actress
Syllables: act·ress/ˈæk.tɹɪs/
actress noun: a female who performs on the stage or in films.
Noun
actress (plural actresses)
- A female who performs on the stage or in films.
- A while ago somewhere I don't know when / I was watchin' a movie with a friend / I fell in love with the actress / She was playin' a part that I could understand1972, Neil Young, “A Man Needs a Maid”, in Harvest
- "I'm an actress -- actor, as we have to say these days."2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 88
- A female doer or "actor" (in a general sense).
- My mental anguish, and the dreadful scenes in which I had been an actress, advanced the period of my labour.1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society, published 1985, page 290
actress meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
actress in Hindi
- female actor — see also actor
- अभिनेत्री abhinetrī
actress in Tamil
- நடிகை
actress in Marathi
- female actor — see also actor
- अभीनेत्री abhīnetrī
actress in Urdu
- actress
- ادا کارہ adā kāra
More languagesFewer languages
- actress in Bengali
- অভিনেত্রী obhinetri
- actress in Telugu
- నటి naṭi
- actress in Malayalam
- കൂത്തി kūtti, കൂത്തിച്ചി kūtticci
- actress in Kannada
- ನಟಿ naṭi
- actress in Punjabi
- ਅਭਿਨੇਤਰੀ, ਅਦਾਕਾਰਾ
- actress in Gujarati
- અભિનેત્રી, અભિનેત્રીઃ
- actress in Odia
- ଅଭିନେତ୍ରୀ abhinetri
- actress in Sinhala
- නිළිය niḷiya, රංගන ශිල්පිනිය raṁgana śilpiniya
- actress in Nepali
- अभिनेत्री
- actress in Arabic
- مُمَثِّلَة mumaṯṯila
- actress in Malay
- pelakon, pelakon wanita
- actress in Indonesian
- aktris
- actress in Persian
- آکتریس âktris
- actress in Thai
- นักแสดงหญิง nák sàdaeng yĭng
- actress in Vietnamese
- nữ diễn viên
Examples of actress in a sentence
- The actress has a great skill of being able to inflect her voice to any situation.
- The audience loudly clapped the actress, who responded with a deep curtsey.
- She became a celebrated actress, but never won any major awards.
Synonyms of actress
Forms of actress
| plural | actresses |
|---|---|
| alternative form (nonstandard) | actoress |
Origin of actress
From actor + -ess. Probably formed independently of Middle French actrice.
Words formed from actress
Questions about actress
- What does actress mean?
- Actress means a female who performs on the stage or in films.
- What is actress in Hindi?
- Actress in Hindi is अभिनेत्री (abhinetrī). See Actress meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is actress?
- Actress is a noun.
- How do you pronounce actress?
- Actress is pronounced /ˈæk.tɹɪs/.
- What is the plural of actress?
- The plural of actress is actresses.
Words near actress in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: actress (page history and authors); actress (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ادا کارہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); കൂത്തി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ನಟಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors); actress (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); actress (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); actress (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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