litterateur
/ˌlɪtəɹəˈtɜː//ˌlɪtəɹəˈtʊɚ/
litterateur noun: a person engaged in various literary works: literary critic, essayist, writer.
Noun
litterateur (plural litterateurs)
- 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.1877, William Herman (pseudonym; Ambrose Bierce), The Dance of Death, pages 7–8
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the Roman philosopher, playwright and littérateur, was the boyhood tutor of the emperor Nero, and later on his adviser.1969, Victor Ernest Watts (translator), Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius (author), The Consolation of Philosophy, Penguin Books, book III, chapter v, page 88, footnote 4
litterateur meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Punjabi
litterateur in Tamil
- இலக்கியவாதி, இலக்கண ஆசிரியர்
litterateur in Kannada
- ಸಾಹಿತಿ
litterateur in Punjabi
- litterateur, man of letters
- ਅਦੀਬ adīb
Forms of litterateur
| plural | litterateurs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | literateur |
| alternative form | littérateur |
Origin of litterateur
From the French littérateur, from the Latin litterātor (“critic”). Doublet of literator.
Words formed from litterateur
Words that rhyme with litterateur
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- per
- purr
- birr
- bur
- cellular
- concur
- defer
- entrepreneur
- incur
- infer
- occur
- prefer
- were
- whirr
- aver
- brr
- cur
- deter
- diaperfur
- err
- fir
- myrrh
- aberr
- astir
- bestir
- chauffeur
- chur
- churr
- curmur
- deburr
- farceur
- flurr
- force majeure
- froideur
- grr
- her
- hurr
- inter
- knur
- masseur
- profer
- shirr
- voyeur
- xir
- agripreneur
- artpreneur
- auteur
- Big Sur
Questions about litterateur
- What does litterateur mean?
- Litterateur means a person engaged in various literary works: literary critic, essayist, writer.
- What is litterateur in Tamil?
- Litterateur in Tamil is இலக்கியவாதி, இலக்கண ஆசிரியர். See Litterateur meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is litterateur?
- Litterateur is a noun.
- How do you pronounce litterateur?
- Litterateur is pronounced /ˌlɪtəɹəˈtɜː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of litterateur?
- The plural of litterateur is litterateurs.
Words near litterateur in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: litterateur (page history and authors); litterateur (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); litterateur (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਅਦੀਬ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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