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directeur

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French directeur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌdi.rɛkˈtøːr/
  • Audio:(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 a lower (e.g., branch) level)
  2. director (a 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
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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dīrēctor.

Pronunciation

Noun

directeur m (plural directeurs, feminine directrice)

  1. director
  2. school principal
    Synonym: dirlo

Derived terms

Descendants

Adjective

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

  1. leading, guiding
    idée directriceguiding idea
    ligne directriceguiding line
    plan directeur(please add an English translation of this usage example)

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