directive

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• Canada, General-American: /daɪˈɹɛk.tɪv/
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• Australian: /dɪˈɹek.tɪv/
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• rhymes with -ɛktɪv
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From Middle French directif. The noun senses are from French directive (feminine form of the adjective).

92 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: направляващ (napravljavašt) — that directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide
• Bulgarian: ръководещ (rǎkovodešt) — that directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide
• Dutch: wijzend — that directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide
• Finnish: ohjaava — that directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide
• Finnish: määräävä — that directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide
• Finnish: johtava — that directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide
• French: directif — that directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide
• French: directive — that directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide
• Ido: direktiva — that directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide
• Russian: направля́ющий (napravljájuščij) — that directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide
• Russian: руководя́щий (rukovodjáščij) — that directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide
• Spanish: directiva — that directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide
• Finnish: direktiivinen — grammar: relating to directive case
• Belarusian: дырэкты́ва (dyrektýva) — instruction or guideline
• Belarusian: паказа́нне (pakazánnje) — instruction or guideline
• Belarusian: паказа́ньне (pakazánʹnje) — instruction or guideline
• Bulgarian: директи́ва (direktíva) — instruction or guideline
• Bulgarian: указа́ние (ukazánie) — instruction or guideline
• Chinese Mandarin: 指示 (zhǐshì) — instruction or guideline
• Danish: direktiv — instruction or guideline
• Dutch: instructie — instruction or guideline
• Dutch: richtlijn — instruction or guideline
• Finnish: toimintaohje — instruction or guideline
• Finnish: ohje — instruction or guideline
• Finnish: ohjesääntö — instruction or guideline
• French: directive — instruction or guideline
• German: Richtlinie — instruction or guideline
• Hindi: निदेश (nideś) — instruction or guideline
• Hungarian: utasítás — instruction or guideline
• Hungarian: rendelkezés — instruction or guideline
• Hungarian: direktíva — instruction or guideline
• Irish: treoir — instruction or guideline
• Japanese: 指示 (shiji) — instruction or guideline
• Japanese: 指針 (shishin) — instruction or guideline
• Korean: 지시 (jisi) — instruction or guideline
• Korean: 지침 (jichim) — instruction or guideline
• Norwegian Bokmål: direktiv — instruction or guideline
• Norwegian Nynorsk: direktiv — instruction or guideline
• Polish: dyrektywa — instruction or guideline
• Polish: wytyczna — instruction or guideline
• Portuguese: directiva — instruction or guideline
• Russian: директи́ва (direktíva) — instruction or guideline
• Russian: указа́ние (ukazánije) — instruction or guideline
• Serbo-Croatian: сме́рница — instruction or guideline
• Serbo-Croatian: смје́рница — instruction or guideline
• Serbo-Croatian: smérnica — instruction or guideline
• Serbo-Croatian: smjérnica — instruction or guideline
• Slovak: smernica — instruction or guideline
• Slovak: usmernenie — instruction or guideline
• Spanish: directiva — instruction or guideline
• Ukrainian: директи́ва (dyrektýva) — instruction or guideline
• Ukrainian: указі́вка (ukazívka) — instruction or guideline
• Bulgarian: директи́ва (direktíva) — authoritative decision
• Danish: direktiv — authoritative decision
• Dutch: richtlijn — authoritative decision
• Estonian: käskkiri — authoritative decision
• Finnish: määräys — authoritative decision
• Finnish: direktiivi — authoritative decision
• French: directive — authoritative decision
• German: Anweisung — authoritative decision
• German: Anordnung — authoritative decision
• German: Befehl — authoritative decision
• German: Direktive — authoritative decision
• Hindi: निदेश (nideś) — authoritative decision
• Hungarian: direktíva — authoritative decision
• Hungarian: irányelv — authoritative decision
• Norwegian Bokmål: direktiv — authoritative decision
• Norwegian Nynorsk: direktiv — authoritative decision
• Polish: dyrektywa — authoritative decision
• Russian: директи́ва (direktíva) — authoritative decision
• Russian: ука́з (ukáz) — authoritative decision
• Slovak: nariadenie — authoritative decision
• Slovak: smernica — authoritative decision
• Slovak: direktíva — authoritative decision
• Armenian: հրահանգ (hrahang) — form of legislative act addressed to the EU member states
• Bulgarian: директи́ва (direktíva) — form of legislative act addressed to the EU member states
• Czech: směrnice — form of legislative act addressed to the EU member states
• Danish: direktiv — form of legislative act addressed to the EU member states
• Dutch: richtlijn — form of legislative act addressed to the EU member states
• Estonian: juhind — form of legislative act addressed to the EU member states
• Estonian: direktiiv — form of legislative act addressed to the EU member states
• Finnish: direktiivi — form of legislative act addressed to the EU member states
• French: directive — form of legislative act addressed to the EU member states
• German: Richtlinie — form of legislative act addressed to the EU member states
• Hungarian: irányelv — form of legislative act addressed to the EU member states
• Norwegian Bokmål: direktiv — form of legislative act addressed to the EU member states
• Norwegian Nynorsk: direktiv — form of legislative act addressed to the EU member states
• Polish: dyrektywa — form of legislative act addressed to the EU member states
• Portuguese: directiva — form of legislative act addressed to the EU member states
• Russian: директи́ва (direktíva) — form of legislative act addressed to the EU member states
• Slovak: smernica — form of legislative act addressed to the EU member states
• Finnish: direktiivi — grammar: directive case