auteur, n.m., author, authoress; inventor, maker, cause, source, contriver, framer; writer; perpetrator; achiever; artist, engraver, composer, sculptor; owner; informant, authority. Dieu est l’— de toutes choses; God is the author of all things. L’— d’un projet; the framer of a project. L’— d’un procédé; the inventor of a process. C’est elle qui est l’— de ce livre; she is the author of that book. Se faire —; to turn author. Nommez votre —; name your informant, authority. Droit d’—; copyright.
authenticité, n.f., authenticity, genuineness.
authentique, adj., original; authentic, genuine.
authentique, n.f., authentics.
authentiquement (-mān), adv., authentically.
authentiquer, v.a., (jur.) to sign and seal, to authenticate.
autobiographe, n.m., autobiographer.
autobiographie, n.f., autobiography.
autobus, n.m., motor omnibus.
autochtone (-tok-to-n), n.m., (antiq.) autochthon; (adj.) autochthonous.