acte

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin actus.

Pronunciation

Noun

acte m (plural actes)

  1. act

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑk.tə/
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  • Hyphenation: ac‧te
  • Rhymes: -ɑktə

Noun

acte f (plural acten or actes, diminutive actetje n)

  1. Superseded spelling of akte.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin actus.

Pronunciation

Noun

acte m (plural actes)

  1. act

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Further reading

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἀκτῆ (aktê), late form of ἀκτέα (aktéa), of unknown ultimate origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

actē f (genitive actēs); first declension

  1. 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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Participle

ācte

  1. 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 and Roman 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

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

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Noun

actè

  1. locative singular of ãctas (“vinegar”)

Noun

ãcte

  1. vocative singular of ãctas (“vinegar”)

Matsés

Noun

acte

  1. 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French act, from Latin ācta, plural of āctus.

Pronunciation

Noun

acte (plural actes)

  1. An act; an action.
  2. A written record of acts.
  3. A law; a statute.
  4. (pathology, medicine) action, function
  5. (with in or into) actuality

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References

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English acte, from Old French act, from Latin ācta.

Pronunciation

Noun

acte

  1. act
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 4-5:
      crave na dicke luckie acte t'uck neicher th' Eccellencie,
      beg leave at this favourable opportunity to approach your Excellency,

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, published 1867, page 114
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