co-author

1. 1.

   be a co-author on (a book, a paper)

   Broaderauthor

   writing

Questions about co-author

What does co-author mean?

co-author means "be a co-author on (a book, a paper)".

How many syllables are in co-author?

co-author has 3 syllables and divides as co--au-thor under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is co-author a common word?

co-author is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.