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Dictionary: co·au·thor or co-au·thor (kō-ô'thər) pronunciation
n.
A collaborating or joint author.

tr.v., -thored, or -thored, -thor·ing, or -thor·ing, -thors, or -thors.
To be a collaborating or joint author of: "He and a colleague . . . co-authored a genetics text" (Roger W. Pease, Jr.).


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: An writer who works with another writer in writing something.

pronunciation She wrote as a coauthor on that book.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a writer who collaborates with others in writing something
  Synonym: joint author


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - medforfatter
v. tr. - være medforfatter til

Français (French)
n. - coauteur
v. tr. - coproduire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Mitautor
v. - gemeinsam verfassen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ο έτερος των (δύο) συγγραφέων, συμπράττων συγγραφέας
v. - συμπράττω στη συγγραφή

Italiano (Italian)
collaboratore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - co-autor (m)
v. - criar em conjunto

Русский (Russian)
соавтор

Español (Spanish)
n. - coautor, coautora
v. tr. - ser coautor o coautora

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - medförfattare
v. - skriva gemensamt

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
共同执笔者, 合著者, 共同执笔, 合著

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 共同執筆者, 合著者
v. tr. - 共同執筆, 合著

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 공저자
v. tr. - 공동 집필하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 共著者
v. - 共同執筆する

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מחבר-שותף, סופר-שותף‬
v. tr. - ‮חיברו/כתבו יחד‬


 
 
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