how to pronounce auteur

/əʊˈtɜːɹ/

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auteur is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of auteur in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… great believers in auteur theory which …”

meanings of auteur

noun:

A creative artist, especially a film director, seen as having a specific, recognisable artistic vision, and who is seen as the single or preeminent ‘author' of his works.

auteur frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word auteur occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics auteur can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that auteur can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;

3) leisure and entertainment;

4) people, society, and culture;