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managerial

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌmænɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹi.əl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˌmænəˈd͡ʒɪɹi.əl/
  • Canada, General-American: [ˌmɛənəˈd͡ʒɪɹi.əl] /æ/ raising
  • Georgia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: M AE2 N IH0 JH IH1 R IY0 AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to a manager or management; involving management-like duties.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to the function or responsibility or activity of management

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh2-der. Proto-Italic *manus Latin manus Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Latin -izāre Vulgar Latin *manizāre Old Italian maneggiareder.? Old French manegebor. Middle English *manage English manage Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English manager Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English managerial From manager + -ial.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: directiu — involving management-like duties
  • Chinese Mandarin: 經理的 /经理的 (jīnglǐ dì) — involving management-like duties
  • Chinese Mandarin: 管理人的 (guǎnlǐrén dì) — involving management-like duties
  • Finnish: johtamis- — involving management-like duties
  • Finnish: johto- — involving management-like duties
  • French: managérial — involving management-like duties
  • Friulian: dirigjenziâl — involving management-like duties
  • Friulian: manageriâl — involving management-like duties
  • Georgian: მენეჯერული (meneǯeruli) — involving management-like duties
  • Georgian: სამენეჯერო (sameneǯero) — involving management-like duties
  • German: Führungs- — involving management-like duties
  • German: Manager- — involving management-like duties
  • German: Management- — involving management-like duties
  • German: leitend — involving management-like duties
  • Hungarian: igazgatói — involving management-like duties
  • Ido: direktala — involving management-like duties
  • Irish: bainisteoireach — involving management-like duties
  • Italian: manageriale — involving management-like duties
  • Italian: dirigenziale — involving management-like duties
  • Korean: 관리의 (gwalliui) — involving management-like duties
  • Latin: prōcūrātōrius — involving management-like duties
  • Macedonian: раководителски (rakovoditelski) — involving management-like duties
  • Polish: kierowniczy — involving management-like duties
  • Portuguese: gerencial — involving management-like duties
  • Russian: ме́неджерский (ménedžerskij) — involving management-like duties
  • Spanish: gerencial — involving management-like duties
  • Swedish: manageriell — involving management-like duties
Real reading context

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