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conteur

storyteller

noun kohn-TER Rare
Arts & Culture Literature

Usage Note

Conteur comes from conter (to tell a story) and refers to someone who tells tales, especially oral folk stories. The feminine form is conteuse. It differs from romancier (novelist) or auteur (author) — a conteur is specifically associated with spoken or performed narrative tradition.

Examples

"Le vieux conteur captivait les enfants avec ses histoires."

Natural Translation

The old storyteller captivated the children with his stories.

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