créature
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin creatura (like English creature), from creo, creare (“to create”).
Pronunciation
Noun
créature f (plural créatures)
- a creature, a living being, especially seen as the work of the divine Creator
- anything created or devised by a person
- a person who is at the mercy of another, notably in whose gift his position is
Related terms
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.