accusateur

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin accusātōrem. By surface analysis, accuser +‎ -ateur. Cf. also Old French accusour, an earlier borrowing from the same Latin word.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

accusateur (feminine accusatrice, masculine plural accusateurs, feminine plural accusatrices)

1. accusing, accusatory

Noun

accusateur m (plural accusateurs, feminine accusatrice)

1. accuser, prosecutor

Related terms

• accuser

Further reading

• “accusateur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.