acter

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

act +‎ -er (“person or thing to which a certain number or measurement applies”)

Noun

acter (plural acters)

  1. (in combination) A play or film with a particular number of acts.
    a one-acter
    a two-acter

Etymology 2

act +‎ -er (forming agent nouns)

Noun

acter (plural acters)

  1. (uncommon, nonstandard) An actor, someone who or something which acts.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Verb

acter

  1. 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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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