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director

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French directeur and its source Late Latin dīrēctor, dīrēctōrem, from Latin dīrēctus.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈɹɛktə(ɹ)/, /daɪˈɹɛktə(ɹ)/, /daɪ̯əˈɹɛktə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈɹɛktɚ/, /daɪˈɹɛktɚ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)

Noun

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director (plural directors)

  1. 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.
  2. 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")
  3. A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.
  4. 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 […]
  5. (military) A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.
  6. (chemistry) The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal.
  7. (electronics) A component of a Yagi–Uda antenna.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin dīrēctōrem, from Latin dīrēctus. First attested in 1696.[1]

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Adjective

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director (feminine directora, masculine plural directors, feminine plural directores)

  1. guiding, regulating, directing

Noun

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director m (plural directors, feminine directora)

  1. director
  2. conductor
  3. headteacher, principal
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  1. ^ “director”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Late Latin dīrēctōrem.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /diɾɛkˈtoɾ/ [d̪i.ɾɛkˈt̪oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Hyphenation: di‧rec‧tor

Noun

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director m (plural directores, feminine directora, feminine plural directoras)

  1. director

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Portuguese

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Adjective

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director (feminine directora, masculine plural directores, feminine plural directoras)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of diretor. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Noun

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director m (plural directores, feminine directora, feminine plural directoras)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of diretor. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French directeur.

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Noun

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director m (plural directori)

  1. director
  2. principal
    Profesorul este cu directorul.
    The teacher is with the school principal.

Declension

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Declension of director
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative director directorul directori directorii
genitive-dative director directorului directori directorilor
vocative directorule directorilor

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin dīrēctōrem, from Latin dīrēctus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /diɾeɡˈtoɾ/ [d̪i.ɾeɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: di‧rec‧tor

Noun

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director m (plural directores, feminine directora, feminine plural directoras)

  1. director
  2. conductor (of a musical ensemble)
  3. (school) principal, headmaster
  4. 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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