🇫🇷 French

auteurs

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

les auteurs

authors

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auteurs
/lez otœʁ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say auteurs in French?

IPA
/lez otœʁ/

How do you pronounce auteurs in French?

auteurs is pronounced /lez otœʁ/ in French.

Example sentences

L'auteur célèbre a écrit son premier roman à vingt ans.

The famous author wrote his first novel at twenty years old.

L'auteur français était très connu pour ses œuvres innovantes.

The French author was very well-known for his innovative works.

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Why is it masculine?

Auteurs is masculine in French. It derives from the Latin "auctor" (masculine), meaning originator or creator. French grammatical gender is largely inherited from Latin, and "auteur" retained the masculine gender of its Latin source word.

What is the French word for authors?

The French word for authors is les auteurs — masculine.

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