different between organiser vs chairman

English

Etymology

organise +? -er

Noun

organiser (plural organisers)

1. Britain standard spelling of organizer.

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin organiz?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.?a.ni.ze/
• Homophones: organisai, organisé, organisés, organisée, organisées, organisez

Verb

organiser

1. to organise; to plan an event
2. to organise; to put something in a specific order

Conjugation

Derived terms

• organisation

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• garerions, ignoreras, ragerions, réagirons, rognerais, rongerais

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

organiser

1. imperative of organisere

English

Etymology

From chair +? -man

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t???m?n/

Noun

chairman (plural chairmen)

1. A person presiding over a meeting.
2. The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.
3. (historical) Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance.

Usage notes

• Historically this term denoted a man, but it is now also used for women. Gender-neutral terms could be chairperson or just chair.

Coordinate terms

• chairwoman

Hypernyms

• chair, chairperson
• presiding officer, presider

Derived terms

• vice chairman, vice-chairman
• cochairman

Translations

Verb

chairman (third-person singular simple present chairmans, present participle chairmanning, simple past and past participle chairmanned)

1. To serve as chairman.

Anagrams

• Charmian