author
Signification (English)
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- The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.
- Someone who writes books for a living.
- (obsolete) Principal; the primary participant in a crime.
- (obsolete) One's authority for something: an informant.
Concepts
femme-auteur
femme auteur
authoresse
auteuresse
Synonyms
𐐫𐑃𐐲𐑉
fiction writer
present writer
prose writer
that which gives rise
stirrer-up
female author
female writer
autor
actor
drop a line
Fréquence
Coupé comme
au‧thor
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈɔː.θə/
Étymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English auctour, from Anglo-Norman autour, from Old French autor, from Latin auctor, from augeō (“to increase, originate”). The h, also found in Middle French autheur, is unetymological as there is no h in the original Latin spelling. The OED attributes the h to contamination by authentic. Doublet of auteur.
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