director
English
Alternative forms
- directour (obsolete)
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
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).
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- 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")
- 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 terms
- art director
- co-director
- director circle
- director conic
- director general
- director-general
- director musices
- director of music
- director of photography
- flight director
- funeral director
- guinea pig director
- hand director
- managing director
- vice director
- vice-director
Translations
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
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Anagrams
- creditor
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin director, directorem, from Latin directus, attested from 1696.[1]
Noun
director m (plural directors, feminine directora)
- director
- conductor
- headteacher, principal
Related terms
- direcció
- dirigir
- directe
References
- “director”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
Further reading
- “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.
Portuguese
Adjective
director (feminine directora, masculine plural directores, feminine plural directoras)
- Superseded spelling of diretor. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)
Noun
director m (plural directores, feminine directora, feminine plural directoras)
- Superseded spelling of diretor. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)
Romanian
Etymology
From French directeur.
Noun
director m (plural directori)
- director
- 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 director, directorem, from Latin directus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diɾeɡˈtoɾ/ [d̪i.ɾeɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: di‧rec‧tor
Noun
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 terms
- carta al director
- director de funeraria
- director de pompas fúnebres
- director funerario
- directorial
- director técnico
Related terms
- directora
- dirección
- dirigir
- directo
Further reading
- “director”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014