dirigent

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English

Etymology

From Latin dīrigēns, present participle of dīrigō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒənt/

Noun

dirigent (plural dirigents)

  1. (now chiefly biochemistry) Something that or someone who directs; a director or guide.
    • 2011, Florence Gleason, Raymond Chollet, Plant Biochemistry, page 133:
      The monolignol substrates are held in position by proteins called dirigents (guide proteins). [] Lignan dirigent proteins are found in the cytoplasm, but similar dirigents have been localized in the cell walls of some plants.
    • 1905, George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Medical Record, volume 68, page 887:
      One of its members is deputed in rotation to maintain continuous contact with the director or dirigents of the hospital by means of biweekly, if necessary daily, visits to the institution.
  2. (dated, geometry) The line of motion of a describent line or surface that in so moving defines a plane or solid figure; a directrix.
    • 1877, James Booth, A Treatise on Some New Geometrical Methods, page 348:
      The straight line in which the vertical polar plane cuts the plane of the circle of contact is called the dirigent. As there are in general two circles of contact, there are two dirigents, and they are parallel to the diretrices.
    • 1891, Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, volume 21, page 308:
      In this case, to which Sphero-Cartesians, and all other sphero-quadrics, whose dirigents are small circles, are analogous in Spherics, the dirigent conic F must also have double contact with S.

Adjective

dirigent (not comparable)

  1. That directs.
    • 17thC, Richard Baxter, The Life of Faith, 1838, The Practical Works of Richard Baxter, Volume 3, page 690,
      6. God must then be known in his three personalities; as the Father, the Word or Son, and the Spirit.
      7. And these in their three causalities; efficient, dirigent, and final.
    • 17thC, Richard Baxter, Mr. Baxter's Dying Thoughts, 1838, The Practical Works of Richard Baxter, Volume 3, page 1012,
      V. I shall better know the methods and perfections of the Scripture, and all God's dirigent word and will.

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Noun

dirigent m (plural dirigents)

  1. leader

Czech

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dirigent

Etymology

Borrowed from German Dirigent, from Latin dīrigens, present participle of dīrigō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: di‧ri‧gent

Noun

dirigent m anim (feminine dirigentka, related adjective dirigentský)

  1. conductor (person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble)

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Further reading

  • dirigent in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • dirigent in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • dirigent in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012-, slovnikcestiny.cz
  • dirigent in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

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Noun

dirigent c (singular definite dirigenten, plural indefinite dirigenter)

  1. (music) a conductor

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Dutch

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīrigēns, present participle of dīrigō (I direct). The sense “conductor” was probably borrowed from German Dirigent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌdi.riˈɣɛnt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: di‧ri‧gent
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

dirigent m (plural dirigenten, diminutive dirigentje n)

  1. A conductor, person who musically directs an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble
  2. (figuratively) A director, person pulling the strings
    De eerste cellist was de dirigent van een campagne tegen de orkestdirigent
    The first cello was the ringleader of a campaign against the orchestra's conductor

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Descendants

  • Indonesian: dirigen

French

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Verb

dirigent

  1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of diriger

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

dīrigent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of dīrigō

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From German Dirigent, from Latin dīrigēns, present participle of dīrigō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʲirʲiˈɡʲɛnt/

Noun

dirigent m pers (feminine dirigentka)

  1. conductor (person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble)

Declension

Further reading

  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “dirigent”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

dirigent m (definite singular dirigenten, indefinite plural dirigenter, definite plural dirigentene)

  1. (music) a conductor

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

dirigent m (definite singular dirigenten, indefinite plural dirigentar, definite plural dirigentane)

  1. (music) a conductor

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dirǐɡent/
  • Hyphenation: di‧ri‧gent

Noun

dirìgent m (Cyrillic spelling дирѝгент)

  1. conductor (music)

Declension

Slovene

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Pronunciation

Noun

dirigȅnt m anim (female equivalent dirigêntka)

  1. conductor, person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. dirigènt
gen. sing. dirigênta
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
dirigènt dirigênta dirigênti
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
dirigênta dirigêntov dirigêntov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
dirigêntu dirigêntoma dirigêntom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
dirigênta dirigênta dirigênte
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
dirigêntu dirigêntih dirigêntih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
dirigêntom dirigêntoma dirigênti

Further reading

  • dirigent”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

dirigent c

  1. conductor (person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble)

Declension

Declension of dirigent 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative dirigent dirigenten dirigenter dirigenterna
Genitive dirigents dirigentens dirigenters dirigenternas

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