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IPA/lɛktœʁ/
Le lecteur lit le journal.
The reader reads the newspaper.
Le lecteur de journaux consulte souvent les titres.
The newspaper reader often checks the headlines.
A person or machine taking text or data from a medium and making it available to read, play, or process.
lecteur de journaux
newspaper reader
lecteur occasionnel
occasional reader
appareil: A device that reads information from discs, cards, or similar media.
liseuse: A portable device for displaying and reading digital books.
lecteur de DVD: A device that reads DVD audio and video for playback.
Personne ou appareil qui lit un support (texte ou données), l'appareil étant nommé par extension « lecteur ».
French lecteur comes from Latin lector, an agent noun from legere meaning to read, and later acquired its device sense.