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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

actant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ac-tant
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

That which acts; a source of action or activity.

noun

Any of the participants, such as the subject or object, in a grammatical clause.

Etymology

Simultaneously coined in English and French by Bruno Latour from action + -ant

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

actants (plural)

Derived Forms

actantial

Questions

What does actant mean?
That which acts; a source of action or activity.
Where does actant come from?
Simultaneously coined in English and French by Bruno Latour from action + -ant

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