acter
English
Etymology
From act + -er.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæk.tə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæk.tɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: actor
- Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)
Noun
acter (plural acters)
- (uncommon) An actor, someone who or something which acts.
Anagrams
- Carte, Cater, Trace, caret, carte, cater, crate, creat, react, recta, reäct, trace
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
acter
- to enact
Conjugation
Conjugation of acter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | acter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | actant /ak.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | acté /ak.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (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 historic2 | 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 | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | acte /akt/ | actes /akt/ | acte /akt/ | actions /ak.tjɔ̃/ | actiez /ak.tje/ | actent /akt/ |
| imperfect2 | actasse /ak.tas/ | actasses /ak.tas/ | actât /ak.ta/ | actassions /ak.ta.sjɔ̃/ | actassiez /ak.ta.sje/ | actassent /ak.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | acte /akt/ | — | actons /ak.tɔ̃/ | actez /ak.te/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “acter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.