superintendent

English

From Ecclesiastical Latin superintendens, a calque of Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos); thence being distantly related to English bishop.

superintendent (plural superintendents)

A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.
(Commonwealth) A police rank used in Commonwealth countries, ranking above chief inspector, and below chief superintendent.
- 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 7, in Well Tackled!‎:
  “No, don't,” replied the superintendent; “in fact, I'd rather you made yourself conspicuous elsewhere. Go down to the landing stage and cross to New Brighton or Wallasey—doesn't matter which—and come back. No doubt you will be seen, and reported to have gone across.”
The manager of a building, usually a communal residence, who is responsible for keeping the facilities functional and often collecting rent or similar payments, either as also the building's landlord or on behalf of same. Often abbreviated "super".
The head of a Sunday school.
In some Protestant churches, a clergyman having the oversight of the clergy of a district.
(chiefly US) A janitor.

a person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something

Bulgarian: надзирател (bg) m (nadziratel)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 監督人／监督人 (zh) (jiāndūrén), 管理人 (zh) (guǎnlǐrén)
Dutch: hoofdopzichter m
Esperanto: vokto (eo)
Finnish: tarkastaja (fi), valvoja (fi), isännöitsijä (fi) (of a building)
French: surintendant (fr) m
Galician: superintendente m or f
German: Leiter (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: ἐπιστάτης m (epistátēs)
Hindi: सुपरिंटेंडेंट (hi) m (supriṇṭeṇḍeṇṭ), सुपरडंट (hi) m (suparḍaṇṭ)
Hungarian: felügyelő (hu), ellenőr (hu), szakmai vezető
Irish: maor m
Italian: soprintendente (it) m or f, sovrintendente (it) m or f
Japanese: 管理者 (ja) (かんりしゃ, kanrisha), 局長 (ja) (きょくちょう, kyokuchō), 警視 (ja) (けいし, keishi) (police)
Korean: 관리자 (ko) (gwallija)
Latin: curator (la) m, curatrix f, praefectus m
Manx: ard-er m
Middle English: surveyour
Navajo: naatʼáanii, binantʼaʼí
Portuguese: superintendente (pt) m or f
Romanian: supraveghetor (ro) m, supraveghetoare (ro) f
Russian: коменда́нт (ru) m (komendánt), заве́дующий (ru) (zavédujuščij), управля́ющий (ru) m (upravljájuščij), руководи́тель (ru) m (rukovodítelʹ)
Spanish: superintendente (es) m or f, director (es) m, supervisor (es) m
Swedish: föreståndare (sv) c, kommissarie (sv) c
Tagalog: tagapamahala

police officer ranking above inspector

Dutch: commissaris (nl)
French: superintendant (fr)
Greek: αστυνόμος (el) m or f (astynómos)
Hindi: सुपरिंटेंडेंट (hi) m (supriṇṭeṇḍeṇṭ), सुपरिंटेंडेंट पुलिस m (supriṇṭeṇḍeṇṭ pulis), सुपरडंट (hi) m (suparḍaṇṭ)
Hungarian: felügyelő (hu), főfelügyelő (hu), rendőrfőnök (hu)
Indonesian: komisaris (id)
Italian: sovrintendente (it)
Malay: سوڤراينتيندن‎ (superinténden)
Norwegian: overbetjent m

manager of a building

superintendent (not comparable)

From German Superintendent.

superintendent m (plural superintendenți)

Declension of superintendent