correcteur
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French correcteur, from Latin corrēector, from corrigere (“to straighten (out), to rectify, to correct”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
correcteur m (plural correcteurs, diminutive correcteurtje n)
- A corrector, notably:
- (dated, chiefly Belgium) proofreader
- Synonym: proeflezer
- (obsolete) censor
- (dated, chiefly Belgium) proofreader
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin corrector, from corrigo (“to straighten (out), rectify, correct”).
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NounEdit
correcteur m (plural correcteurs)
- A corrector, notably a proofreader
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AdjectiveEdit
correcteur (feminine singular correctrice, masculine plural correcteurs, feminine plural correctrices)
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Further readingEdit
- “correcteur” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).