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interlocuteur

interlocutor

noun ahn-ter-loh-koo-TUR Rare
Communication Speech

Also means

conversation partner

Usage Note

Interlocuteur refers to the person one is speaking or negotiating with. In diplomatic and journalistic French it is very common: mon interlocuteur simply means 'the person I was talking to'. The feminine is interlocutrice. The plural interlocuteurs is used in group dialogue contexts.

Examples

"Son interlocuteur n'écoutait pas vraiment."

Natural Translation

His conversation partner was not really listening.

Literal Translation

His interlocutor not-was listening not really.

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