correcteur
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French correcteur, from Latin corrēector, from corrigere (“to straighten (out), to rectify, to correct”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkɔ.rɛkˈtøːr/
- Hyphenation: cor‧rec‧teur
- Rhymes: -øːr
Noun
correcteur m (plural correcteurs, diminutive correcteurtje n)
- a corrector, notably:
- (dated, chiefly Belgium) proofreader
- Synonym: proeflezer
- (obsolete) censor
- (dated, chiefly Belgium) proofreader
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin corrēctor, from corrigō (“to straighten (out), rectify, correct”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.ʁɛk.tœʁ/
Audio: (file)
Noun
correcteur m (plural correcteurs)
- a corrector, notably a proofreader
Derived terms
Related terms
- corrigeur m
Adjective
correcteur (feminine correctrice, masculine plural correcteurs, feminine plural correctrices)
Related terms
Further reading
- “correcteur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.