"actor" in seven languages
Meaningactor
Spanish
actor
/akˈtoɾ/
masc.learned
Feminine actriz.
French
acteur
/aktœʁ/
masc.learned
Feminine actrice.
Italian
attore
/atˈtore/
masc.learned
Feminine attrice.
Portuguese
ator
/aˈtoh/
masc.learned
Romanian
actor
/akˈtor/
masc.learned
Catalan
actor
/əkˈtoɾ/
masc.learned
English
actor
/ˈæktɚ/
from Latin/French · Latin ACTOR
English → ItalianactorattoreCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ACTŌREM‘doer, agent (from AGERE 'to do, drive')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Latin ACTOR was any doer — an agent, a plaintiff — before it meant a stage player. Italian assimilates ct to tt even in learned words: attore, like atto 'act'.
English relatives: act, action, active, agent
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In a sentence
- esEs un actor famoso.
- frC'est un acteur célèbre.
- itÈ un attore famoso.
- ptEle é um ator famoso.
- roEste un actor celebru.
- caÉs un actor famós.
- enHe is a famous actor.
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