Definition of 'role'
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role in British English
noun
2. psychology
the part played by a person in a particular social setting, influenced by his or her expectation of what is appropriate
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Word origin
C17: from French rôle roll, an actor's script
role in American English
noun
1.
a part, or character, that an actor plays in a performance
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Word origin
Fr rôle, lit., a roll: from roll containing actor's part
role in American English
(roul)
noun
Also: rôle1.
a part or character played by an actor or actress
3. Sociology
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Word origin
[1600–10; ‹ F rôle roll (as of paper) containing the actor's part]Examples of 'role' in a sentence
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British English: role
/rəʊl/ NOUN
The role of someone or something in a situation is their job or position in it.
Parents need to be clear about their role in raising their children.
- American English: role /ˈroʊl/
- Arabic: دَوْر
- Brazilian Portuguese: função
- Chinese: 角色
- Croatian: uloga
- Czech: úloha
- Danish: rolle
- Dutch: rol functie, toneel
- European Spanish: papel rol
- Finnish: rooli
- French: rôle
- German: Rolle Aufgabe
- Greek: ρόλος
- Italian: ruolo
- Japanese: 役割
- Korean: 역할
- Norwegian: rolle
- Polish: rola teatr
- European Portuguese: função
- Romanian: rol
- Russian: роль
- Latin American Spanish: papel
- Swedish: roll
- Thai: บทบาทหน้าที่
- Turkish: rol
- Ukrainian: роль
- Vietnamese: vai trò
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