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意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Latin āctor (“doer”), from agō (“to do”). Equivalent to act +‎ -or. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄκτωρ (áktōr, “leader”), from ἄγω (ágō, “lead, carry, convey, bring”).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.tə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.tɚ/
• Homophone: acter
• 韻: -æktə(ɹ)

名詞

actor (複数形 actors, feminine actress)

1. A person who performs in a theatrical play or film.
   • 1991, Ani DiFranco (lyrics かつ music), “Anticipate”, in Not So Soft:

     Seems like everyone's an actor / Or they're an actor's best friend / I wonder what was wrong to begin with / That they should all have to pretend

   • 2017 April 2, “Marijuana”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 7, HBO:

     Exactly. Marijuana is something we just all gradually decided is okay, like Mark Wahlberg as a serious actor. “You know what? Sure, I’ve decided I’m fine with that.”

2. One who acts; a doer.
3. One who takes part in a situation.
4. (law) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
5. (law) One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.
6. (policy debate) One who enacts a certain policy action.
7. (software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
8. (linguistics, grammar) The most agent-like argument of a clause, e.g. 'the torpedo' in "The torpedo sank the boat" and "The torpedo fired".

使用する際の注意点

• 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 actress being used for the female counterpart.

同意語

• (person who performs in a theatrical play または film): performer, player
• (one who acts): doer
• (one who takes part): participant
• (advocate in civil courts または cases):
• (a plaintiff): complainant, plaintiff
• (one who enacts a policy action)
• (entity performing a role in use case analysis): role

反意語

• (grammatical role): undergoer

下位語

• (person who performs in a theatrical play または film): actress f
• enactor
• reenactor

派生語

• character actor
• nonstate actor
• straight actor
• voice actor

関連する語

Further reading

• actor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• actor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• actor at OneLook Dictionary Search

アナグラム

• Croat, Croat., carto-, rocta, taroc

Latin

語源

Agent noun formed from āctus +‎ -tor, perfect passive participle of agō (“do, act, make”).

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaːk.tor/, [ˈaːk.t̪ɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈak.tor/, [ˈak.t̪ɔr]

名詞

āctor m (genitive āctōris, feminine āctrīx); third declension

1. doer
2. actor (person who performs in a theatrical play または movie)
3. (law) prosecutor, plaintiff, advocate, orator

語形変化

Third-declension noun.

関連する語

• āctiō
• āctrīx
• āctus
• agitō

派生した語

参照

• actor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• actor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• actor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• actor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the actor who plays the leading part: actor primarum (secundarum, tertiarum) partium
    
• actor in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[2]
• actor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• actor in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• actor in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin