FromAncient Greek πρωταγωνιστής ( prōtagōnistḗs ,“ a chief actor ” ) , fromπρῶτος ( prôtos ,“ first ” ) +ἀγωνιστής ( agōnistḗs ,“ a combatant, pleader, actor ” ) . Bysurface analysis ,prot- ( “ first ” ) +agonist ( “ combatant, participant ” ) .
protagonist (plural protagonists
( authorship ) character , or one of the main characters, in anystory , such as aliterary work ordrama .Antonym: antagonist A leading person in acontest ; aprincipal performer . ( proscribed ) advocate orchampion of acause orcourse of action .1929 Jewish Music: Its Historical Development , page198 :It was toward the end of the sixteenth century that the communities in Venice, Mantua, Ferrara, Padua, and Casale Monferrato, inspired by the Renaissance music, wanted to introduce some modernization into the service. The greatestprotagonist of the idea was the encyclopedic Jewish scholar Leon of Modena.
The use ofprotagonist to mean aproponent supporter pro- favouring [ 1] erroneous .[ 2] [ 3]
main character
Arabic:بَطَل m ( baṭal ) ,بَطَلَة f ( baṭala ) Armenian:հերոս (hy) ( heros ) Azerbaijani:baş qəhrəman protaqonist əsas qəhrəman əsas personaj Belarusian:гало́ўны геро́й m ( halówny hjerój ) ,гало́ўная гераі́ня f ( halównaja hjeraínja ) Bulgarian:гла́вен геро́йm ( gláven gerój ) ,гла́вна герои́ня m ( glávna geroínja ) Catalan:protagonista (ca) m or f Chinese:Mandarin:主角 (zh) ( zhǔjué ) ,主人公 (zh) ( zhǔréngōng ) Czech:protagonista (cs) m Danish:hovedperson c Dutch:protagonist (nl) m or f Esperanto:ĉefrolulo ĉefpersono Estonian:peategelane Finnish:päähenkilö (fi) ,sankari (fi) French:protagoniste (fr) m or f héros (fr) m héroïne (fr) f Galician:protagonista (gl) m or f Georgian:მთავარი გმირი ( mtavari gmiri ) ,მთავარი პერსონაჟი ( mtavari ṗersonaži ) ,მთავარი მოქმედი პირი ( mtavari mokmedi ṗiri ) ,პროტაგონისტი ( ṗroṭagonisṭi ) German:Protagonist (de) m Protagonistin (de) f Hauptfigur (de) f Held (de) m Greek:πρωταγωνιστής (el) m ( protagonistís ) Hebrew:דְּמוּת רָאשִׁית (he) f ( dmut rashít ) ,גִּבּוֹר (he) m ( gibor ) Hungarian:főszereplő (hu) ,főhős (hu) Ido:protagonisto (io) Indonesian:protagonis (id) ,tokoh utama (id) ,pemeran utama (id) Italian:protagonista (it) m or f Japanese:主人公 (ja) ( しゅじんこう, shujinkō ) Korean:주인공(主人公) (ko) ( ju'in'gong ) Kurdish:Central Kurdish:پاڵەوان ( pallewan ) Malay:protagonis watak utama (ms) Māori:kiritoa Norwegian:Bokmål:hovedperson m protagonist m Polish:protagonista (pl) m protagonistka (pl) f bohater (pl) m główny bohater m Portuguese:protagonista (pt) m or f Romanian:protagonist (ro) m Russian:гла́вный геро́й m ( glávnyj gerój ) ,гла́вная герои́ня f ( glávnaja geroínja ) ,протагони́ст (ru) m ( protagoníst ) ,протагони́стка (ru) f ( protagonístka ) Spanish:protagonista (es) m or f Swahili:mhusika mkuu Swedish:huvudperson (sv) c protagonist (sv) c Turkish:ana karakter kahraman (tr) Ukrainian:головни́й геро́й m ( holovnýj herój ) ,головна́ герої́ня f ( holovná herojínja ) ,протагоні́ст m ( protahoníst ) ,протагоні́стка f ( protahonístka ) Vietnamese:nam chính 男正 ( male ) ,nữ chính 女正 ( female ) ,nhân vật chính
leading person in a contest
^ “protagonist ”, inThe American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ,2016 ,→ISBN ^ Pinker, Steven (2014 ),The Sense of Style Penguin ,→ISBN ^ Feloni, Richard (30 November 2015), “The 58 Most Commonly Misused Words and Phrases”, inThe Independent [1] “protagonist ”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam ,1913 ,→OCLC William Dwight Whitney ,Benjamin E[li] Smith , editors (1911 ), “protagonist ”, inThe Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. ,→OCLC protagonist c singular definite protagonisten plural indefinite protagonister
( literature ) protagonist Synonym: hovedperson Ultimately fromAncient Greek πρωταγωνιστής ( prōtagōnistḗs ) .Thisetymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
IPA (key ) : /ˌproː.taː.ɣoːˈnɪst/ Hyphenation:pro‧ta‧go‧nist Rhymes:-ɪst protagonist m plural protagonisten nodiminutive )
protagonist character [from 18th c.] 1780 , M. C. Curtius,Aristoteles Verhandeling over de dichtkunst , tr. from German, publ. by Arend Fokke Simonsz., page 105.Hy voerde nog een perſoon in, en verdeelde het Treurſpel in twee rollen, van welke de eerste Acteur de hoofdrol ſpeelde en daarvan deProtagonist heette; (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation) Synonyms: hoofdpersonage hoofdpersoon Borrowed fromFrench protagoniste
protagonist m plural protagoniști
protagonist protagonist c
( authorship ) protagonist Antonym: antagonist 
