how to pronounce auteur

/o.tœʁ/

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the above transcription of auteur is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

auteur is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of auteur in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… êtes aussi le co auteur d'un rapport le …”

meanings of auteur

noun:

Inventor (of discovery); perpetrator (of crime); leader (of rebellion etc.).
Author.
Composer, artist.

auteur frequency in french - A1 level of CEFR

the word auteur occurs in french on average 219.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.