actant
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Simultaneously coined in English and French by Bruno Latour from action + -ant
Noun[edit]
actant (plural actants)
- (grammar) Any of the participants, such as the subject or object, in a grammatical clause.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
any of the participants in a grammatical clause
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined in French by Lucien Tesnière.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
actant m (plural actants)
Further reading[edit]
- “actant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
actant m (plural actanți)
Declension[edit]
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