French word

locuteur

Pronunciation

IPA/lokytœʁ/

Meaning

  • masculine nounspeaker

Example

Le locuteur était timide et parlait peu.

The speaker was shy and spoke little.

Illustration for locuteur (speaker)

More examples

Le locuteur natif a corrigé ma prononciation.

The native speaker corrected my pronunciation.

Core concept

A person whose voice carries the utterance in a conversation or speech.

Common phrases

  • locuteur natif

    native speaker

  • locuteur francophone

    French speaker

Similar words

interlocuteur: A person who listens and replies in a conversation.
locutrice: A woman who speaks aloud.

Definition in French

Personne qui produit un énoncé dans un échange ou un discours.

Word origin

French locuteur is a learned borrowing from Latin locutor, an agent noun formed from loqui, 'to speak'.

Usage tips

  • Locuteur is masculine; the feminine form is locutrice, and the noun takes the article le or un.

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