adj
Meaning 1
Containing directions; instructing; directorial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
directory
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /dɪˈɹɛktəɹi/
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UK: /daɪˈɹɛktəɹi/
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CMU ARPABET: D ER0 EH1 K T ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 2
A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- look up an address in the directory
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: list, reference work
noun
Meaning 3
A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other directories may be stored. The files and subdirectories in a directory are usually related.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: folder
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A form of government with a collegial executive whose members jointly exercise power; the executive of such a government.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, politics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: directorate
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
an alphabetical list of names and addresses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reference book, reference, reference work, book of facts
Narrower terms: phonebook, phone book, telephone book, telephone directory, blue book
noun
Meaning 7
(computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: list, listing
Narrower terms: subdirectory
History
Etymology
From Middle English directorye, from Latin dīrēctōrius. By surface analysis, direct + -ory.
From Middle English directorie, dyrectorye, from Medieval Latin dīrēctōrium. By surface analysis, direct + -ory. Doublet of directorium. The political sense is a semantic loan from French directoire.
Across languages
Translations
133 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: даве́днік (davjédnik) — list of names, addresses etc.
- Belarusian: катало́г (katalóh) — list of names, addresses etc.
- Bulgarian: указа́тел (ukazátel) — list of names, addresses etc.
- Bulgarian: катало́г (katalóg) — list of names, addresses etc.
- Chinese Mandarin: 名錄 /名录 (mínglù) — list of names, addresses etc.
- Chinese Mandarin: 簿 (bù) — list of names, addresses etc.
- Czech: adresář — list of names, addresses etc.
- Dutch: gids — list of names, addresses etc.
- Dutch: repertorium — list of names, addresses etc.
- Dutch: telefoongids — list of names, addresses etc.
- Dutch: Gouden gids — list of names, addresses etc.
- Dutch: Witte gids — list of names, addresses etc.
- Esperanto: telefonlibro — list of names, addresses etc.
- Finnish: hakemisto — list of names, addresses etc.
- French: annuaire — list of names, addresses etc.
- German: Verzeichnis — list of names, addresses etc.
- Greek: κατάλογος (katálogos) — list of names, addresses etc.
- Hungarian: címtár — list of names, addresses etc.
- Icelandic: efnisskrá — list of names, addresses etc.
- Indonesian: direktori — list of names, addresses etc.
- Italian: elenco — list of names, addresses etc.
- Italian: lista — list of names, addresses etc.
- Japanese: 一覧 (ichiran) — list of names, addresses etc.
- Japanese: 名鑑 (meikan) — list of names, addresses etc.
- Kazakh: анықтамалық (anyqtamalyq) — list of names, addresses etc.
- Macedonian: и́меник (ímenik) — list of names, addresses etc.
- Macedonian: а́дресар (ádresar) — list of names, addresses etc.
- Polish: księga adresowa — list of names, addresses etc.
- Polish: książka telefoniczna — list of names, addresses etc.
- Polish: katalog — list of names, addresses etc.
- Portuguese: diretório — list of names, addresses etc.
- Portuguese: diretoria — list of names, addresses etc.
- Russian: указа́тель (ukazátelʹ) — list of names, addresses etc.
- Russian: пе́речень (pérečenʹ) — list of names, addresses etc.
- Russian: катало́г (katalóg) — list of names, addresses etc.
- Russian: спра́вочник (správočnik) — list of names, addresses etc.
- Serbo-Croatian: и̏менӣк — list of names, addresses etc.
- Serbo-Croatian: ȉmenīk — list of names, addresses etc.
- Spanish: directorio — list of names, addresses etc.
- Swedish: katalog — list of names, addresses etc.
- Tagalog: talahanapan — list of names, addresses etc.
- Ukrainian: дові́дник (dovídnyk) — list of names, addresses etc.
- Ukrainian: катало́г (katalóh) — list of names, addresses etc.
- Welsh: cyfarwyddiadur — list of names, addresses etc.
- Welsh: cyfeiriadur — list of names, addresses etc.
