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autor

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See also: aùtór and Autor

English

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Noun

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autor (plural autors)

  1. Obsolete form of author.
    • 1558, Bartho[lomew] Traheron, An Exposition of a Parte of S. Iohannes Gospel Made in Sondrie Readinges in the English Congregation [] :
      Iohan Baptiſt than ſheweth a reaſon, why he ſaide, that the lord Ieſus was before him, bicauſe, ſaieth he, he was my firſt, that is to ſaye, my prince, my head, my autor, my maker.
    • 1580, “Anglo-phile Eutheo to the Reader,S”, in A Second and Third Blast of Retrait from Plaies and Theaters: []:
      VVhereby first, note with me, the goodnes of our God toward vs, who ſeeing that we wil not shun plaies for anie dehortations of his godlie Preachers, who daie by daie in al places of greatest reſort denounce the vengeance of GOD to them, be they hie or lowe, that fauor plaies, Theaters, or plaiers, ſtirreth vp the verie Autors themſelues to inueigh against them, that we maie be ashamed any waie to allowe that, which the verie Autors do vtterlie condemne.
    • 1593, Gabriell Harvey, “To my very gentle, and liberal Frendes, M. Barnabe Barnes, M. John Thorius, M. Anthony Chewt, and every favorable Reader”, in Pierces Supererogation: or A New Prayse of the Old Asse. A Preparative to Certaine Larger Discourses, Intituled Nashes S. Fame., London: [] Iohn Wolfe, page 5:
      []; in the one, eſteeming Plutarch or Homer as an hundred autors; in the other, valuing Cato or Scipio as a thouſand examples.

Albanian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin auctor.

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autor m

  1. author

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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From Latin auctor.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /au̯ˈto(ɾ)/
  • Rhymes: -o(ɾ)
  • Syllabification: au‧tor

Noun

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autor m (plural autors, feminine autora, feminine plural autoras)

  1. author

References

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  • autor”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
  • Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “autor”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

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Etymology

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From Latin auctor.

Noun

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autor m (plural autores)

  1. author

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin auctōrem.

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autor m (plural autors, feminine autora)

  1. author

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈau̯tor]
  • Hyphenation: au‧tor

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autor m anim (female equivalent autorka)

  1. author

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Further reading

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  • autor”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • autor”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • autor”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Galician

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese autor, from Latin auctor, from Proto-Italic *auktōr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-, from *h₂weg-.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /awˈtoɾ/ [ɑwˈt̪oɾ]
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    • Rhymes: -oɾ
    • Hyphenation: au‧tor

    Noun

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    autor m (plural autores, feminine autora, feminine plural autoras)

    1. author (originator or creator of a work)
    2. (broadly) causer; originator; instigator
    3. (criminal law) perpetrator

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    Interlingua

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    Noun

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    autor (plural autores)

    1. author

    Latin

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    Etymology

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    Late variant of auctor under influence of descendants such as Italian autore.

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    autor m (genitive autōris); third declension

    1. (New Latin, proscribed) Alternative form of auctor: source, creator, vendor, author, artist.

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    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative autor autōrēs
    genitive autōris autōrum
    dative autōrī autōribus
    accusative autōrem autōrēs
    ablative autōre autōribus
    vocative autor autōrēs

    Lombard

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    • IPA(key): /awˈtuːr/ (Milanese)

    Noun

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    autor m (feminine form autris)

    1. author

    Middle English

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    Noun

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    autor

    1. Alternative form of auctour

    Occitan

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    From Latin auctor.

    Noun

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    autor m (plural autors, feminine autora, feminine plural autoras)

    1. author

    Etymology 2

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    From aut +‎ -or.

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    Noun

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    autor f (plural autors)

    1. (Provençal) height

    Old French

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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      From Latin auctor, from Proto-Italic *auktōr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-, from *h₂weg-.

      Noun

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      autor oblique singularm (oblique plural autors, nominative singular autors, nominative plural autor)

      1. author (writer)
      2. creator; instigator

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      Old Galician-Portuguese

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      Etymology 1

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        Inherited from Latin auctor, from Proto-Italic *auktōr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-, from *h₂weg-.

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        Noun

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        autor m (plural autores)

        1. author (originator or creator of a work)
          • 1300, Alfonso X of Castile, [Xeral Historia]; republished as chapter I, in Ramón Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, 1963, page 212:
            (please add the primary text of this quotation)
            [Sobre esta rrazõ conta hũ autor em hũ libro que cõposo das estorias da nossa ley et das falas dos gentíj́s [] ]
            (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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        Etymology 2

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        Noun

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        autor m (plural autores)

        1. Alternative form of abtor

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        Piedmontese

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        autor m

        1. author

        Polish

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        Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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        Etymology

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        Borrowed from German Autor.[1][2][3] Compare Kashubian aùtór and Silesian autōr. First attested in 1556–1557.[4]

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        autor m pers (female equivalent autorka, diminutive autorek, related adjective autorski or autorczy)

        1. author (originator or creator of a work)
          Synonym: twórca
          Hyponyms: pisarz, literat
        2. originator (originator of some actions)
        3. (proscribed) doer (one who does something)

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        According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), autor is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 27 times in scientific texts, 23 times in news, 27 times in essays, 6 times in fiction, and 5 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 88 times, making it the 719th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[5]

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        1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “autor”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
        2. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “autor”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
        3. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “autor”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
        4. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “autor”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
        5. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “autor”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 15

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        Portuguese

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        • Rhymes: -oɾ
        • Hyphenation: au‧tor

        Etymology 1

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          Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese autor, from Latin auctor, from Proto-Italic *auktōr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-, from *h₂weg-. Doublet of auteur.

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          Noun

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          autor m (plural autores, feminine autora, feminine plural autoras)

          1. author (originator or creator of a work)
            Synonym: artista
          2. author (someone who writes books for a living)
            Synonym: escritor
          3. (broadly) causer; originator; instigator
            Synonym: instigador
            • 2017, “Desastre” (0:38 from the start), in 1775, performed by Moonspell, Lisbon: Napalm:
              És apenas um homem / Um escravo de Deus / Autor do desastre que aconteceu
              You're just a man. A slave of God. Causer of the disaster that occured
          4. (criminal law) perpetrator
            Synonym: perpetrador
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          Etymology 2

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            Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese abtor, borrowed from Latin actor, from āctus + -tor. Doublet of ator.

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            autor m (plural autores, feminine autora, feminine plural autoras)

            1. (law, archaic) plaintiff
              Synonyms: querelante, acusação

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            Romanian

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            Etymology

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            Borrowed from French auteur, or Latin auctor.

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            autor m (plural autori, feminine equivalent autoare)

            1. author

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            singular plural
            indefinite definite indefinite definite
            nominative-accusative autor autorul autori autorii
            genitive-dative autor autorului autori autorilor
            vocative autorule autorilor

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            Serbo-Croatian

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            Pronunciation

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            • IPA(key): /ǎutor/
            • Hyphenation: a‧u‧tor

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            àutor m (Cyrillic spelling а̀утор)

            1. author

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            Spanish

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            Semi-learned borrowing from Latin auctor.

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            autor m (plural autores, feminine autora, feminine plural autoras)

            1. author
              Synonym: escribiente
            2. perpetrator of a crime
              Synonyms: perpetrador, responsable

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