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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
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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- Superseded spelling of diretor. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere.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- Superseded spelling of diretor. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere.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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chieftain
English
Etymology
From Middle English cheveteyn, cheftayne, from Old French chevetaine, from Late Latin capitaneus (English captain), from Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput- (English head). Doublet of captain.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?i?f.t?n/, /?t?i?f.t?n/
Noun
chieftain (plural chieftains)
- A leader of a clan or tribe.
- (by extension) A leader of a group.
Synonyms
- (leader of a clan or tribe): chief, big gun, big shot, big wheel, bigwig, boss, employer, foreman, head, leader, mandarin, manager, mover and shaker, top banana, top dog, tycoon
Derived terms
- chieftainess
Translations
Scots
Etymology
From Early Scots chefftane, from Middle English cheftayne, from Old French chevetaine, from Late Latin capitaneus, from Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t?iften]
Noun
chieftain (plural chieftains)
- chieftain
- (possibly) schore; leader of a Highlands clan
References
- “chieftain” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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