Masculine

auteur

  1. (feminine, masculine) author
  2. (feminine, masculine) composer, artist
  3. (feminine, masculine) inventor (of discovery); perpetrator (of crime); leader (of rebellion etc.)

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/o.tœʁ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French autheur, from Old French autor, from Latin auctor, from Proto-Italic *auktōr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-, from *h₂weg-.

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