director
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- directour (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Middle French directeur and its source Late Latin director, directorem, from Latin directus.
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈɹɛktə(ɹ)/, /daɪˈɹɛktə(ɹ)/, /daɪ̯əˈɹɛktə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈɹɛktɚ/, /daɪˈɹɛktɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)
NounEdit
director (plural directors, feminine 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.
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- 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 […]
- 1971, United States. Office of Saline Water, Distillation Digest (volume 3, page 76)
- (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.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
supervisor, manager — See also translations at film director
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device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system
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someone who directs
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Late Latin director, directorem, from Latin directus, attested from 1696.[1]
NounEdit
director m (plural directors, feminine directora)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “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.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “director” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
PortugueseEdit
AdjectiveEdit
director m (feminine singular directora, masculine plural directores, feminine plural directoras, comparable)
- Superseded spelling of diretor. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)
NounEdit
director m (plural directores, feminine directora, feminine plural directoras)
- Superseded spelling of diretor. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
director m (plural directori)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of director
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Late Latin director, directorem, from Latin directus.
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -oɾ
NounEdit
director m (plural directores, feminine directora, feminine plural directoras)
- director
- conductor (of musical ensembles)
- (school) principal, headmaster
- editor (a person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “director” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.