different between literati vs litterateur

English

Etymology

From the plural of Latin litter?tus (“lettered, literate”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l?t.?????.ti?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?l?t????ti/

Noun

literati pl (plural only) (singular literatus or literato)

1. Well-educated, literary people; intellectuals who are interested in literature.

Antonyms

• illiterati

Derived terms

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Latin

Adjective

liter?t?

1. nominative masculine plural of liter?tus
2. genitive masculine singular of liter?tus
3. genitive neuter singular of liter?tus
4. vocative masculine plural of liter?tus

English

Alternative forms

• literateur, littérateur

Etymology

From the French littérateur, from the Latin litter?tor (“critic”). Doublet of literator.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l?t????t??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?l?t????t??/
• Rhymes: -??(r), -??(r)

Noun

litterateur (plural litterateurs, feminine litterateuse or litteratrice)

1. A person engaged in various literary works: literary critic, essayist, writer.
   • 1969, Victor Ernest Watts (translator), Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius (author), The Consolation of Philosophy, Penguin Books, book III, chapter v, page 88, footnote 4:

     Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the Roman philosopher, playwright and littérateur, was the boyhood tutor of the emperor Nero, and later on his adviser.

Derived terms

• litterateuse

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