For the authoress of that book, ladders are always steep.
Source: tatoeba (1193649)
Authoress
//ˈɔ.θɚ.ɹɛs//
Synonyms for "authoress" (26 found)
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Related words (13)
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Translations
36 translations across 28 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مُؤَلِّفَة noun (female author)
- مُصَنِّفَة noun (female author)
Bulgarian
2 entries- а́вторка noun (female author)
- писа́телка noun (female author)
Catalan
1 entries- autora noun (female author)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 女作家 noun (female author)
Cornish
1 entries- awtoures noun (female author)
Czech
1 entries- autorka noun (female author)
Danish
1 entries- forfatterinde noun (female author)
Dutch
2 entries- autrice noun (female author)
- schrijfster noun (female author)
Esperanto
1 entries- aŭtorino noun (female author)
Finnish
1 entries- kirjailijatar noun (female author)
French
2 entries- autrice noun (female author)
- écrivaine noun (female author)
Georgian
1 entries- ავტორი noun (female author)
German
1 entries- Autorin noun (female author)
Greek
1 entries- συγγραφέας noun (female author)
Hungarian
2 entries- szerzőnő noun (female author)
- írónő noun (female author)
Irish
1 entries- banúdar noun (female author)
Italian
1 entries- autrice noun (female author)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- forfatterinne noun (female author)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- forfattarinne noun (female author)
Polish
2 entries- autorka noun (female author)
- pisarka noun (female author)
Portuguese
1 entries- autora noun (female author)
Romanian
1 entries- autoare noun (female author)
Russian
1 entries- писа́тельница noun (female author)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- autorica noun (female author)
- književnica noun (female author)
Spanish
1 entries- autora noun (female author)
Swedish
1 entries- författarinna noun (female author)
Ukrainian
2 entries- а́вторка noun (female author)
- письме́нниця noun (female author)
Welsh
1 entries- awdures noun (female author)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Mary is an author, not an authoress.
Source: tatoeba (13162216)
The authoress will be doing a book signing in downtown Boston.
Source: tatoeba (13162222)
This obſervation is verified in our authoreſs, who, without deſign, without art, and without inſtruction is arrived at a wonderful perfection in the art of poetry, and may be placed amongſt poets of the firſt claſs.
Source: wiktionary
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