créature

See also: creature and creäture

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin creatūra (like English creature), from creo, creare (“to create”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁe.a.tyʁ/

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Noun

créature f (plural créatures)

1. a creature, a living being, especially seen as the work of the divine Creator
2. anything created or devised by a person
3. a person who is at the mercy of another, notably in whose gift his position is

Related terms

• créateur m
• création
• créer

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Créateur, créateur, réacteur