# director
## English
### Alternative forms

* directour (obsolete)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French directeur and its source Late Latin dīrēctor, dīrēctōrem, from Latin dīrēctus.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /dɪˈɹɛktə(ɹ)/, /daɪˈɹɛktə(ɹ)/, /daɪ̯əˈɹɛktə(ɹ)/
* (General American) IPA: /dɪˈɹɛktɚ/, /daɪˈɹɛktɚ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* 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).
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* A member of a board of directors.
** [...] the confusion between directors who know nothing and managers who know everything [...].- Anthony Trollope: Phineas Redux (1873), Chapter 60 ("Two Days before the Trial")
* A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.
* That which directs or orientates something.
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* (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.

#### Derived terms

* art director
* co-director
* codirector
* director circle
* director conic
* director general
* director-general
* directorish
* directoritis
* directorless
* directorly
* director musices
* director of first impressions
* director of music
* director of photography
* directorship
* flight director
* funeral director
* guinea pig director
* hand director
* managing director
* multidirector
* nondirector
* superdirector
* vice-director
* vice director

#### Related terms

* directorate

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* creditor

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin dīrēctōrem, from Latin dīrēctus. First attested in 1696.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [di.ɾəkˈto]
* IPA: (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

#### Related terms

* direcció
* directe
* dirigir

### References

* ↑ “director”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

### 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: /diɾɛkˈtoɾ/ [d̪i.ɾɛkˈt̪oɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Hyphenation: di‧rec‧tor

### Noun

director m (plural directores, feminine directora, feminine plural directoras)
* director

#### Derived terms

* codirector

#### Related terms

* dirixir

### 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

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

director m (plural directori)
* director
* principal
    Profesorul este cu directorul.The teacher is with the school principal.

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin dīrēctōrem, from Latin dīrēctus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diɾeɡˈtoɾ/ [d̪i.ɾeɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: di‧rec‧tor

### Noun

director m (plural directores, feminine directora, feminine plural directoras)
* director
* conductor (of musical ensembles)
* (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

* carta al director
* codirector
* director de funeraria
* director de pompas fúnebres
* director funerario
* director técnico
* directorial

#### Related terms

* dirección
* directo
* dirigir

### 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