dessinateur

French

Etymology

From dessiner +‎ -ateur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.si.na.tœʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (France (Paris)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Noun

dessinateur m (plural dessinateurs, feminine dessinatrice)

1. designer, draughtsman
   • 1903, Maurice Pillard Verneuil, Étude de la plante‎^[1], page 2:

     Tout dessinateur s'imagine pouvoir, sans étude préalable, d'instinct, créer des oeuvres ornementales parfaites de conception.

     Every draftsman imagines he can—instinctively and without prior study—create ornamental works that are perfect in design.

2. cartoonist, drawer

Descendants

• → Romanian: desenator

Further reading

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