acteur

Definitions of acteur
  1. noun
    an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
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    interprète
    a theatrical performer
  2. noun
    a theatrical performer
    synonyms: interprète
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    actrice
    a female actor
    personnage principal
    actor who plays the leading male role
    pantomime
    an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
    acteur principal
    an actor who plays a principal role
    figurant, figurante
    a minor actor in crowd scenes
    vedette, étoile du cinéma
    a star who plays leading roles in the cinema
    actrice principale
    actress who plays the leading female role
    type of:
    artiste, interprète
    an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience
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