formateur

English

Noun

formateur (countable and uncountable, plural formateurs)

1. (politics) chief political negotiator for formal talks that are intended to lead to the formation of a cabinet, particularly in one of the Benelux countries

Related terms

• informateur

Dutch

Etymology

From French formateur.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

formateur m (plural formateuren, diminutive formateurtje n)

1. trainer
2. (politics) chief political negotiator for formal talks that are intended to lead to the formation of a cabinet

Descendants

• → Indonesian: formatur

See also

• informateur

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin formātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁ.ma.tœʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

formateur (feminine formatrice, masculine plural formateurs, feminine plural formatrices)

1. shaping
2. formative, educational, edifying

Noun

formateur m (plural formateurs, feminine formatrice)

1. trainer, former

Further reading

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