acter

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.tə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.tɚ/
Audio (US) (file)
Homophone: actor
Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

act +‎ -er

Noun

acter (plural acters)

(in combination) A play or film with a particular number of acts.
a one-acter

a two-acter

Etymology 2

From act +‎ -er.

Noun

acter (plural acters)

(uncommon) An actor, something which acts.

Anagrams

Carte, React, Trace, caret, carte, cater, crate, creat, react, recta, reäct, trace

French

Verb

acter

To enact

Conjugation

Conjugation of acter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		acter			avoir acté
gerund		en actant			en ayant acté
present participle		actant /ak.tɑ̃/
past participle		acté /ak.te/
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	acte /akt/	actes /akt/	acte /akt/	actons /ak.tɔ̃/	actez /ak.te/	actent /akt/
	imperfect	actais /ak.tɛ/	actais /ak.tɛ/	actait /ak.tɛ/	actions /ak.tjɔ̃/	actiez /ak.tje/	actaient /ak.tɛ/
	past historic¹	actai /ak.te/	actas /ak.ta/	acta /ak.ta/	actâmes /ak.tam/	actâtes /ak.tat/	actèrent /ak.tɛʁ/
	future	acterai /ak.tə.ʁe/	acteras /ak.tə.ʁa/	actera /ak.tə.ʁa/	acterons /ak.tə.ʁɔ̃/	acterez /ak.tə.ʁe/	acteront /ak.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	acterais /ak.tə.ʁɛ/	acterais /ak.tə.ʁɛ/	acterait /ak.tə.ʁɛ/	acterions /ak.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	acteriez /ak.tə.ʁje/	acteraient /ak.tə.ʁɛ/
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior¹	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	acte /akt/	actes /akt/	acte /akt/	actions /ak.tjɔ̃/	actiez /ak.tje/	actent /akt/
simple tenses	imperfect¹	actasse /ak.tas/	actasses /ak.tas/	actât /ak.ta/	actassions /ak.ta.sjɔ̃/	actassiez /ak.ta.sje/	actassent /ak.tas/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect¹	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	acte /akt/	—	actons /ak.tɔ̃/	actez /ak.te/	—
¹literary tenses

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