1 animateur | Definition of animateur

animateur

noun
an·​i·​ma·​teur | \ ˌa-nə-mə-ˈtər How to pronounce animateur (audio) \
plural animateurs

Definition of animateur

: someone who leads and encourages participation in a particular activity and especially in a cultural or artistic activity Like other animateurs, he juggles several projects at once: last year … he was working with youth groups preparing a children's opera … at the same time, he was working with the … Community Choir as well as leading other school projects.— Edward Marriott, Music Magazine, 1 Feb. 2004

First Known Use of animateur

1950, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for animateur

borrowed from French, from animer “to animate entry 2” + -ateur -ator

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