autor

/awˈtoɾ/

o noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
autores

Meaning

  1. author

    • O autor assinou o livro.

      The author signed the book.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: person. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: animate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

escritor

Close synonyms for "author, writer."

Similar in other languages

German

Autor

Autor is the German word for the same thing — both mean "author."

Spanish

autor

autor is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "author."

French

auteur

auteur is the French word for the same thing — both mean "author."

Practice

1 What does autor mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ assinou o livro.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches autor?

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