English Online Dictionary. What means director? What does director mean?
English
Alternative forms
- directour (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French directeur and its source Late Latin dīrēctor, dīrēctōrem, from Latin dīrēctus.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈɹɛktə(ɹ)/, /daɪˈɹɛktə(ɹ)/, /daɪ̯əˈɹɛktə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈɹɛktɚ/, /daɪˈɹɛktɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)
Noun
director (plural directors)
- 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 member of a board of directors.
- A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.
- That which directs or orientates something.
- (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.
- (electronics) A component of a Yagi–Uda antenna.
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Translations
Anagrams
- creditor
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin dīrēctōrem, from Latin dīrēctus. First attested in 1696.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [di.ɾəkˈto]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [di.ɾekˈtoɾ]
Adjective
director (feminine directora, masculine plural directors, feminine plural directores)
- guiding, regulating, directing
Noun
director m (plural directors, feminine directora)
- director
- conductor
- headteacher, principal
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References
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.
Galician
Etymology
From Late Latin dīrēctōrem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diɾɛkˈtoɾ/ [d̪i.ɾɛkˈt̪oɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Hyphenation: di‧rec‧tor
Noun
director m (plural directores, feminine directora, feminine plural directoras)
- director
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “director”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Portuguese
Adjective
director (feminine directora, masculine plural directores, feminine plural directoras)
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of diretor. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.
Noun
director m (plural directores, feminine directora, feminine plural directoras)
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of diretor. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French directeur.
Pronunciation
Noun
director m (plural directori)
- director
- principal
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin dīrēctōrem, from Latin dīrēctus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diɾeɡˈtoɾ/ [d̪i.ɾeɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: di‧rec‧tor
Noun
director m (plural directores, feminine directora, feminine plural directoras)
- director
- conductor (of a musical ensemble)
- (school) principal, headmaster
- editor (person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish)
- Synonym: editor
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “director”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10