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litterateuse

UK/ˌlɪtəɹəˈtɜːz/US/ˌlɪtəɹəˈtuːz/

litterateuse is the female equivalent of litterateur.

Meaning of litterateur

Noun

litterateur (plural litterateurs)

  1. 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

Synonyms of litterateuse

Forms of litterateuse

plurallitterateuses
alternative formliterateuse

Origin of litterateuse

Analogically from litterateur + French -euse (feminine agent suffix). (The correct French feminine form is in fact littératrice.)

Questions about litterateuse

What is litterateuse the female equivalent of?
Litterateuse is the female equivalent of litterateur.
How do you pronounce litterateuse?
Litterateuse is pronounced /ˌlɪtəɹəˈtɜːz/ (UK).

Words near litterateuse in the dictionary

  1. Litterals
  2. litteraly
  3. litterate
  4. litterateur
  5. litterateurs
  6. litterateuse
  7. litterateuses
  8. litterati
  9. litteratrice
  10. litteratrices
  11. litterbag

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Adapted from Wiktionary: litterateuse (page history and authors); litterateur (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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