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Is auteur a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word auteur is a Scrabble US word. The word auteur is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is auteur a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word auteur is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

A1U1T1E1U1R1

Is auteur a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word auteur is a Words With Friends word. The word auteur is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

AUTEUR,

5-letter words (1 found)

URATE,

4-letter words (7 found)

ARET,RATE,RATU,TARE,TEAR,TRUE,UREA,

3-letter words (21 found)

ARE,ART,ATE,AUE,EAR,EAT,EAU,ERA,ETA,RAT,RET,RUE,RUT,TAE,TAR,TAU,TEA,URE,UTA,UTE,UTU,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AR,AT,EA,ER,ET,RE,TA,TE,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 42 words from auteur according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of auteur

auteur

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /oʊˈtɝ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɔːˈtɜː/, /əʊˈtɜː/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: au‧teur
  • Homophone: hauteur

Noun

auteur (plural auteurs)

  1. 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.

Derived terms

  • auteur theory
  • auteurism

Related terms

  • author

Translations

Further reading

  • auteur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • autheur (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French auteur, from Middle French autheur, from Old French autor, from Latin auctor, auctorem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑu̯ˈtøːr/, /oːˈtøːr/
  • Hyphenation: au‧teur
  • Rhymes: -øːr

Noun

auteur m (plural auteurs, diminutive auteurtje n, feminine autrice)

  1. author
  2. composer, artist, creator of a work

Derived terms

  • auteurschap
  • auteursrecht

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: outeur
  • → West Frisian: auteur

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French autheur, from Old French autor, borrowed from Latin auctorem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o.tœʁ/
  • Rhymes: -œʁ

Noun

auteur m or f (plural auteurs, feminine autrice or auteure)

  1. author
  2. composer, artist
  3. inventor (of discovery); perpetrator (of crime); leader (of rebellion etc.)

Derived terms

  • coauteur
  • droit d’auteur

Descendants

  • Mauritian Creole: oter
  • → Dutch: auteur
    • Afrikaans: outeur
    • → West Frisian: auteur
  • → English: auteur
  • → Portuguese: auteur
  • → Romanian: autor

See also

  • écrivain

Further reading

  • “auteur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French auteur. Doublet of autor.

Noun

auteur m (plural auteurs)

  1. auteur (creative artist)

Source: wiktionary.org