 * Lao: ນັກສະແດງລະຄອນ, ຕົວລະຄອນ, ນາງລະຄອນ, ນັກສະແດງ
 * Latin: āctor, āctrīx, histriō
 * Latvian: aktieris, aktrise
 * Lithuanian: aktorius, aktorė
 * Luxembourgish: Schauspiller, Acteur
 * Macedonian: актер, актерка, арти́ст, арти́стка, глумец
 * Malagasy:
 * Malay: ,
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Maltese: attur, attriċi
 * Maori: kaitapere
 * Marathi:
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠵᠦᠵᠦᠭᠡᠴᠢᠨ
 * Navajo: áhodilʼį́įnii
 * Nepali:
 * Norman: acteur, actrice
 * Northern Sami: neavttár
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk:, skodespelarinne
 * Occitan:
 * Odia: ଅଭିନେତା, ଅଭିନେତ୍ରୀ
 * Pashto: ايکټر, اکتور
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian:, ,
 * Plautdietsch: Rollspäla
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Punjabi:
 * Gurmukhi:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Romansch: actur, actura
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Sardinian: atore
 * Scots: actor
 * Scottish Gaelic: cluicheadair, cleasaiche, ban-chleasaiche, ban-chluicheadair
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: глу́мац, глу̀мица
 * Roman: ,
 * Sinhalese: නළුවා, නිළිය, රංගන ශිල්පියා, රංගන ශිල්පිනිය
 * Slovak: ,
 * Slovene:, igralka
 * Sotho: sebapadi
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: mwigaji
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Tagalog:, , manlalabas
 * Tajik: актёр, актриса, бозигар , ҳунарпеша
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Tigrinya: ተዋሳኢ
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Turkmen:, ,
 * Ukrainian:, , , лицеді́й, лицеді́йка
 * Urdu: اَدا کار, اَدا کارَہ
 * Uyghur: ئارتىس, ئەرتىس
 * Uzbek:, ,
 * Venetian: ator, atrice
 * Vietnamese: (演員), nữ diễn viên
 * Volapük:, hidramatan , jidramatan
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: שוישפּילער, שוישפּילערין, אַקטיאָר, אַקטריסע


 * Albanian:, , , bërëse
 * Belarusian: выкана́ўца, выкана́вец, дзе́яч, дзе́ячка
 * Bulgarian:, извърши́телка, , де́ятелка
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: aganto
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German: Handelnder, Handelnde
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Italian: ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin: āctor, āctrīx
 * Maltese: attur
 * Middle English: doer, actour
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cluicheadair, cleasaiche, ban-chleasaiche, ban-chluicheadair
 * Slovak: činiteľ
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: викона́вець, викона́виця,, дія́чка


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovak: účastník, účastníčka
 * Telugu:


 * Italian: ,


 * Ido:
 * Interlingua:

Etymology
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Noun

 * , agent
 * 1) maker, author
 * 2)  plaintiff
 * 3)  legal entity who is party to a contract

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) ; agent, player

Etymology
Agent noun formed from, perfect passive participle of.

Noun

 * 1) doer, agent
 * 2)  prosecutor, plaintiff, advocate, orator
 * 1)  prosecutor, plaintiff, advocate, orator

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  defendant

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  actor