conducteur

Borrowed from Middle French conducteur, from Latin conductor, from condūcō (“lead, bring or draw together”), itself from con- (“with, together”) + dūcō (“lead, guide”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔndʏkˈtøːr/

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• Hyphenation: con‧duc‧teur
• Rhymes: -øːr

conducteur m (plural conducteurs, diminutive conducteurtje n, feminine conductrice)

1. (transport) conductor (ticket collector)
2. Short for either of: (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
   1. conducteur van bruggen en wegen
   2. conducteur van brievenmalen
3. cue sheet; partition containing one band player's particular part.

• (tickets collector): kaartjesknipper
• treinbegeleider (official use in Belgium)

• conducteurskamer
• conducteurstang
• conducteurstas

• condottiere
• conductie
• conductor
• conduite

• → Indonesian: kondektur
• → Papiamentu: kòndùktùr

Borrowed from Latin conductorem, from condūcō (“lead, bring or draw together”), itself from con- (“with, together”) + dūcō (“lead, guide”). Or from conduct +‎ -eur. Cf. also Old French conduitor.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.dyk.tœʁ/

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conducteur m (plural conducteurs, feminine conductrice)

1. the driver of a vehicle or of a group of animated creatures
2. a conductor, substance which conducts

   Antonym: isolant

3. a cue sheet

• (driver): chauffeur m

• conduire
• conduite

• → German: Kondukteur
• → Turkish: kondüktör

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