correcteur
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French correcteur, from Latin corrēector, from corrigere (“to straighten (out), to rectify, to correct”).
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Noun edit
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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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin corrēctor, from corrigō (“to straighten (out), rectify, correct”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
correcteur m (plural correcteurs)
- a corrector, notably a proofreader
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Adjective edit
correcteur (feminine correctrice, masculine plural correcteurs, feminine plural correctrices)
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Further reading edit
- “correcteur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.