istrione

Meaning

1. (Ancient-Rome, masculine) a professional actor
2. (broadly, masculine) an emphatic actor
3. (broadly, derogatory, masculine) an emphatic actor
4. (masculine, meliorative) an expert or seasoned actor
5. (figuratively, masculine) a person with an overly theatrical attitude

Concepts

ham

ham actor

player

thespian

histrion

play-actor

actor

role player

Synonyms

attore

interprete

teatrante

guitto

gigione

Translations

histrion

histrión

مُمثِّل

actor

intèrpret

comediant

ηθοποιός

histrió

θεατρίνος

acteur

agent

comédien

مُمثِّل مسْرحِي

jambon

لاعِب الدّوْر

Hyphenated as

i‧strió‧ne

Pronounced as (IPA)

/isˈtrjo.ne/

Etymology

From Latin histriōnem (“actor”, “player”), of possibly Etruscan origin.