Phrase guide

director general

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The highest executive officer within a governmental, statutory, NGO, third sector or not-for-profit institution. In reference to government, the executive officer below the minister of the department.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

A calque of French directeur général, hence the unusual order of adjective following noun.

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: drejtor i përgjithshëm — executive officer
  • Arabic: مُدِير عَامّ (mudīr ʕāmm) — executive officer
  • Armenian: գլխավոր տնօրեն (glxavor tnōren) — executive officer
  • Azerbaijani: baş direktor — executive officer
  • Belarusian: генера́льны дырэ́ктар (hjenjerálʹny dyréktar) — executive officer
  • Belarusian: генэра́льны дырэ́ктар (hjenerálʹny dyréktar) — executive officer
  • Bulgarian: генера́лен дире́ктор (generálen diréktor) — executive officer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 總幹事 /总干事 (zǒnggànshì) — executive officer
  • Czech: generální ředitel — executive officer
  • Danish: generaldirektør — executive officer
  • Dutch: directeur-generaal — executive officer
  • Finnish: pääjohtaja — executive officer
  • Finnish: ylijohtaja — executive officer
  • French: directeur général — executive officer
  • Georgian: გენერალური დირექტორი (generaluri direkṭori) — executive officer
  • German: Generaldirektor — executive officer
  • Greek: γενικός διευθυντής (genikós diefthyntís) — executive officer
  • Hindi: महानिर्देशक (mahānirdeśak) — executive officer
  • Hindi: महानिदेशक (mahānideśak) — executive officer
  • Hungarian: főigazgató — executive officer
  • Hungarian: főcsoportfőnök — executive officer
  • Italian: direttore generale — executive officer
  • Japanese: 局長 (kyokuchō) — executive officer
  • Kazakh: бас директор (bas direktor) — executive officer
  • Korean: 국장 (gukjang) — executive officer
  • Northern Kurdish: serokê giştî — executive officer
  • Northern Kurdish: seroka giştî — executive officer
  • Northern Kurdish: serokên giştî — executive officer
  • Kyrgyz: башкы директор (başkı direktor) — executive officer
  • Macedonian: генера́лен дире́ктор (generálen diréktor) — executive officer
  • Malay: ketua pengarah — executive officer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: generaldirektør — executive officer
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: generaldirektør — executive officer
  • Iranian Persian: مُدیرِ کُلّ (modir-e koll) — executive officer
  • Polish: dyrektor generalny — executive officer
  • Romanian: director general — executive officer
  • Russian: генера́льный дире́ктор (generálʹnyj diréktor) — executive officer
  • Serbo-Croatian: генерални директор — executive officer
  • Serbo-Croatian: generalni direktor — executive officer
  • Slovak: generálny riaditeľ — executive officer
  • Slovene: generalni direktor — executive officer
  • Swedish: generaldirektör — executive officer
  • Tajik: директори генералӣ (direktor-i generali) — executive officer
  • Tajik: мудири генералӣ (mudir-i generali) — executive officer
  • Turkish: genel müdür — executive officer
  • Ukrainian: генера́льний дире́ктор (henerálʹnyj dyréktor) — executive officer
  • Urdu: ڈائِریکْٹَر جَنْرَل (ḍāirekṭar janral) — executive officer
  • Uzbek: bosh direktor — executive officer