speakerine

English

Etymology

From French speakerine;[1] equivalent to speaker +‎ -ine.

Noun

speakerine (plural speakerines)

  1. (dated) A female speaker. [from 1957][1]
    • 1990, Seymour Benjamin Chatman, Coming to Terms:
      That Laborit is self-consciously in the discourse is amusingly emphasized by the fact that he, unlike the fictional characters, can hear what the speakerine says about him.

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “speakerine, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

French

Etymology

From speaker +‎ -ine.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spi.kə.ʁin/
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Noun

speakerine f (plural speakerines)

  1. female newscaster, television anchor [from 1941][1]
    Synonym: présentatrice
    La première speakerine de la télévision française est Suzy Wincker en 1935.
    The first announcer to appear on French television was Suzy Wincker in 1935.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: speakerine

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “speakerine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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