conteur
French
Etymology
From Old French conteor. By surface analysis, conter (“to recount, to tell”) + -eur (“-er”). Doublet of compteur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tœʁ/
- Rhymes: -œʁ
Audio (Switzerland): (file) Audio (Vosges): (file) - Homophone: compteur
Noun
conteur m (plural conteurs, feminine conteuse)
- storyteller, a person who tells stories
- Synonym: raconteur
- narrator
- Synonym: narrateur
Further reading
- “conteur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.