actant
English
Etymology
Simultaneously coined in English and French by Bruno Latour from action + -ant
Noun
actant (plural actants)
- (grammar) Any of the participants, such as the subject or object, in a grammatical clause.
Derived terms
- actantial
Translations
any of the participants in a grammatical clause
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French
Etymology
Coined in French by Lucien Tesnière.
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Homophone: actants
Noun
actant m (plural actants)
- actant
Further reading
- “actant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- tançât
Romanian
Etymology
From French actant.
Noun
actant m (plural actanți)
- actant
Declension
Declension of actant
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) actant | actantul | (niște) actanț | actanți |
genitive/dative | (unui) actant | actantului | (unor) actanț | actanțlor |
vocative | actantule | actanțlor |