Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic ديريجيور
Cyrillic дирижёр
Latin dirijior
Yañalif diriçior

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian дирижёр (dirižór), from Latin dīrigere (to direct, steer).

Noun edit

дирижёр (dirijer)

  1. (music) conductor of a musical ensemble, bandmaster

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Russian edit

Etymology edit

Probably an inner-Russian formation based on дирижи́ровать (dirižírovatʹ) +‎ -ёр (-jór). The usual corresponding French term is dirigeant, not the quite rare or marginal dirigeur.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [dʲɪrʲɪˈʐor]
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Noun edit

дирижёр (dirižórm anim (genitive дирижёра, nominative plural дирижёры, genitive plural дирижёров)

  1. (music) conductor of a musical ensemble, bandmaster

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Descendants edit

References edit

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “дирижёр”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 255