director
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French directeur and its source Late Latin dīrēctor, dīrēctōrem, from Latin dīrēctus.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈɹɛktə(ɹ)/, /daɪˈɹɛktə(ɹ)/, /daɪ̯əˈɹɛktə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈɹɛktɚ/, /daɪˈɹɛktɚ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)
Noun
editdirector (plural directors, female directress or directrix)
- One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).
- 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America[1], archived from the original on 7 February 2019:
- Francis Gurry is director of WIPO.
- A member of a board of directors.
- [...] the confusion between directors who know nothing and managers who know everything [...].- Anthony Trollope: Phineas Redux (1873), Chapter 60 ("Two Days before the Trial")
- A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.
- That which directs or orientates something.
- 1971, United States. Office of Saline Water, Distillation Digest, volume 3, page 76:
- Installed longer flow director; it now just covers the entire diameter of the 6-in. brine return nozzle, and is 4 in. high […]
- (military) A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.
- (chemistry) The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal.
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editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin dīrēctōrem, from Latin dīrēctus. First attested in 1696.[1]
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editdirector (feminine directora, masculine plural directors, feminine plural directores)
Noun
editdirector m (plural directors, feminine directora)
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editReferences
edit- ^ “director”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading
edit- “director” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “director” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “director” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin dīrēctōrem.
Noun
editdirector m (plural directores, feminine directora, feminine plural directoras)
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edit- “director”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Portuguese
editAdjective
editdirector (feminine directora, masculine plural directores, feminine plural directoras)
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of diretor. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.
Noun
editdirector m (plural directores, feminine directora, feminine plural directoras)
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of diretor. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French directeur.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editdirector m (plural directori)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) director | directorul | (niște) directori | directorii |
genitive/dative | (unui) director | directorului | (unor) directori | directorilor |
vocative | directorule | directorilor |
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin dīrēctōrem, from Latin dīrēctus.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdirector m (plural directores, feminine directora, feminine plural directoras)
- director
- conductor (of musical ensembles)
- (school) principal, headmaster
- editor (person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish)
- Synonym: editor
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editFurther reading
edit- “director”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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