dirigent
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Etymology edit
From Latin dīrigēns, present participle of dīrigō.
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dirigent (plural dirigents)
- (now chiefly biochemistry) Something that or someone who directs; a director or guide.
- 2011, Florence Gleason, Raymond Chollet, Plant Biochemistry, page 133:
- The monolignol substrates are held in position by proteins called dirigents (guide proteins). […] Lignan dirigent proteins are found in the cytoplasm, but similar dirigents have been localized in the cell walls of some plants.
- 1905, George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Medical Record, volume 68, page 887:
- One of its members is deputed in rotation to maintain continuous contact with the director or dirigents of the hospital by means of biweekly, if necessary daily, visits to the institution.
- (dated, geometry) The line of motion of a describent line or surface that in so moving defines a plane or solid figure; a directrix.
- 1877, James Booth, A Treatise on Some New Geometrical Methods, page 348:
- The straight line in which the vertical polar plane cuts the plane of the circle of contact is called the dirigent. As there are in general two circles of contact, there are two dirigents, and they are parallel to the diretrices.
- 1891, Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, volume 21, page 308:
- In this case, to which Sphero-Cartesians, and all other sphero-quadrics, whose dirigents are small circles, are analogous in Spherics, the dirigent conic F must also have double contact with S.
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dirigent (not comparable)
- That directs.
- 17thC, Richard Baxter, The Life of Faith, 1838, The Practical Works of Richard Baxter, Volume 3, page 690,
- 6. God must then be known in his three personalities; as the Father, the Word or Son, and the Spirit.
- 7. And these in their three causalities; efficient, dirigent, and final.
- 17thC, Richard Baxter, Mr. Baxter's Dying Thoughts, 1838, The Practical Works of Richard Baxter, Volume 3, page 1012,
- V. I shall better know the methods and perfections of the Scripture, and all God's dirigent word and will.
- 17thC, Richard Baxter, The Life of Faith, 1838, The Practical Works of Richard Baxter, Volume 3, page 690,
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- IPA(key): (Central) [di.ɾiˈʒen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [di.ɾiˈʒent]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [di.ɾiˈd͡ʒent]
- Rhymes: -ent
Noun edit
dirigent m (plural dirigents)
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Dirigent, from Latin dīrigens, present participle of dīrigō.
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dirigent m anim (feminine dirigentka, related adjective dirigentský)
- conductor (person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble)
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singular | plural | |
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nominative | dirigent | dirigenti |
genitive | dirigenta | dirigentů |
dative | dirigentovi, dirigentu | dirigentům |
accusative | dirigenta | dirigenty |
vocative | dirigente | dirigenti |
locative | dirigentovi, dirigentu | dirigentech |
instrumental | dirigentem | dirigenty |
Derived terms edit
- dirigentství n
- šéfdirigent m anim
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- dirigovat impf
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dirigent c (singular definite dirigenten, plural indefinite dirigenter)
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin dīrigēns, present participle of dīrigō (“I direct”). The sense “conductor” was probably borrowed from German Dirigent.
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dirigent m (plural dirigenten, diminutive dirigentje n)
- A conductor, person who musically directs an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble
- (figuratively) A director, person pulling the strings
- De eerste cellist was de dirigent van een campagne tegen de orkestdirigent
- The first cello was the ringleader of a campaign against the orchestra's conductor
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- → Indonesian: dirigen
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dirigent
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Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.ri.ɡent/, [ˈd̪iːrɪɡɛn̪t̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdi.ri.d͡ʒent/, [ˈd̪iːrid͡ʒen̪t̪]
Verb edit
dīrigent
Lower Sorbian edit
Etymology edit
From German Dirigent, from Latin dīrigēns, present participle of dīrigō.
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dirigent m pers (feminine dirigentka)
- conductor (person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble)
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
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Nominative | dirigent | dirigenta | dirigenty |
Genitive | dirigenta | dirigentowu | dirigentow |
Dative | dirigentoju | dirigentoma | dirigentam |
Accusative | dirigenta | dirigentowu | dirigenty, dirigentow |
Instrumental | dirigentom | dirigentoma | dirigentami |
Locative | dirigenśe | dirigentoma | dirigentach |
Further reading edit
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “dirigent”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
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dirigent m (definite singular dirigenten, indefinite plural dirigenter, definite plural dirigentene)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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dirigent m (definite singular dirigenten, indefinite plural dirigentar, definite plural dirigentane)
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Serbo-Croatian edit
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dirìgent m (Cyrillic spelling дирѝгент)
- conductor (music)
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singular | plural | |
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nominative | dirìgent | dirigenti |
genitive | dirigenta | dirìgenātā |
dative | dirigentu | dirigentima |
accusative | dirigenta | dirigente |
vocative | dirigente | dirigenti |
locative | dirigentu | dirigentima |
instrumental | dirigentom | dirigentima |
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dirigȅnt m anim (female equivalent dirigêntka)
- conductor, person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble
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Masculine anim., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | dirigènt | ||
gen. sing. | dirigênta | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
dirigènt | dirigênta | dirigênti |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
dirigênta | dirigêntov | dirigêntov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
dirigêntu | dirigêntoma | dirigêntom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
dirigênta | dirigênta | dirigênte |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
dirigêntu | dirigêntih | dirigêntih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
dirigêntom | dirigêntoma | dirigênti |
Further reading edit
- “dirigent”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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dirigent c
- conductor (person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble)
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Declension of dirigent | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | dirigent | dirigenten | dirigenter | dirigenterna |
Genitive | dirigents | dirigentens | dirigenters | dirigenternas |