actress B1 Topic:Media & Publishing US /ˈæk.tɹɪs/ See IPA manual Freq #3389 Meanings 1 noun a woman who performs in plays, films, or television She won an award for her role as the leading actress. Thesaurus Synonyms actorineactrice Word family Forms actresses Derived forms actressyblacktressplay-actress Related forms actrix Etymology AI details From actor + -ess. Probably formed independently of Middle French actrice. Topics Media & Publishing External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # actress **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈæk.tɹɪs/ **Frequency rank:** 3389 ## Meanings 1. a woman who performs in plays, films, or television ## Examples - She won an award for her role as the leading actress. ## Synonyms - actorine - actrice ## Derived Forms - actressy - blacktress - play-actress ## Related Forms - actrix ## Etymology From actor + -ess. Probably formed independently of Middle French actrice. ## AI Etymology Actress is from actor plus -ess. Probably formed independently of Middle French actrice. The formation is semantically transparent: the parts remain visible, while the compound or affix fixes the grammatical role and narrows the modern meaning. In use as a noun, actress denotes a woman who performs in plays, films, or television. The same word family continues in derived forms such as actressy, blacktress, and play-actress and related entries such as actrix. ## Topics - Media & Publishing markdown