different between direct vs dirigent

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?rectus, perfect passive participle of d?rig? (“straighten, direct”), from dis- (“asunder, in pieces, apart, in two”) + reg? (“make straight, rule”). Compare dress.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d(a)????kt/, /d????kt/, /da??????kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt
• Hyphenation: di?rect

Adjective

direct (comparative more direct, superlative most direct)

1. Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
2. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.

3. Straightforward; sincere.
4. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.

   • He nowhere, that I know, says it in direct words.

   • 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England

     a direct and avowed interference with elections

5. In the line of descent; not collateral.

6. (astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body.
7. (political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.

8. (aviation, travel) having a single flight number.

Synonyms

• (proceeding uninterrupted): immediate
• (express, plain, unambiguous): explicit, patent, univocal; see also Thesaurus:explicit

Antonyms

• indirect

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

direct (comparative more direct, superlative most direct)

1. Directly.
   • 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 346:

     Presumably Mary is to carry messages that she, Anne, is too delicate to convey direct.

Verb

direct (third-person singular simple present directs, present participle directing, simple past and past participle directed)

1. To manage, control, steer.

   to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army

2. To aim (something) at (something else).

   They directed their fire towards the men on the wall.

   He directed his question to the room in general.

3. To point out or show to (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.

   He directed me to the left-hand road.

   • 1882, John Lubbock, Flowers, Fruits and Leaves

     the next points to which I will direct your attention

4. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.

   She directed them to leave immediately.
5. (dated) To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent.

   to direct a letter

Derived terms

• co-direct, codirect
• misdirect
• redirect

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Credit, credit, triced

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French direct, from Latin d?r?ctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di?r?kt/
• Hyphenation: di?rect
• Rhymes: -?kt

Adjective

direct (comparative directer, superlative directst)

1. direct, immediate
2. direct, blunt, frank

Inflection

Adverb

direct

1. immediately

Synonyms

• onmiddellijk
• meteen
• rechtstreeks

Derived terms

• drek

Descendants

• Afrikaans: direk
• ? Papiamentu: dirèkt

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.??kt/
• Homophones: directe, directes, directs

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin d?rectus. Doublet of droit, which was inherited.

Adjective

direct (feminine singular directe, masculine plural directs, feminine plural directes)

1. direct

Etymology 2

From directement.

Adverb

direct

1. (colloquial) directly

   Si t'as pas envie d'y aller, dis-le direct.

   • 'If you don't want to go, say it straight up.'

Derived terms

Related terms

• diriger
• directeur
• direction

See also

• droit

Anagrams

• crédit
• décrit
• dicter

Further reading

• “direct” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?rectus, perfect passive participle of d?rig?, d?rigere (“straighten, direct”). Compare the inherited drait, drouait.

Adjective

direct m

1. (Jersey) direct

Derived terms

• directément (“directly”)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French direct, Latin directus. Compare the inherited doublet drept.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di?rekt/

Adjective

direct m or n (feminine singular direct?, masculine plural direc?i, feminine and neuter plural directe)

1. direct
2. head-on

Declension

Adverb

direct

1. directly
2. straight

English

Etymology

From Latin d?rig?ns, present participle of d?rig?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??.?.d??nt/

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.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Hutton to this entry?)

   • 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.

See also

• dirigible

Anagrams

• ingirted

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /di.?i??ent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /di.?i??en/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /di.?i?d??ent/
• Rhymes: -ent

Noun

dirigent m (plural dirigents)

1. leader

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?r???nt]

Noun

dirigent m

1. (music) A conductor

Related terms

• See režim
• dirigovat

Further reading

• dirigent in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• dirigent in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

dirigent c (singular definite dirigenten, plural indefinite dirigenter)

1. (music) a conductor

References

• “dirigent” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?rig?ns, present participle of d?rig? (“I direct”). The sense “conductor” was probably borrowed from German Dirigent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?di.ri???nt/
• Hyphenation: di?ri?gent
• Rhymes: -?nt

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

Derived terms

Related terms

• dirigeren

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: dirigen

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.?i.???/

Verb

dirigent

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?di?.ri.?ent/, [?d?i?????n?t?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?di.ri.d??ent/, [?d?i??id???n?t?]

Verb

d?rigent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of d?rig?

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From German Dirigent, from Latin d?rig?ns, present participle of d?rig?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?ir?i????nt/

Noun

dirigent m (feminine equivalent dirigentka)

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

Declension

Further reading

• dirigent in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

1. (music) a conductor

Derived terms

• kordirigent

Related terms

• dirigere

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. (music) a conductor

Derived terms

• kordirigent

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dir??ent/
• Hyphenation: di?ri?gent

Noun

dirìgent m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. conductor (music)

Declension

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diri???nt/

Noun

dirig?nt m anim (female equivalent dirigêntka)

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

Inflection

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

Related terms

• dirigera