- Belarusian: па́пка (pápka) — structured listing of files
- Belarusian: катало́г (katalóh) — structured listing of files
- Belarusian: дырэкто́рыя (dyrektóryja) — structured listing of files
- Bulgarian: директо́рия (direktórija) — structured listing of files
- Chinese Mandarin: 目錄 /目录 (mùlù) — structured listing of files
- Czech: adresář — structured listing of files
- Dutch: lijst — structured listing of files
- Esperanto: katalogo — structured listing of files
- Finnish: hakemisto — structured listing of files
- French: dossier — structured listing of files
- French: répertoire — structured listing of files
- German: Ordner — structured listing of files
- German: Verzeichnis — structured listing of files
- Greek: κατάλογος (katálogos) — structured listing of files
- Hindi: डायरेक्टरी (ḍāyrekṭarī) — structured listing of files
- Hungarian: könyvtárlista — structured listing of files
- Hungarian: mappalista — structured listing of files
- Indonesian: direktori — structured listing of files
- Italian: cartella — structured listing of files
- Italian: directory — structured listing of files
- Japanese: ディレクトリ (direkutori) — structured listing of files
- Japanese: フォルダ (foruda) — structured listing of files
- Korean: 디렉토리 (direktori) — structured listing of files
- Korean: 폴더 (poldeo) — structured listing of files
- Macedonian: ка́талог (kátalog) — structured listing of files
- Macedonian: па́пка (pápka) — structured listing of files
- Malay: direktori — structured listing of files
- Māori: whaiaronga — structured listing of files
- Persian: دایرکتوری (dâyrektori) — structured listing of files
- Polish: katalog — structured listing of files
- Russian: катало́г (katalóg) — structured listing of files
- Russian: па́пка (pápka) — structured listing of files
- Russian: директо́рия (direktórija) — structured listing of files
- Slovak: adresár — structured listing of files
- Swedish: katalog — structured listing of files
- Thai: ไดเรกทอรี — structured listing of files
- Turkish: dizin — structured listing of files
- Turkish: klasör — structured listing of files
- Ukrainian: па́пка (pápka) — structured listing of files
- Ukrainian: катало́г (katalóh) — structured listing of files
- Ukrainian: директо́рія (dyrektórija) — structured listing of files
- Catalan: directori — simulated folder
- Chinese Mandarin: 目錄 /目录 (mùlù) — simulated folder
- Czech: adresář — simulated folder
- Dutch: folder — simulated folder
- Dutch: map — simulated folder
- Esperanto: dosierujo — simulated folder
- Finnish: hakemisto — simulated folder
- Finnish: kansio — simulated folder
- French: dossier — simulated folder
- French: répertoire — simulated folder
- German: Ordner — simulated folder
- German: Verzeichnis — simulated folder
- Greek: κατάλογος (katálogos) — simulated folder
- Hungarian: könyvtár — simulated folder
- Hungarian: mappa — simulated folder
- Indonesian: direktori — simulated folder
- Italian: cartella — simulated folder
- Japanese: ディレクトリ (direkutori) — simulated folder
- Japanese: フォルダ (foruda) — simulated folder
- Korean: 디렉토리 (direktori) — simulated folder
- Korean: 폴더 (poldeo) — simulated folder
- Macedonian: ка́талог (kátalog) — simulated folder
- Macedonian: па́пка (pápka) — simulated folder
- Polish: katalog — simulated folder
- Portuguese: diretório — simulated folder
- Portuguese: diretoria — simulated folder
- Russian: катало́г (katalóg) — simulated folder
- Russian: па́пка (pápka) — simulated folder
- Russian: директо́рия (direktórija) — simulated folder
- Russian: фо́лдер (fóldɛr) — simulated folder
- Serbo-Croatian: дирѐкто̄ријум — simulated folder
- Serbo-Croatian: дирѐкто̄риј — simulated folder
- Serbo-Croatian: ката̀лог — simulated folder
- Serbo-Croatian: dirèktōrijum — simulated folder
- Serbo-Croatian: dirèktōrij — simulated folder
- Serbo-Croatian: katàlog — simulated folder
- Spanish: directorio — simulated folder
- Swedish: mapp — simulated folder
- Turkish: dizin — simulated folder
- Turkish: klasör — simulated folder
- French: directoire — form of government
- German: Direktorium — form of government
- Polish: dyrektoriat — form of government
- Portuguese: diretório — form of government
- Russian: директо́рия (direktórija) — form of government
- Spanish: directorio — form of government
- Ukrainian: директо́рія (dyrektórija) — form of government
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