autrice
French, noun/o.tʁis/
autrice is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of auteur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celle qui est à l’origine de quelque chose”.
What does autrice 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. Celle qui est à l’origine de quelque chose. 2. Femme qui a rédigé un ouvrage de littérature, de science ou d’art. Écrivaine. 3. Génitrice ; ascendante
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 autrice
- autrices plural
- auteur masculine
- autaire neuter
- auteurice neuter
- auteur·ice neuter
- auctrice archaic
- authrice archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce autrice?
- /o.tʁis/
- \o.tʁis\
- [o.t̪ʁ̥is]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to autrice
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is autrice in French?
autrice appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).