noun
Meaning 1
An author who collaborates with another to write something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
coauthor
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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verb
Meaning 2
To write something in collaboration with another author.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a writer who collaborates with others in writing something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: joint author
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writer, author
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English author English coauthor From co- + author.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: саа́ўтар (saáwtar) — collaborating author
- Bulgarian: съавтор (sǎavtor) — collaborating author
- Catalan: coautor — collaborating author
- Chinese Mandarin: 合著者 (hézhùzhě) — collaborating author
- Czech: spoluautor — collaborating author
- Czech: spoluautorka — collaborating author
- Finnish: kanssakirjoittaja — collaborating author
- French: coauteur — collaborating author
- French: coautrice — collaborating author
- German: Co-Autor — collaborating author
- German: Co-Autorin — collaborating author
- German: Mitautor — collaborating author
- German: Mitautorin — collaborating author
- German: Mitverfasser — collaborating author
- German: Mitverfasserin — collaborating author
- Hungarian: társszerző — collaborating author
- Italian: coautore — collaborating author
- Italian: coautrice — collaborating author
- Japanese: 共著者 (kyōchōsha) — collaborating author
- Korean: 공저자 (gongjeoja) — collaborating author
- Latvian: līdzautors — collaborating author
- Latvian: līdzautore — collaborating author
- Lithuanian: bendraautoris — collaborating author
- Polish: współautor — collaborating author
- Polish: współautorka — collaborating author
- Portuguese: coautor — collaborating author
- Portuguese: coautora — collaborating author
- Romanian: coautor — collaborating author
- Romanian: coautoare — collaborating author
- Russian: соа́втор (soávtor) — collaborating author
- Spanish: coautor — collaborating author
- Spanish: coautora — collaborating author
- Swedish: medförfattare — collaborating author
- Tagalog: kamay-akda — collaborating author
- Ukrainian: співа́втор (spivávtor) — collaborating author
- Welsh: cydawdur — collaborating author
- Chinese Mandarin: 合著 (hézhù) — to write in collaboration with another author
- Finnish: olla mukana kirjoittamassa — to write in collaboration with another author
- Finnish: kirjoittaa jonkun kanssa — to write in collaboration with another author
- French: coécrire — to write in collaboration with another author
- Welsh: cydysgrifennu — to write in collaboration with another author