ator
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== Old English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
āttor, ǣtor, ǣttor
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-West Germanic *aitr.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɑː.tor/
=== Noun ===
ātor n (nominative plural ātru)
poison, venom
late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
==== Declension ====
Strong a-stem:
==== Synonyms ====
lybb
unlybba
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Middle English: atter, attere, attir, attre, atture, attyr, attyre, atterr (Ormulum)English: atterScots: atter, etter
== Portuguese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
actor (pre-1990 spelling)
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese abtor, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin actor, from āctus + -tor.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
Hyphenation: a‧tor
=== Noun ===
ator m (plural atores, feminine atriz, feminine plural atrizes)
actor (a person who performs in a theatrical play or movie)
=== Further reading ===
“ator”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“ator”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Venetan ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin āctōrem (“doer”, “actor”).
=== Noun ===
ator m (plural atori or aturi, female equivalent atrice)
actor