director

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French directeur and its source Late Latin director, directorem, from Latin directus.

Pronunciation

  • (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, 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).
    • 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America‎, archived from the original on 7 February 2019:
      Francis Gurry is director of WIPO.
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  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.

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. guiding, regulating, directing

Noun

director m (plural directors, feminine directora)

  1. director
  2. conductor
  3. headteacher, principal

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References

  1. ^ “director”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

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Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin directorem.

Noun

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

  1. director

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Portuguese

Adjective

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

  1. 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

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

  1. 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

Etymology

Borrowed from French directeur.

Pronunciation

Noun

director m (plural directori)

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

Declension

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin directorem, from Latin directus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diɾeɡˈtoɾ/
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: di‧rec‧tor

Noun

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

  1. director
  2. conductor (of musical ensembles)
  3. (school) principal, headmaster
  4. editor (a person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish)
    Synonym: editor

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