"créature" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /kʁe.a.tyʁ/ Audio: Fr-créature.ogg , Fr-Paris--créature.ogg Forms: créatures [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin creatūra (like English creature), from creo, creare (“to create”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|LL.|creatūra}} Borrowed from Late Latin creatūra Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} créature f (plural créatures)
  1. a creature, a living being, especially seen as the work of the divine Creator Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-créature-fr-noun-N3JpedL6
  2. anything created or devised by a person Tags: feminine Categories (lifeform): Animals
    Sense id: en-créature-fr-noun-HA6MD1fJ Disambiguation of Animals: 16 80 4 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 19 68 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 75 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 85 6
  3. a person who is at the mercy of another, notably in whose gift his position is Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-créature-fr-noun-6Qznmv~C
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: créateur [masculine], création, créer

Inflected forms

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