Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

litterateur

/ˌlɪtəɹəˈtʊɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: lit-ter-a-teur
IPA: /ˌlɪtəɹəˈtʊɚ/

11

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person engaged in various literary works: literary critic, essayist, writer.

Example Sentences

"[…]; and fourthly—as is evident upon the face of these pages—he is no professed litterateur, who can be starved by adverse criticism."
"Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the Roman philosopher, playwright and littérateur, was the boyhood tutor of the emperor Nero, and later on his adviser."

Etymology

From the French littérateur, from the Latin litterātor (“critic”). Doublet of literator.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: littérateur, litterātor

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌlɪtəɹəˈtʊɚ/
British English: /ˌlɪtəɹəˈtɜː/

Inflected Forms

litterateurs (plural) literateur (alternative) littérateur (alternative)

Derived Forms

litterateuse

Synonyms

essayist

Rhymes With

your were her per sir ensure prefer mirror occur refer cure mature

Questions

How do you pronounce litterateur?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌlɪtəɹəˈtʊɚ/.
What does litterateur mean?: A person engaged in various literary works: literary critic, essayist, writer.
Where does litterateur come from?: It is traced to French.

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