"conteur" meaning in All languages combined

See conteur on Wiktionary

Noun [French]

IPA: /kɔ̃.tœʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-conteur.wav [Switzerland, Valais], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-conteur.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: conteurs [plural], conteuse [feminine]
Rhymes: -œʁ Etymology: From Old French conteor. By surface analysis, conter (“to recount, to tell”) + -eur (“-er”). Doublet of compteur. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|conteor}} Old French conteor, {{surface analysis|fr|conter<t:to recount, to tell>|-eur<id:agent suffix><t:-er>}} By surface analysis, conter (“to recount, to tell”) + -eur (“-er”), {{doublet|fr|compteur}} Doublet of compteur Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=conteuse}} conteur m (plural conteurs, feminine conteuse)
  1. storyteller, a person who tells stories Tags: masculine Synonyms: raconteur
    Sense id: en-conteur-fr-noun-~0ikDP6M Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -eur (agent suffix), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -eur (agent suffix): 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9
  2. narrator Tags: masculine Synonyms: narrateur
    Sense id: en-conteur-fr-noun-Zj7knHHb

Inflected forms

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