Usage Note
Inventeur is the masculine form; the feminine is inventrice. It can also mean the discoverer of something previously unknown, not just the creator of a device. L'inventeur de la radioactivité illustrates this scientific sense.
Examples
"Marie Curie est une inventrice célèbre."
Natural Translation
Marie Curie is a famous inventor.

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