directeur

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French directeur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌdi.rɛkˈtøːr/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: di‧rec‧teur
  • Rhymes: -øːr

Noun

directeur m (plural directeurs, diminutive directeurtje n, feminine directrice)

  1. director, manager in a company, general manager, CEO or at lower (e.g. branch) level
  2. director, person in charge of various other institutions
  3. director or manager, who has an executive mandate within an institution, e.g. for HR

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: direkteur
  • Caribbean Javanese: dirèktir, dirèktur
  • Indonesian: direktur
  • Papiamentu: dirèktùr
  • Sranan Tongo: driktoro, dikketoro, driektoro
    • Saramaccan: dikitóo

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin directōrem, from Latin directus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.ʁɛk.tœʁ/
  • (file)

Adjective

directeur (feminine directrice, masculine plural directeurs, feminine plural directrices)

  1. leading, managing

Derived terms

Noun

directeur m (plural directeurs, feminine directrice)

  1. director
  2. school principal
    Synonym: dirlo

Derived terms

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