different between director vs referee

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)

1. 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).

2. A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.
3. 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 […]

4. (military) A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.
5. (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)

1. director
2. conductor
3. 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)

1. Superseded spelling of diretor. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere.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)

1. Superseded spelling of diretor. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere.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)

1. 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)

1. director
2. conductor (of musical ensembles)
3. (school) principal (North America), headmaster (Britain)

Derived terms

Related terms

• directora
• dirección
• dirigir
• directo

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from past participle of Old French referer (“to relate, to refer”), from Latin referre (“to carry back, to report, to notify”); as if refer +? -ee, that is, the person to whom something is referred for consideration.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???f.???i?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???f???i?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Noun

referee (plural referees)

1. (sports) An umpire or judge; an official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game.

2. A person who settles a dispute.
3. A person who writes a letter of reference or provides a reference by phone call for someone.

   Your application, along with letters from three referees, should be received by January 31.

4. An expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published.

Usage notes

• In general, and as a usage guideline, a referee moves around with the game, while an umpire stays (approximately) in one place.

Related terms

• ref

Translations

Verb

referee (third-person singular simple present referees, present participle refereeing, simple past and past participle refereed)

1. To act as a referee.

Translations

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?refere?/, [?re?fe?re??]
• IPA^(key): /?referi?/, [?re?fe?ri?]
• Rhymes: -efere?
• Syllabification: re?fe?ree

Noun

referee

1. referee (expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published)

   Synonym: arvioija

Declension

Spanish

Noun

referee m or f (plural referees)

1. referee