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l'

masculine

/o.tœʁ/

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Translation

author, writer, perpetrator

Word origin

From Latin auctor ('originator, promoter'), from augere ('to increase, to make grow').

Origin
Latin
Root
auctor
English cognates
author, authority, augment

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralauteurs

Examples

L' .

The author of this book lives in Paris.

.

French writers are well represented here.

l' .

The person behind the crime is still unknown.

.

Several writers have written on this subject.

l' ' .

She is the author of a famous novel.

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This word is part of lesson 43.