auteure
French, noun/o.tœʁ/
auteure is spelled A-U-T-E-U-R-E (7 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written French, the 9,289th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auteure is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of auteur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Créatrice d’une œuvre littéraire”.
What does auteure mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of auteur
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Créatrice d’une œuvre littéraire. 2. Femme à l’origine de quelque chose.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of auteure
- auteures plural
- auteur masculine
- autaire neuter
- auteurice neuter
- auteur·ice neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce auteure?
- /o.tœʁ/
- \o.tœʁ\
- \o.tœ.ʁə\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to auteure
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is auteure in French?
auteure appears 6.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).