auteur
English
/oʊˈtɝ/, /ɔːˈtɜː/
noun
Definitions
- 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 his works.
Etymology
Borrowed from French auteur (author) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (increase, enlarge, related to increasement, grow, become many).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂ewg-
Gloss
increase, enlarge, related to increasement, grow, become many
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiauteurist English
- auteurial English
- auteurism English
- auteurist English
- auteurship English
- auxiliary English
- Augustus Latin
- Augustīnus Latin
- auctor Latin
- auctorizo Latin
- auctrix Latin
- augeō, augere Latin
- augmentum Latin
- augmentātiō Latin
- augustus Latin
- exauctōrāre Latin
- auteur French
- coauteur French
- αὐγή Ancient Greek
- αὐξάνειν Ancient Greek
- αὐξάνω Ancient Greek
- *h₂ewg- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂owg-éye-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ógeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *auk Proto-Germanic
- *aukaną Proto-Germanic
- *aukô Proto-Germanic
- *wahsijaną, *wahsaną Proto-Germanic
- eken Middle English
- nekename Middle English
- أوج Arabic
- اوگ Persian
- Auteur Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- autheur Middle French
- 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌱𐌹𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌱𐌹𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *ouxselos Proto-Celtic
- аўтар Belarusian
- *augeō Proto-Italic
- augti Lithuanian
- aukštas Lithuanian
- *(h)aug- Proto-Albanian
- *augtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- leistagst Mòcheno
- otè Haitian, Haitian Creole
- oter Mauritian Creole
- auk- Tocharian B
- oko Tocharian B