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authoress

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɔː.θə.ɹɛs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈɔ.θɚ.ɹɛs/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A female author.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a woman author

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: writer, author

History

Etymology

From Middle English aucteuresse; equivalent to author + -ess.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُؤَلِّفَة (muʔallifa) — female author
  • Arabic: مُصَنِّفَة (muṣannifa) — female author
  • Bulgarian: а́вторка (ávtorka) — female author
  • Bulgarian: писа́телка (pisátelka) — female author
  • Catalan: autora — female author
  • Chinese Mandarin: 女作家 (nǚ zuòjiā) — female author
  • Cornish: awtoures — female author
  • Czech: autorka — female author
  • Danish: forfatterinde — female author
  • Dutch: schrijfster — female author
  • Dutch: autrice — female author
  • Esperanto: aŭtorino — female author
  • Finnish: kirjailijatar — female author
  • French: autrice — female author
  • French: écrivaine — female author
  • Georgian: ავტორი (avṭori) — female author
  • German: Autorin — female author
  • Greek: συγγραφέας (syngraféas) — female author
  • Hungarian: írónő — female author
  • Hungarian: szerzőnő — female author
  • Irish: banúdar — female author
  • Italian: autrice — female author
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forfatterinne — female author
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: forfattarinne — female author
  • Polish: autorka — female author
  • Polish: pisarka — female author
  • Portuguese: autora — female author
  • Romanian: autoare — female author
  • Russian: писа́тельница (pisátelʹnica) — female author
  • Serbo-Croatian: autorica — female author
  • Serbo-Croatian: književnica — female author
  • Spanish: autora — female author
  • Swedish: författarinna — female author
  • Ukrainian: а́вторка (ávtorka) — female author
  • Ukrainian: письме́нниця (pysʹménnycja) — female author
  • Welsh: awdures — female author