English Explanatory Dictionary

role

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A character or part played by a performer or actor.
  2. The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.
  3. The function or position of something.
  4. Designation that denotes an associated set of responsibilities, knowledge, skills, or privileges
  5. The function of a word in a phrase.
  6. In the Raku programming language, a code element akin to an interface, used for composition of classes without adding to their inheritance chain.
noun
  1. An ancient unit of quantity, 72 sheets of parchment.

Pronunciation

rōl /ɹəʊl/ [ɹəʊɫ] /ɹoʊl/ [ɹoʊɫ] /ɹol/ en-us-role.ogg /ɹəʉl/ /ɹəʉɫ/ /ɹɐʉl/ [ɹɐʉɫ] /ɾol/ /ɾoːl/ /roːl/

Word forms

role roles rôle

Etymology

From French rôle, from Middle French rolle, from Old French role, from Medieval Latin rotulus. Doublet of roll and rotulus.

Derived words

bit role breeches role gender role gender-role massively multiplayer online role-playing game multirole pants role play a role rerole role activity diagram role-based role conflict roled roleless role model role-oriented role-oriented language roleplay role-play role player role-player roleplayer role-playing role-playing game role playing game role-playing video game role reversal thematic role theta role title role trouser role
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