speakerine

English

Etymology

From French speakerine;[1] equivalent to speaker +‎ -ine.

Noun

speakerine (plural speakerines)

  1. (dated) A female speaker. [from 1957][1]
    • 1990, Seymour Benjamin Chatman, Coming to Terms:
      That Laborit is self-consciously in the discourse is amusingly emphasized by the fact that he, unlike the fictional characters, can hear what the speakerine says about him.

Synonyms

References
  1. “speakerine, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

French

Etymology

From speaker +‎ -ine.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /spi.kə.ʁin/
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Noun

speakerine f (plural speakerines)

  1. female newscaster, television anchor [from 1941][1]
    Synonym: présentatrice
    La première speakerine de la télévision française est Suzy Wincker en 1935.
    The first announcer to appear on French television was Suzy Wincker in 1935.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: speakerine

References
  1. “speakerine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading
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