figurant
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]figurant (plural figurants)
- An actor or dancer in the background lacking an aural presence.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]An actor or dancer in the background
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Catalan
[edit]Verb
[edit]figurant
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French figurant. By surface analysis, figureren + -ant.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]figurant m (plural figuranten, diminutive figurantje n, feminine figurante)
- (theater, movies) extra
- (figurative) irrelevant person, bit player
Related terms
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From figurer.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]figurant m (plural figurants, feminine figurante)
- (film) extra
- (theater) bit player
Descendants
[edit]- → Dutch: figurant
Participle
[edit]figurant
Further reading
[edit]- “figurant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]figūrant
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French figurant.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]figurant m pers (female equivalent figurantka)
- (politics) figurehead, puppet, stooge (person in a nominal position of leadership but with no actual power)
- (theater) bit player, extra
- Synonym: statysta
Declension
[edit]Declension of figurant
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | figurant | figuranci/figuranty (deprecative) |
| genitive | figuranta | figurantów |
| dative | figurantowi | figurantom |
| accusative | figuranta | figurantów |
| instrumental | figurantem | figurantami |
| locative | figurancie | figurantach |
| vocative | figurancie | figuranci |
Further reading
[edit]- figurant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- figurant in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French figurant.
Noun
[edit]figurant m (plural figuranți)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | figurant | figurantul | figuranți | figuranții | |
| genitive-dative | figurant | figurantului | figuranți | figuranților | |
| vocative | figurantule | figuranților | |||
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