chairman

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• UK: /ˈtʃɛːmən/
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• US: /ˈtʃɛɹ.mən/
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• rhymes with -ɛːmən
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• CMU ARPABET: CH EH1 R M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th2der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh2 Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English chairman From chair + -man.

131 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kryetar — person presiding over a meeting
• Arabic: رَئِيس (raʔīs) — person presiding over a meeting
• Armenian: նախագահ (naxagah) — person presiding over a meeting
• Azerbaijani: sədr — person presiding over a meeting
• Belarusian: старшыня́ (staršynjá) — person presiding over a meeting
• Belarusian: галава́ (halavá) — person presiding over a meeting
• Bulgarian: председа́тел (predsedátel) — person presiding over a meeting
• Burmese: သဘာပတိ (sa.bhapa.ti.) — person presiding over a meeting
• Burmese: ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ (ukkathta.) — person presiding over a meeting
• Cebuano: tagsiya — person presiding over a meeting
• Cebuano: tsirman — person presiding over a meeting
• Chinese Cantonese: 主席 (zyu2 zik6) — person presiding over a meeting
• Chinese Cantonese: 議長 /议长 (ji5 zoeng2) — person presiding over a meeting
• Chinese: җўщи (žwxi) — person presiding over a meeting
• Chinese Mandarin: 主席 (zhǔxí) — person presiding over a meeting
• Chinese Mandarin: 議長 /议长 (yìzhǎng) — person presiding over a meeting
• Czech: předseda — person presiding over a meeting
• Danish: formand — person presiding over a meeting
• Dutch: voorzitter — person presiding over a meeting
• Estonian: esimees — person presiding over a meeting
• Estonian: eesistuja — person presiding over a meeting
• Estonian: juhataja — person presiding over a meeting
• Finnish: puheenjohtaja — person presiding over a meeting
• French: secrétaire général — person presiding over a meeting
• French: président — person presiding over a meeting
• Georgian: თავმჯდომარე (tavmǯdomare) — person presiding over a meeting
• German: Vorsitzender — person presiding over a meeting
• German: Vorsitzende — person presiding over a meeting
• Greek: πρόεδρος (próedros) — person presiding over a meeting
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιστάτης (epistátēs) — person presiding over a meeting
• Ancient Greek: πρόεδρος (próedros) — person presiding over a meeting
• Hebrew: יוֹשֵׁב רֹאשׁ (yoshév rosh) — person presiding over a meeting
• Hindi: अध्यक्ष (adhyakṣ) — person presiding over a meeting
• Hindi: सभापति (sabhāpti) — person presiding over a meeting
• Hindi: सदर (sadar) — person presiding over a meeting
• White Hmong: tswv rooj — person presiding over a meeting
• Hungarian: elnök — person presiding over a meeting
• Indonesian: ketua — person presiding over a meeting
• Interlingua: presidente — person presiding over a meeting
• Interlingua: chairman — person presiding over a meeting
• Irish: cathaoirleach — person presiding over a meeting
• Irish: fear cathaoireach — person presiding over a meeting
• Italian: presidente — person presiding over a meeting
• Japanese: 議長 (gichō) — person presiding over a meeting
• Japanese: 委員長 (iinchō) — person presiding over a meeting
• Japanese: 理事長 (rijicho) — person presiding over a meeting
• Kazakh: басқарма (basqarma) — person presiding over a meeting
• Khmer: ប្រធាន (prɑɑthiən) — person presiding over a meeting
• Korean: 의장 (uijang) — person presiding over a meeting
• Korean: 위원장 (wiwonjang) — person presiding over a meeting
• Korean: 주석 (juseok) — person presiding over a meeting
• Kyrgyz: башкарма (başkarma) — person presiding over a meeting
• Lao: ປະທານ (pa thān) — person presiding over a meeting
• Latvian: priekšsēdētājs — person presiding over a meeting
• Lithuanian: pirmininkas — person presiding over a meeting
• Lithuanian: pirmininkė — person presiding over a meeting
• Macedonian: претседател (pretsedatel) — person presiding over a meeting
• Macedonian: претседавач (pretsedavač) — person presiding over a meeting
• Malay: pengerusi — person presiding over a meeting
• Malay: pengerusi lelaki — person presiding over a meeting
• Maltese: ċermen — person presiding over a meeting
• Manx: ard-hoieder — person presiding over a meeting
• Mingrelian: დუდმახვენჯი (dudmaxvenǯi) — person presiding over a meeting
• Mongolian: дарга (darga) — person presiding over a meeting
• Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ (daruɣ-a) — person presiding over a meeting
• Navajo: alą́ąjįʼ dahsidáhígíí — person presiding over a meeting
• Norwegian Bokmål: styreformann — person presiding over a meeting
• Norwegian Bokmål: møteleder — person presiding over a meeting
• Iranian Persian: رَئیس (ra'is) — person presiding over a meeting
• Iranian Persian: صَدْر (sadr) — person presiding over a meeting
• Plautdietsch: Väasetta — person presiding over a meeting
• Polish: przewodniczący — person presiding over a meeting
• Portuguese: presidente (da assembleia) — person presiding over a meeting
• Romanian: președinte — person presiding over a meeting
• Romanian: chairman — person presiding over a meeting
• Russian: председа́тель (predsedátelʹ) — person presiding over a meeting
• Scottish Gaelic: neach-na-cathrach — person presiding over a meeting
• Serbo-Croatian: пре́дседнӣк — person presiding over a meeting
• Serbo-Croatian: пре́дсједнӣк — person presiding over a meeting
• Serbo-Croatian: prédsednīk — person presiding over a meeting
• Serbo-Croatian: prédsjednīk — person presiding over a meeting
• Sindhi: نِشِستمان (niśistmā̃) — person presiding over a meeting
• Slovak: predseda — person presiding over a meeting
• Slovene: predsedujoči — person presiding over a meeting
• Slovene: predsednik — person presiding over a meeting
• Spanish: presidente — person presiding over a meeting
• Spanish: secretario general — person presiding over a meeting
• Sranan Tongo: amrabasi — person presiding over a meeting
• Swahili: mwenyekiti — person presiding over a meeting
• Swedish: ordförande — person presiding over a meeting
• Tagalog: tagapangulo — person presiding over a meeting
• Tajik: раис (rayis) — person presiding over a meeting
• Tajik: садр (sadr) — person presiding over a meeting
• Thai: ประธาน (bprà-taan) — person presiding over a meeting
• Turkish: başkan — person presiding over a meeting
• Turkish: reis — person presiding over a meeting
• Turkmen: başlyk — person presiding over a meeting
• Ukrainian: голова́ (holová) — person presiding over a meeting
• Urdu: صَدْر (sadr) — person presiding over a meeting
• Urdu: رَئِیس (raīs) — person presiding over a meeting
• Uzbek: rais — person presiding over a meeting
• Uzbek: sadr — person presiding over a meeting
• Vietnamese: chủ tịch — person presiding over a meeting
• Western Apache: nantʼán — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Belarusian: старшыня́ (staršynjá) — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Belarusian: галава́ (halavá) — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Bulgarian: председа́тел (predsedátel) — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Cebuano: tagsiya — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Cebuano: tsirman — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Esperanto: prezidanto — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Finnish: hallituksen puheenjohtaja — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Finnish: puheenjohtaja — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Greek: πρόεδρος (próedros) — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Hindi: अध्यक्ष (adhyakṣ) — head of a corporate or governmental board
• White Hmong: tswv rooj — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Indonesian: ketua — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Malay: pengerusi — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Malay: pengerusi lelaki — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Mingrelian: დუდმახვენჯი (dudmaxvenǯi) — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Norwegian Bokmål: styreformann — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Plautdietsch: Väasetta — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Polish: prezes — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Polish: przewodniczący — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Portuguese: presidente — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Romanian: președinte — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Russian: председа́тель (predsedátelʹ) — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Spanish: presidente — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Swahili: mwenyekiti — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Swedish: ordförande — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Tagalog: tagapangulo — head of a corporate or governmental board
• Ukrainian: голова́ (holová) — head of a corporate or governmental board