director

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

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)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /dɪˈɹɛktɚ/, /daɪˈɹɛktɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)

NounEdit

 
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director (plural directors, feminine directress or directrix)

  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).
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  2. A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.
  3. That which directs or orientates something.
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      Installed longer flow director; it now just covers the entire diameter of the 6-in. brine return nozzle, and is 4 in. high […]
  4. (military) A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.
  5. (chemistry) The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal.

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

supervisor, manager — See also translations at film director

AnagramsEdit

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Late Latin director, directorem, from Latin directus, attested from 1696.[1]

NounEdit

director m (plural directors, feminine directora)

  1. director
  2. conductor
  3. headteacher, principal

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Further readingEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ “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)

  1. Alternative spelling of diretor (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform, and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere.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, where the agreement came into effect in May 2009.)

NounEdit

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

  1. Alternative spelling of diretor (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform, and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere.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, where the agreement came into effect in May 2009.)

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Late Latin director, directorem, from Latin directus.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

  1. director
  2. conductor (of musical ensembles)
  3. (school) principal (North America), headmaster (Britain)

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

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