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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- Superseded spelling of diretor. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere.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- Superseded spelling of diretor. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere.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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directorial
English
Etymology
director +? -ial
Adjective
directorial (comparative more directorial, superlative most directorial)
- Of or pertaining to a director
- 2011, Kevin Avery, Conversations with Clint: Paul Nelson's Lost Interviews with Clint Eastwood 1979-1983, Continuum International Publishing Group, page 6:
- The Seventies, that most directorial of decades.
- 2014, C. W. Marshall, The Structure and Performance of Euripides' Helen, Cambridge University Press, page 242:
- We cannot afford to disregard the evidence of directorial choices.
- 2011, Kevin Avery, Conversations with Clint: Paul Nelson's Lost Interviews with Clint Eastwood 1979-1983, Continuum International Publishing Group, page 6:
- Of or pertaining to administration or to a directorate
- 1763, Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, The Scots Magazine MDCCLXIII - Volume XXV, self-published, page 52:
- After very warm debates, the result was, that the directorial minister of Mentz should make the strongest possible representations to the Emperor's principal commissary.
- 2002, Vanessa Finch, Corporate Insolvency Law: Perspectives and Principles, Cambridge University Press, page 495:
- The analysis ... is consistent with the fair treatment of directors and parties affected by directorial behaviour.
- 1763, Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, The Scots Magazine MDCCLXIII - Volume XXV, self-published, page 52:
Translations
Anagrams
- liroceratid
French
Etymology
directeur +? -al
Adjective
directorial (feminine singular directoriale, masculine plural directoriaux, feminine plural directoriales)
- directorial, managerial
Further reading
- “directorial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
From French directorial
Adjective
directorial m or n (feminine singular directorial?, masculine plural directoriali, feminine and neuter plural directoriale)
- directorial
Declension
Spanish
Adjective
directorial (plural directoriales)
- directorial
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