executive

See also: exécutive

English

Alternative forms

• exe., exec., execu.

Etymology

From Middle French executif, from Latin executivus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɪv/, /ɛɡˈzɛkjʊtɪv/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɛkjətɪv/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

executive (comparative more executive, superlative most executive)

1. Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect.
2. Of, pertaining to, or having responsibility for the day-to-day running of an organisation, business, country, etc.

   executive act

   an executive officer

   executive government

3. Exclusive.

   an executive bathroom

Translations

designed for execution

• Arabic: إِجْرَائِيّ (ar) (ʔijrāʔiyy)
• Azerbaijani: icra, icraiyyə
• Belarusian: выкана́ўчы (vykanáŭčy)
• Bulgarian: изпълни́телен (bg) (izpǎlnítelen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 執行的／执行的 (zh) (zhíxíng de); 行政的 (zh) (xíngzhèng de)

• Czech: výkonný (cs)
• Finnish: toimeenpaneva, liikkeenjohdollinen
• French: exécutif (fr)
• Georgian: აღმასრულებელი (aɣmasrulebeli)
• German: exekutiv (de)
• Greek: εκτελεστικός (el) (ektelestikós)
• Hungarian: végrehajtó (hu)
• Kazakh: атқарушы (atqaruşy)
• Macedonian: извршен (izvršen), егзекутивен (egzekutiven)
• Malay: eksekutif
• Persian: اجرایی (ejrâ'i)
• Polish: wykonawczy (pl)
• Portuguese: executivo (pt)
• Romanian: executiv (ro)
• Russian: исполни́тельный (ru) (ispolnítelʹnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ѝзвршнӣ

  Roman: ìzvršnī (sh)

• Slovak: výkonný
• Slovene: izvršni
• Spanish: ejecutivo (es)
• Tajik: иҷроия (ijroyiya)
• Turkish: icra (tr)
• Ukrainian: викона́вчий (vykonávčyj)
• Uyghur: ئىجرائىي (ijra'iy)

  Cyrillic: иҗраий (ijraiy)

Noun

executive (plural executives)

1. A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.
2. The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.
3. (computing) A process that coordinates and governs the action of other processes or threads; supervisor.
   • 1973, ACM Special Interest Group in Operating Systems, Fourth Symposium on Operating System Principles

     The second phase of the executive development proceeded through two steps as stated in Section 2. First, a failsoft executive was developed providing automatic failure detection and recovery […]

Translations

title of a chief officer or administrator

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 執行者／执行者 (zh) (zhíxíngzhě)

• Czech: výkonný ředitel m
• Finnish: johtaja (fi), toimeenpaneva elin
• French: cadre (fr), gestionnaire (fr), directeur (fr), administrateur (fr) m
• Greek: διοικητικό στέλεχος n (dioikitikó stélechos)
• Hungarian: ügyvezető (hu), vezető (hu), igazgató (hu), (like an administrator) ügyintéző (hu), munkatárs (hu), előadó (hu), tisztviselő (hu)
• Italian: dirigente (it) m
• Korean: 간부 (ko) (ganbu), 경영자 (ko) (gyeong'yeongja)
• Maori: kaiwhakahaere
• Portuguese: executivo (pt) m
• Romanian: director (ro) m
• Russian: исполни́тельный дире́ктор m (ispolnítelʹnyj diréktor), администра́тор (ru) m (administrátor)
• Swahili: mtendaji (sw)
• Turkish: yönetici (tr)
• Ukrainian: викона́вчий дире́ктор (vykonávčyj dyréktor), адміністра́тор (uk) (administrátor)

branch of government responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions

• Bulgarian: изпълнителна власт f (izpǎlnitelna vlast)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: exekutiva (cs) f, moc výkonná f
• Dutch: uitvoerende macht (nl) f or m
• Finnish: valtioneuvosto (fi), toimeenpaneva elin
• French: exécutif (fr) m
• Georgian: აღმასრულებელი (aɣmasrulebeli), აღმასრულებელი ხელისუფლება (aɣmasrulebeli xelisupleba)
• German: Exekutive (de) f
• Hungarian: végrehajtó hatalom
• Khmer: នីតិប្រតិបត្តិ (ni teh bro teh bat)
• Navajo: beehazʼą́ąnii biłʼoʼnishjí
• Polish: egzekutywa (pl) f, władza wykonawcza f
• Portuguese: executivo (pt) m
• Romanian: executiv (ro) n, organ executiv (ro) n
• Russian: исполни́тельная власть f (ispolnítelʹnaja vlastʹ)
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: yürütme (tr)
• Ukrainian: викона́вча вла́да (vykonávča vláda)

Derived terms

• account executive
• chief executive
• chief executive officer, CEO
• compact executive car
• corporate executive
• executive agreement
• executive ball clicker
• executive box
• executive branch
• executive class
• executive committee
• executive contour
• executive control
• executive decision
• executive director
• executive ego function
• executive fallout
• executive function
• executively
• executive mansion
• executive officer
• executive order
• executive privilege
• executive-produce
• executive produce
• executive producer
• executive summary
• executive toy
• non-executive, nonexecutive