acter

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.tə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.tɚ/

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• Homophone: actor
• Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)

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

acter (plural acters)

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

   a one-acter

   a two-acter

From act +‎ -er (forming agent nouns).

acter (plural acters)

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

• Carte, Trace, reäct, Certa, carte, crate, cater, caret, react, Cater, creat, trace, recta

acte +‎ -er

• IPA^(key): /ak.te/

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acter

1. to enact
2. (figurative) to note, to take into account

   Synonyms: constater, prendre en compte

   • 2026 April 25, “Macron va-t-il vraiement s'éloigner de la politique ?”, in La Provence, page 22:

     […] confiant aussi au passage que le “plus dur” après neuf ans de pouvoir, c'était de défendre son bilan tout en sachant acter ce qu'il n'a pas “bien réussi”.

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• “acter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012