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auteur
- /oʊˈtɝ/ US
- /ɔːˈtɜː/ UK
- /əʊˈtɜː/ UK
Sounds like hauteur · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French auteur (“author”). Popularised by François Truffaut in the 1954 essay “Une certaine tendance du cinéma français” (“A certain tendency in French cinema”) in the influential film journal Cahiers du Cinéma as the phrase “la politique des Auteurs”. Doublet of author.
noun auteurs
- 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 their works. The libretto was a piece of hack work from a Parisian scenario factory run by an enterprising auteur of sorts named Eugene Scribe.
verb auteurs · auteuring · auteured
- To work as an auteur.
Translations
Talk about this word "auteur." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/auteur. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. auteur. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/auteur "auteur." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/auteur.Cite this
@misc{auteur_2026,
title = {auteur},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/auteur},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
