auteur
au·teur
auteur · auteurs · auteured · auteuring
To work as an auteurTo work as an auteur.
UK/ɔːˈtɜː/US/oʊˈtɝ/
Meaning
1 sensesTo work as an auteur.
Origin
Borrowed from French auteur (“author”). Popularised by François Truffaut in the 1954 essayBorrowed 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.
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Forms
auteurs, auteuring, auteured, auteuredLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle