Can the word 'motorist' also mean 'engine manufacturer'? [closed]

meaning word-usage synonyms

Solution 1:

The problem smelled of a French to English howler the moment I started reading, and before I got to the last line.

So many French words look easy to translate into English but mean something different or are nuanced differently.

In England they eat eggs and lard for breakfast is a classic schoolboy mistranslation. Lard is the French for bacon, whilst in English it is the animal fat that is used for cooking.

Anyway the Oxford Hachette French - English Dictionary defines motoriste as engine builder or mechanic.

In English a motorist is someone who drives a car.

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