détenteur

French

Etymology

Borrowed from the legal Latin dētentor, from dētineō (whence détenir) + -tor (whence -teur).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /de.tɑ̃.tœʁ/

Noun

détenteur m (plural détenteurs, feminine détentrice)

(law) holder
holder (of e.g. a record)

Further reading

“détenteur” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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