Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

executant

/ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-e-cu-tant
IPA: /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtənt/

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who executes a dance or piece of music; a performer.

noun

A person who puts something into action, such as a plan or design.

Example Sentences

"[…] no composer or dramatic poet has ever pretended to be able to perform all the parts he writes for the singers, actors and players who are his executants."
"Also of importance are the other theatricians - the costume designer and/or executant, the lighting designer and/or executant, the technical director, […]"
"After all, Cave speaks about orders being so manifestly illegal that the person carrying them out must or ought to have been aware of their unlawfulness. From this alone, one can draw the conclusion that, if the executant of the order actually knows of its unlawfulness, he ought to be convicted, no matter whether the order is or, as in John Doe's case, is not manifestly illegal."

Etymology

From French exécutant. By surface analysis, execute + -ant.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: exécutant

Inflected Forms

executants (plural)

Derived Forms

coexecutant

Questions

How do you pronounce executant?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtənt/.
What does executant mean?: A person who executes a dance or piece of music; a performer.
Where does executant come from?: It is traced to French.

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