director

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈɹɛk.tə(ɹ)/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /daɪˈɹɛk.tə(ɹ)/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /daɪ̯əˈɹɛk.tə(ɹ)/
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• Canada, General-American: /dɪˈɹɛk.tɚ/
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• Canada, General-American: /daɪˈɹɛk.tɚ/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Australian: /dɪˈɹek.tə(ɹ)/
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• Australian: /dɑɪˈɹek.tə(ɹ)/
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• rhymes with -ɛktə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: D ER0 EH1 K T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: D AY0 R EH1 K T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 3: D IY0 R EH1 K T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 4: D IH0 R EH1 K T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Middle French directeur and its source Late Latin dīrēctōrem, from Latin dīrēctus. By surface analysis, direct + -or.

178 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: drejtor — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Albanian: drejtore — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Albanian: drejtoreshë — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Arabic: مُدِير (mudīr) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Arabic: مُدِيرَة (mudīra) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Arabic: مُخْرِج (muḵrij) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Armenian: տնօրեն (tnōren) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Azerbaijani: rejissor — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Azerbaijani: direktor — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Belarusian: дырэ́ктар (dyréktar) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Belarusian: дырэ́ктарка (dyréktarka) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Belarusian: рэжысёр (režysjór) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Belarusian: рэжысёрка (režysjórka) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Bulgarian: ръководи́тел (rǎkovodítel) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Bulgarian: ръководи́телка (rǎkovodítelka) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Bulgarian: дире́ктор (diréktor) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Bulgarian: дире́кторка (diréktorka) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Bulgarian: режисьо́р (režisjór) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Bulgarian: режисьо́рка (režisjórka) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Carpathian Rusyn: режісер (režiser) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Catalan: director — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Catalan: directora — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Chinese Mandarin: 經理 /经理 (jīnglǐ) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Chinese Mandarin: 導演 /导演 (dǎoyǎn) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Chinese Mandarin: 指揮 /指挥 (zhǐhuī) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Chinese Mandarin: 指揮者 /指挥者 (zhǐhuīzhě) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Czech: ředitel — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Czech: ředitelka — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Czech: režisér — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Czech: režisérka — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Danish: direktør — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Danish: instruktør — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Dutch: directeur — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Dutch: directrice — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Dutch: regisseur — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Dutch: regisseuse — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Esperanto: direktoro — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Esperanto: direktorino — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Esperanto: reĝisoro — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Esperanto: reĝisorino — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Estonian: direktor — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Estonian: režissöör — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Finnish: johtaja — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Finnish: ohjaaja — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• French: directeur — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• French: directrice — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• French: régisseur — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• French: régisseuse — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Galician: director — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Galician: directora — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Georgian: დირექტორი (direkṭori) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Georgian: რეჟისორი (režisori) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• German: Direktor — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• German: Direktorin — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• German: Regisseur — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• German: Regisseurin — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Greek: σκηνοθέτης (skinothétis) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Greek: σκηνοθέτρια (skinothétria) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Greek: διευθυντής (diefthyntís) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Greek: διευθύντρια (diefthýntria) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Greenlandic: pisortaq — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Hausa: darekta — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Hebrew: מנהל \ מְנַהֵל (menahél) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Hebrew: מנהלת \ מְנַהֶלֶת (menahélet) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Hebrew: במאי \ בַּמַּאי (bamáy) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Hebrew: במאית \ בַּמָּאִית (bamáyt) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Hindi: निर्देशक (nirdeśak) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Hindi: संचालक (sañcālak) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Hungarian: igazgató — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Hungarian: rendező — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Hungarian: rektor — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Icelandic: leikstjóri — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Indonesian: sutradara — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Indonesian: direktur — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Irish: stiúrthóir — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Italian: direttore — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Italian: direttorice — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Italian: capo — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Italian: regista — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Japanese: 監督 (kantoku) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Japanese: 指揮者 (shikisha) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Kazakh: режиссёр (rejisser) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Kazakh: директор (direktor) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Korean: 감독 (gamdok) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Central Kurdish: کاربەدەست (karbedest) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Kyrgyz: директор (direktor) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Kyrgyz: режиссёр (rejissyor) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Latvian: direktors — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Latvian: direktore — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Latvian: režisors — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Latvian: režisore — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Lithuanian: direktorius — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Lithuanian: direktorė — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Lithuanian: režisierius — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Lithuanian: režisierė — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Macedonian: директор (direktor) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Macedonian: режисер (režiser) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Malay: pengarah — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Malay: sutradara — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Malay: direktur — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Māori: whakataka — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Māori: rungatohu — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Mongolian: захирал (zaxiral) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Mongolian: найруулагч (najruulagč) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠬᠢᠷᠤᠯ (ǰaqirul) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Mongolian: ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠᠭᠤᠯᠤᠭᠴᠢ (nayiraɣuluɣči) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Norman: directeu — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Norwegian Bokmål: direktør — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Norwegian Bokmål: regissør — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Norwegian Nynorsk: direktør — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Norwegian Nynorsk: regissør — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Iranian Persian: کارْگَرْدان (kârgardân) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Iranian Persian: مُدیر (modir) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Polish: dyrektor — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Polish: dyrektorka — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Polish: reżyser — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Polish: reżyserka — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Portuguese: diretor — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Portuguese: diretora — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Romanian: director — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Romanian: directoare — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Romanian: regizor — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Romanian: regizoare — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Russian: дире́ктор (diréktor) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Russian: режиссёр (režissjór) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Russian: дирижёр (dirižór) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Serbo-Croatian: редитељ — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Serbo-Croatian: упра̀витељ — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Serbo-Croatian: ра̀внатељ — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Serbo-Croatian: рѐдатељ — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Serbo-Croatian: збороводја (choir) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Serbo-Croatian: режѝсе̄р — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Serbo-Croatian: reditelj — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Serbo-Croatian: upràvitelj — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Serbo-Croatian: ràvnatelj — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Serbo-Croatian: rèdatelj — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Serbo-Croatian: zborovodja — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Serbo-Croatian: režìsēr — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Slovak: riaditeľ — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Slovak: riaditeľka — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Slovak: režisér — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Slovak: režisérka — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Slovene: direktor — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Slovene: direktorica — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Slovene: režiser — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Slovene: režiserka — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Spanish: director — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Spanish: directora — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Swahili: mkurugenzi — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Swedish: chef — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Swedish: direktör — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Swedish: regissör — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Tajik: директор (direktor) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Tajik: мудир (mudir) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Tamil: இயக்குநர் (iyakkunar) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Tok Pisin: dairekta — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Turkish: yönetmen — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Turkish: müdür — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Turkmen: direktor — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Ukrainian: дире́ктор (dyréktor) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Ukrainian: дире́кторка (dyréktorka) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Ukrainian: режисе́р (režysér) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Ukrainian: режисе́рка (režysérka) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Uyghur: دىرېكتور (dirëktor) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Uyghur: رېژىسسور (rëzhissor) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Uzbek: direktor — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Uzbek: rejissyor — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Vietnamese: giám đốc — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Volapük: dilekan — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Yakut: режиссёр (rezhissor) — supervisor, manager — see also film director
• Irish: diúracóir — device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system
• Catalan: director — someone who directs
• Catalan: directora — someone who directs
• Hindi: निर्देशक (nirdeśak) — someone who directs
• Māori: ringatohu — someone who directs
• Ojibwe: odaake-ogimaa — someone who directs
• Spanish: director — someone who directs
• Spanish: directora — someone who directs