autor

== English == === Noun === autor (plural autors) Obsolete form of author. == Albanian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin auctor. === Noun === autór m author ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== bashkautor (“co-author”) === Further reading === “autor”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006 FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[3], 1980 Newmark, Leonard (1999), “autor”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[4] == Aragonese == === Alternative forms === fautor === Etymology === From Latin auctor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /au̯ˈto(ɾ)/ Syllabification: au‧tor Rhymes: -o(ɾ) === Noun === autor m (plural autors, feminine autora, feminine plural autoras) author === References === “autor”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish) Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “autor”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN == Asturian == === Etymology === From Latin auctor. === Noun === autor m (plural autores) author == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin auctōrem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əwˈto] IPA(key): (Valencia) [awˈtoɾ] === Noun === autor m (plural autors, feminine autora, feminine plural autores) author ==== Derived terms ==== coautor === Further reading === “autor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “autor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “autor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “autor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈau̯tor] Hyphenation: au‧tor === Noun === autor m anim (female equivalent autorka) author ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “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), 2008–2026 == Galician == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese autor, from Latin auctor, from augeō + -tor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /awˈtoɾ/ [ɑwˈt̪oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Hyphenation: au‧tor === Noun === autor m (plural autores, feminine autora, feminine plural autoras) author (originator or creator of a work) (loosely) causer; originator; instigator (criminal law) perpetrator === References === “autor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Interlingua == === Noun === autor (plural autores) author == Latin == === Etymology === Late variant of auctor under influence of descendants such as Italian autore. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈau̯.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaːu̯.tor] === Noun === autor m (genitive autōris); third declension (New Latin, proscribed) alternative form of auctor: source, creator, vendor, author, artist ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. == Lombard == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /awˈtuːr/ (Milanese) === Noun === autor m (feminine form autris) author == Middle English == === Noun === autor alternative form of auctour == Occitan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [awˈtu] === Etymology 1 === From Latin auctor. ==== Noun ==== autor m (plural autors, feminine autora, feminine plural autoras) author === Etymology 2 === From aut +‎ -or. ==== Alternative forms ==== nautor (Languedoc) hautor (Gascon) ==== Noun ==== autor f (plural autors) (Provençal) height == Old French == === Alternative forms === auctor, auctour, auctur, autour, autur === Etymology === Inherited from Latin auctor. === Noun === autor oblique singular, m (oblique plural autors, nominative singular autors, nominative plural autor) author (writer) creator; instigator ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: autheur, aucteur, auctour, auteur, autteurFrench: auteur (see there for further descendants) → Norman: auteu → Middle English: auctour, auctor, autor, autour, author, autherEnglish: authorScots: author === References === auctor on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub Etymology and history of “auteur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin auctor, from augeō + -tor. ==== Alternative forms ==== auctor ==== Noun ==== autor m (plural autores) author (originator or creator of a work) ===== Descendants ===== Galician: autor Portuguese: autor === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== autor m (plural autores) alternative form of abtor === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “a@tor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “auc?tor”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Piedmontese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /awˈtur/ === Noun === autor m author == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Autor. First attested in 1556–1557. Compare Kashubian aùtór and Silesian autōr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaw.tɔr/ Rhymes: -awtɔr Syllabification: au‧tor === Noun === autor m pers (female equivalent autorka, diminutive autorek, related adjective autorski or autorczy) author (originator or creator of a work) Synonym: twórca Hyponyms: pisarz, literat originator (originator of some actions) (proscribed) doer (one who does something) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Russian: а́втор (ávtor), авторъ (avtor) — pre-1918 spelling→ Eastern Mari: автор (avtor)→ Georgian: ავტორი (avṭori)→ Ingrian: avtora→ Kazakh: автор (avtor)→ Uyghur: ئاپتور (aptor)→ Yakut: ааптар (aaptar) === Trivia === 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. === References === === Further reading === autor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN autor in Polish dictionaries at PWN Danuta Lankiewicz (29.08.2018), “AUTOR”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century] Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “autor”, in Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “autor”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “autor”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 73 autor in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -oɾ Hyphenation: au‧tor === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese autor, from Latin auctor, from augeō + -tor. Doublet of auteur. ==== Alternative forms ==== auctor (obsolete) ==== Noun ==== autor m (plural autores, feminine autora, feminine plural autoras) author (originator or creator of a work) Synonym: artista author (someone who writes books for a living) Synonym: escritor (loosely) causer; originator; instigator Synonym: instigador (criminal law) perpetrator Synonym: perpetrador ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese abtor, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin actor, from āctus + -tor. Doublet of ator. ==== Noun ==== autor m (plural autores, feminine autora, feminine plural autoras) (law, archaic) plaintiff Synonyms: querelante, acusação === References === “autor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “autor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “autor”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “autor”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French auteur, or Latin auctor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.uˈtor/ === Noun === autor m (plural autori, feminine equivalent autoare) author ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== autorlâc === See also === scriitor === Further reading === “autor”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ǎutor/ Hyphenation: a‧u‧tor === Noun === àutor m anim (Cyrillic spelling а̀утор) author ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Semi-learned borrowing from Latin auctor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /auˈtoɾ/ [au̯ˈt̪oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: au‧tor === Noun === autor m (plural autores, feminine autora, feminine plural autoras) author Synonym: escribiente perpetrator of a crime Synonyms: perpetrador, responsable ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Bikol Central: awtór, otor → Tagalog: awtór, otor === Further reading === “autor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 === Anagrams === Tauro, urato