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
From act + -er (“person or thing to which a certain number or measurement applies”).
Noun
acter (plural acters)
Etymology 2
From act + -er (forming agent nouns).
Noun
acter (plural acters)
Anagrams
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.