chairperson

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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 Latin persōna Anglo-Norman persouneder. Middle English persoun English person English -person English chairperson From chair + person, after chairman and chairwoman.

154 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: voorsitter — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Albanian: kryetar — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Albanian: kryetare — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Arabic: رَئِيس (raʔīs) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Arabic: رَئِيسَة (raʔīsa) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Arabic: صَدْر (ṣadr) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Armenian: նախագահ (naxagah) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Azerbaijani: sədr — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Belarusian: старшыня́ (staršynjá) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Belarusian: галава́ (halavá) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Bengali: সভাপতি (śobhapoti) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Bengali: সভানেত্রী (śobhanetri) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Bulgarian: председа́тел (predsedátel) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Bulgarian: председа́телка (predsedátelka) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Burmese: သဘာပတိ (sa.bhapa.ti.) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Burmese: ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ (ukkathta.) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Chinese Cantonese: 主席 (zyu2 zik6) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Chinese Cantonese: 議長 /议长 (ji5 zoeng2) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Chinese: җўщи (žwxi) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Eastern Min Chinese: 主席 (ciō-sĭk) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Gan Chinese: 主席 ('jy3 xit6) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Hakka Chinese: 主席 (chú-si̍t) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Chinese: 主席 (chú-se̍k / chú-si̍t) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Chinese: 議長 /议长 (gī-tiún) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Chinese Mandarin: 主席 (zhǔxí) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Chinese Mandarin: 議長 /议长 (yìzhǎng) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Wu Chinese: 主席 — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Czech: předseda — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Czech: předsedkyně — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Danish: formand — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Dutch: voorzitter — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Dutch: voorzitster — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Esperanto: prezidanto — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Esperanto: prezidantino — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Estonian: eesistuja — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Estonian: esimees — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Finnish: puheenjohtaja — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• French: secrétaire général — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• French: secrétaire générale — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• French: président — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• French: présidente — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Georgian: თავმჯდომარე (tavmǯdomare) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• German: Vorsitzender — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• German: Vorsitzende — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Greek: πρόεδρος (próedros) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Hebrew: יוֹשֵׁב רֹאשׁ (yoshév rosh) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Hindi: अध्यक्ष (adhyakṣ) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Hindi: अध्यक्षा (adhyakṣā) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Hindi: सभापति (sabhāpti) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Hindi: सभाध्यक्ष (sabhādhyakṣ) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Hindi: सदर (sadar) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• White Hmong: tswv rooj — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Hungarian: elnök — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Icelandic: formaður — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Ido: prezidanto — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Ido: prezidantulo — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Ido: prezidantino — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Indonesian: ketua — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Interlingua: presidente — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Interlingua: chairman — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Irish: cathaoirleach — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Italian: presidente — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Italian: presidentessa — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Italian: capo — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Japanese: 議長 (gichō) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Japanese: 委員長 (iinchō) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Kazakh: басқарма (basqarma) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Kazakh: төраға (törağa) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Kazakh: басқарушы (basqaruşy) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Khmer: ប្រធាន (prɑɑthiən) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Korean: 의장 (uijang) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Korean: 위원장 (wiwonjang) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Korean: 주석 (juseok) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Kyrgyz: башкарма (başkarma) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Kyrgyz: төр ага (tör aga) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Kyrgyz: председатель (predsedatel) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Lao: ປະທານ (pa thān) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Latvian: priekšsēdētājs — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Latvian: priekšsēdētāja — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Lithuanian: pirmininkas — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Lithuanian: pirmininkė — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Macedonian: претседател (pretsedatel) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Macedonian: претседателка (pretsedatelka) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Macedonian: претседавач (pretsedavač) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Macedonian: претседавачка (pretsedavačka) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Malay: pengerusi — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Maltese: ċermen — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Māori: heamana — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Mongolian: дарга (darga) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ (daruɣ-a) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Norwegian Bokmål: styreformann — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Norwegian Bokmål: møteleder — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Norwegian Bokmål: leder — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Norwegian Bokmål: formann — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Norwegian Nynorsk: styreformann — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Norwegian Nynorsk: møteleiar — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Norwegian Nynorsk: leiar — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Norwegian Nynorsk: formann — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Pannonian Rusyn: предсидатель (predsidatelʹ) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Pannonian Rusyn: предсидателька (predsidatelʹka) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Pashto: ریيس (rayis) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Pashto: صدر (sadǝr) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Dari: رَئِیس (ra'īs) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Dari: صَدْر (sadr) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Iranian Persian: رَئیس (ra'is) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Iranian Persian: صَدْر (sadr) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Polish: przewodniczący — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Polish: przewodnicząca — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Portuguese: presidente (da assembleia) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Romanian: președinte — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Romanian: președintă — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Russian: председа́тель (predsedátelʹ) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Russian: председа́тельница (predsedátelʹnica) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Sanskrit: सभापति (sabhāpati) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Sanskrit: प्रधान (pradhāna) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Sanskrit: अध्यक्ष (adhyakṣa) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Scottish Gaelic: cathraiche — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Serbo-Croatian: председавајући — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Serbo-Croatian: пре́дседнӣк — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Serbo-Croatian: пре́дсједнӣк — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Serbo-Croatian: пре́дседница — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Serbo-Croatian: пре́дсједница — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Serbo-Croatian: predsedavajući — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Serbo-Croatian: prédsednīk — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Serbo-Croatian: prédsjednīk — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Serbo-Croatian: prédsednica — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Serbo-Croatian: prédsjednica — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Sindhi: نِشِستمان (niśistmā̃) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Slovak: predseda — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Slovak: predsedníčka — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Slovene: predsedujoči — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Slovene: predsedujoča — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Slovene: predsednik — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Slovene: predsednica — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Sotho: modulasetulo — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Spanish: presidente — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Spanish: presidenta — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Swahili: mwenyekiti — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Swedish: ordförande — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Swedish: styrelseordförande — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Tajik: раис (rayis) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Tajik: садр (sadr) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Thai: ประธาน (bprà-taan) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Turkish: başkan — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Turkish: reis — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Turkmen: başlyk — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Ukrainian: голова́ (holová) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Urdu: صَدْر (sadr) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Urdu: رَئِیس (raīs) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Uyghur: رەئىس (re'is) — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Uzbek: rais — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Uzbek: sadr — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Vietnamese: chủ tịch — a person who presides over a meeting, a board
• Zhuang: cujsiz — a person who presides over a meeting, a board