Polyglot Dictionary

autorité

/otɔʁite/

la noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
autorités

Meaning

  1. authority

    • Les autorités ont fermé la route.

      The authorities closed the road.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Autorität

Autorität is the German word for the same thing — both mean "authority."

Spanish

autoridad

autoridad is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "authority."

Spanish

potestad

potestad is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "authority."

Portuguese

autoridade

autoridade is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "authority."

Practice

1 What does autorité mean?

2 Fill the gap: Les ___ ont fermé la route.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches autorité?

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