auteur

Meaning

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

Concepts

author

writer

✍️🧑‍🦱

perpetrator

originator

composer

generator

authoress

maker

creator

lyricist

novelist

poet

principal

principal offender

progenitor

raiser

ringleader

scribe

sender

source

sex offender

right of first publication

female author

author

author

female writer

autor

actor

𐐫𐑃𐐲𐑉

agent

artificer

artist

🧑‍🎨

copyright

©️

culprit

deviser

doer

dramatist

instigator

inventor

Synonyms

écrivain

✍️🧑‍🦱

créateur

promoteur

artisan

initiateur

auteure

pionnier

écrivaine

malfaiteur

meneur

source

°

coupable

droit d’auteur

femme auteur

forgeur

authoresse

auteuresse

autrice

femme-auteur

cause

copyright

©️

créer

découvreur

écrire

✍️

générateur

inventeur

Pronounced as (IPA)

/o.tœʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: autheur

Inherited from Old French: autor

Borrowed from Latin: auctor

In summary

Inherited from Middle French autheur, from Old French autor, borrowed from Latin auctorem.

Sentences

Malgré son jeune âge , Lucain fut un auteur prolifique .

Despite his young age, Lucain was a prolific author.

Auteur de plusieurs monographies et articles , il est aussi conférencier et consultant .

Author of several monographs and articles, he is also a speaker and consultant.