What is the masculine for actress?

Answer 1

In English, there is no distinction between masculine, feminine and neuter. Gender is shown by different forms or different words; for example:

The noun actress is a word for a female; the noun actoris a word for a male or a female.

It should be noted, that many women in the acting profession call themselves an actor. Many gender designated nouns are becoming a thing of the past like actor. Others that have fallen into disuse are aviatrix, authoress, mailman, spinster, male nurse, etc. However, I think grandma and grandpa are safe for the moment.

Answer 2

In English, there is no distinction between masculine, feminine and neuter. Gender is shown by different forms or different words; for example:

The noun actress is a word for a female; the noun actoris a word for a male or a female.

It should be noted, that many women in the acting profession call themselves an actor. Many gender designated nouns are becoming a thing of the past like actor. Others that have fallen into disuse are aviatrix, authoress, mailman, spinster, male nurse, etc. However, I think grandma and grandpa are safe for

Answer 3

In English, there is no masculine or feminine words. Gender is shown by different words such as:

Actress is the noun for a female; actor is the noun for a male or a female.

Answer 4

The English language does not use masculine and feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns such as male and female.

The noun for a male who acts is actor; the noun for a female who acts is actress. However, many females in the acting profession are using the noun actor as a common gender noun, a word for a male or a female in the acting profession.

Answer 5

In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.

The noun for a female is actress; the noun for a male is actor.

Answer 6

In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.

The gender specific noun for a female performer is actress.

The common gender noun for a male or a female performer is actor.

Answer 7

Feminine terms such as actress, usherette and comedienne are marked with respect to the masculine ( actor, usher, comedian) both formally (i.e. something is added to the masculine form) and in the sense that only the masculine form can be used generically to describe a mixed-gender group of people.

Answer 8

The answer is actor i hope this helped :) XD

Answer 9

Actress.

However, Actor is a mutual term. It can used for both, male as well as female actors.

Answer 10

You can't get any more feminine. The word means a female actor.