executive

See also: exécutive

English

From Middle French executif, from Latin executivus.

executive (comparative more executive, superlative most executive)

Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect.
Of, pertaining to, or having responsibility for the day-to-day running of an organisation, business, country, etc.
executive act
an executive officer
executive government
Exclusive.
an executive bathroom

designed for execution

executive (plural executives)

A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.
The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.
(computing) A process that coordinates and governs the action of other processes or threads; supervisor.
- 1973, ACM Special Interest Group in Operating Systems, Fourth Symposium on Operating System Principles
  The second phase of the executive development proceeded through two steps as stated in Section 2. First, a failsoft executive was developed providing automatic failure detection and recovery […]

title of a chief officer or administrator

Chinese:
Mandarin: 執行者／执行者 (zh) (zhíxíngzhě)
Czech: výkonný ředitel m
Finnish: johtaja (fi), toimeenpaneva elin
French: cadre (fr), gestionnaire (fr), directeur (fr), administrateur (fr) m
Greek: διοικητικό στέλεχος n (dioikitikó stélechos)
Hungarian: ügyvezető (hu), vezető (hu), igazgató (hu), (like an administrator) ügyintéző (hu), munkatárs (hu), előadó (hu), tisztviselő (hu)
Italian: dirigente (it) m
Korean: 간부 (ko) (ganbu), 경영자 (ko) (gyeong'yeongja)
Maori: kaiwhakahaere
Portuguese: executivo (pt) m
Romanian: director (ro) m
Russian: исполни́тельный дире́ктор m (ispolnítelʹnyj diréktor), администра́тор (ru) m (administrátor)
Swahili: mtendaji (sw)
Ukrainian: викона́вчий дире́ктор (vykonávčyj dyréktor), адміністра́тор (uk) (administrátor)

branch of government responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions

Bulgarian: изпълнителна власт f (izpǎlnitelna vlast)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: exekutiva f, moc výkonná f
Dutch: uitvoerende macht (nl) f or m
Finnish: valtioneuvosto (fi), toimeenpaneva elin
French: exécutif (fr) m
Georgian: აღმასრულებელი (aɣmasrulebeli), აღმასრულებელი ხელისუფლება (aɣmasrulebeli xelisupleba)
German: Exekutive (de) f
Hungarian: végrehajtó hatalom
Khmer: នីតិប្រតិបត្តិ (ni teh bro teh bat)
Navajo: beehazʼą́ąnii biłʼoʼnishjí
Polish: egzekutywa (pl) f, władza wykonawcza f
Portuguese: executivo (pt) m
Romanian: executiv (ro) n, organ executiv (ro) n
Russian: исполни́тельная власть f (ispolnítelʹnaja vlastʹ)
Swahili: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: викона́вча вла́да (vykonávča vláda)