litterateur
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litterateur
- /ˌlɪtəɹəˈtɜː/ UK
- /ˌlɪtəɹəˈtʊɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From the French littérateur, from the Latin litterātor (“critic”). Doublet of literator.
noun litterateurs · literateur · littérateur
- A person engaged in various literary works: literary critic, essayist, writer. […]; and fourthly—as is evident upon the face of these pages—he is no professed litterateur, who can be starved by adverse criticism.
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noun person engaged in various literary works
| Français | littérateur |
|---|---|
| Русский | литера́тор literátor |
Talk about this word "litterateur." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/litterateur. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. litterateur. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/litterateur "litterateur." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/litterateur.Cite this
@misc{litterateur_2026,
title = {litterateur},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/litterateur},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
