acte
See also: acté
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin actus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈak.tə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈak.te/
Noun
acte m (plural actes)
- act
Derived terms
- acte carnal
- acte de fe
- acte jurídic
- acte sacramental
- acte sexual
- a l'acte
- en l'acte
- entreacte
- fer acte de presència
Related terms
- acció
- acta
- actiu
Further reading
- “acte” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “acte”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “acte” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “acte” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑk.tə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ac‧te
- Rhymes: -ɑktə
Noun
acte f (plural acten or actes, diminutive actetje n)
- Superseded spelling of akte.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin actus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /akt/
audio (file)
Noun
acte m (plural actes)
- act
Derived terms
- acte de décès
- acte de foi
- acte de naissance
- acte manqué
- dont acte
- faire acte de présence
- passage à l'acte
- passer à l'acte
- prendre acte
Related terms
- action
- agir
Further reading
- “acte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ἀκτῆ (aktê), late form of ἀκτέα (aktéa), of unknown ultimate origin.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈak.teː/, [ˈäkt̪eː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈak.te/, [ˈäkt̪e]
Noun
actē f (genitive actēs); first declension
- a danewort, dwarf-elder
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | actē | actae |
| Genitive | actēs | actārum |
| Dative | actae | actīs |
| Accusative | actēn | actās |
| Ablative | actē | actīs |
| Vocative | actē | actae |
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaːk.te/, [ˈäːkt̪ɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈak.te/, [ˈäkt̪e]
Participle
ācte
- vocative masculine singular of āctus
References
- “acte”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- acte in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “acte”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- “acte”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “acte”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “acte”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Matsés
Noun
acte
- water
References
- Guía etnográfica de la alta amazonía: Mayoruna (1994), page 30
- David W. Fleck, Causation in Matses, in The Grammar of Causation and Interpersonal Manipulation, edited by Masayoshi Shibatani
Middle English
Alternative forms
- act
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French act, from Latin ācta, plural of āctus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈakt(ə)/
Noun
acte (plural actes)
- An act; an action.
- A written record of acts.
- A law; a statute.
- (pathology, medicine) action, function
- (with in or into) actuality
Related terms
- accion
- actour
- actual
- actyf
Descendants
- English: act
- Scots: ack, ac'; act, actt, auct, accke, aick, akk
- Yola: acte
References
- “act(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English acte, from Old French act, from Latin ācta.
Noun
acte
- act
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 5:
- crave na dicke luckie acte t'uck neicher th' Eccellencie,
- beg leave at this favourable opportunity to approach your Excellency,
-
References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 114