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

Chinese:
Mandarin: 行動元／行动元 (xíngdòngyuán)
Estonian: aktantti
Finnish: aktantti
French: actant (fr) m
Italian: attante (it) m
Kazakh: актант (aktant)
Kyrgyz: актант (aktant)
Portuguese: actante m
Spanish: actante m

French

Etymology

Coined in French by Lucien Tesnière.

Pronunciation

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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

Borrowed from French actant.

Noun

actant m (plural actanți)

actant

Declension

Declension of actant

	singular		plural
	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

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