manager

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English

Etymology

From manage +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmæn.ɪ.d͡ʒə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmæn.ə.d͡ʒɚ/, [ˈmeən.ə.d͡ʒɚ]
• Hyphenation: man‧a‧ger

Noun

manager (plural managers)

1. (management) A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.

   Synonyms: administrator, boss, chief, controller, comptroller, foreman, head, head man, overseer, organizer, superintendent, supervisor
2. (baseball, soccer) The head coach.
3. (music) An administrator, for a singer or group. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4. (software) A window or application whose purpose is to give the user the control over some aspect of the system.

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Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English manager.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.nə.dʒər/
• Hyphenation: ma‧na‧ger

Noun

manager m (plural managers, diminutive managertje n)

1. a manager, someone in management

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English manager.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.na.dʒɛʁ/, /ma.na.dʒœʁ/, /ma.na.dʒe/

Noun

manager m (plural managers)

1. (sports, Europe, Africa, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, New Caledonia) manager

   Synonym: (Quebec) gérant

Verb

manager

1. (colloquial, North America) to manage

Descendants

• → Turkish: menajer

Further reading

• “manager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• magnera, mangera

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English manager.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.na.d͡ʒer/, /ˈmɛ.na.d͡ʒer/, /ˈma.ne.d͡ʒer/, /ˈmɛ.ne.d͡ʒer/
• Rhymes: -anadʒer, -ɛnadʒer, -anedʒer, -ɛnedʒer
• Hyphenation: mà‧na‧ger

Noun

manager m (plural managers)

1. (sports, business) manager

References

Further reading

• manager in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• germana, magnare, magnerà, mangerà

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English manager.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛˈnɛ.d͡ʐɛr/
• Rhymes: -ɛd͡ʐɛr
• Syllabification: ma‧na‧ger

Noun

manager m pers (female equivalent managerka)

1. (management) Alternative spelling of menedżer
2. (music) Alternative spelling of menedżer
3. (computing) Alternative spelling of menedżer

Declension

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Further reading

• manager in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• manager in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English manager.

Noun

manager m (plural manageri)

1. manager

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English manager.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -anaʝeɾ

Noun

manager m (plural managers)

1. Alternative form of mánager

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.