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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): /d????kt?(?)/, /da????kt?(?)/, /da??????kt?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /d????kt?/, /da????kt?/
- Rhymes: -?kt?(?)
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).
- 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
- director circle
- director conic
Translations
Anagrams
- creditor
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin director, directorem, from Latin directus, attested from 1696.
Noun
director m (plural directors, feminine directora)
- director
- conductor
- headteacher, principal
Related terms
- direcció
- dirigir
- directe
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.
References
Portuguese
Adjective
director m (feminine singular directora, masculine plural directores, feminine plural directoras, comparable)
- Superseded spelling of diretor. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere.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- Superseded spelling of diretor. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere.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
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin director, directorem, from Latin directus.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -o?
Noun
director m (plural directores, feminine directora, feminine plural directoras)
- director
- conductor (of musical ensembles)
- (school) principal (North America), headmaster (Britain)
Derived terms
Related terms
- directora
- dirección
- dirigir
- directo
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captain
English
Etymology
From Middle English capitain, capteyn, from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capit?neus, from Latin caput (“head”) (English cap). Doublet of chieftain, also from Old French.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?kæp.t?n/, /-t?n/
- (US, General Australian) IPA(key): /?kæp.t?n/
- (naval, informal) IPA(key): /?kæp.?n/, [?kæpn?], [?kæpm?]
Noun
captain (plural captains)
- A chief or leader.
- 1526, The Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Matthew 2:
- For out of the shal come a captaine, whych shall govern my people israhel.
- 1929, Rudyard Kipling, "The English Way":
- Stand up-stand up, Northumberland! / I bid you answer true, / If England's King has under his hand / A Captain as good as you?
- 1526, The Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Matthew 2:
- The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
- An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
- "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there. […]."
- A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
- A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to an Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
- One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
- 2000, Gregory Allen Howard, Remember the Titans
- Captain's supposed to be the leader, right?
- 2000, Gregory Allen Howard, Remember the Titans
- The leader of a group of workers.
- The head boy of a school.
- A maître d', a headwaiter.
- 1977, Don Felder, Don Henley, and Glenn Frey, lyricists, "Hotel California",
- So I called up the Captain, "Please bring me my wine." / He said: "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969."
- 1977, Don Felder, Don Henley, and Glenn Frey, lyricists, "Hotel California",
- (Southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
Synonyms
- (leader of a group of workers): supervisor, straw boss, foreman
- (commander of a vessel): skipper, master
- (pilot in command): pilot, pilot in command
- (military rank): CAPT, CAPT., Capt., Capt, CPT (abbreviation)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: kapten
- ? Irish: captaen
Translations
Verb
captain (third-person singular simple present captains, present participle captaining, simple past and past participle captained)
- (intransitive) To act as captain
- (transitive) To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- anti-cap, capitan, patican
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