principal

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• Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪn.sɪ.pəl/
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• Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈpɹɪn.sɪ.pɫ̩]
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• Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪn.sə.pəl/
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• Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈpɹɪn.sə.pɫ̩]
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• CMU ARPABET: P R IH1 N S AH0 P AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English principal, from Old French principal, from Latin prīncipālis.

278 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: paresori — primary, main
• Arabic: رَئِيسِيّ (raʔīsiyy) — primary, main
• Belarusian: гало́ўны (halówny) — primary, main
• Belarusian: асно́ўны (asnówny) — primary, main
• Bulgarian: гла́вен (gláven) — primary, main
• Bulgarian: осно́вен (osnóven) — primary, main
• Burmese: အဓိက (a.dhi.ka.) — primary, main
• Chinese Mandarin: 主要 (zhǔyào) — primary, main
• Czech: hlavní — primary, main
• Dutch: voornaamste — primary, main
• Esperanto: precipa — primary, main
• Finnish: pää- — primary, main
• French: principal — primary, main
• Galician: principal — primary, main
• Georgian: ძირითადი (ʒiritadi) — primary, main
• Georgian: მთავარი (mtavari) — primary, main
• German: hauptsächlich — primary, main
• German: Haupt- — primary, main
• German: wesentlich — primary, main
• Ancient Greek: κεφάλαιος (kephálaios) — primary, main
• Hebrew: בָּכִיר (bachír) — primary, main
• Hindi: प्रमुख (pramukh) — primary, main
• Hindi: मुख्य (mukhya) — primary, main
• Hindi: प्रधान (pradhān) — primary, main
• Hungarian: fő — primary, main
• Hungarian: legfontosabb — primary, main
• Icelandic: höfuð- — primary, main
• Icelandic: aðal- — primary, main
• Ingrian: pää — primary, main
• Ingrian: osnovnoi — primary, main
• Old Irish: prímda — primary, main
• Italian: principale — primary, main
• Japanese: 主要な (shuyōna) — primary, main
• Korean: 주요하다 (juyohada) — primary, main
• Latin: potissimus — primary, main
• Macedonian: главен (glaven) — primary, main
• Māori: aporei — primary, main
• Māori: pekepoho — primary, main
• Māori: matua — primary, main
• Māori: tino — primary, main
• Eastern Mari: тӱҥ (tüŋ) — primary, main
• Nepali: प्रधान (pradhān) — primary, main
• Norman: prîncipal — primary, main
• Polish: główny — primary, main
• Polish: podstawowy — primary, main
• Portuguese: principal — primary, main
• Romanian: principal — primary, main
• Russian: гла́вный (glávnyj) — primary, main
• Russian: основно́й (osnovnój) — primary, main
• Serbo-Croatian: гла̀внӣ — primary, main
• Serbo-Croatian: glàvnī — primary, main
• Slovak: hlavný — primary, main
• Slovene: gláven — primary, main
• Spanish: principal — primary, main
• Swahili: mkuu — primary, main
• Swedish: huvudsaklig — primary, main
• Tamil: முதல் (mutal) — primary, main
• Tamil: தலைமை (talaimai) — primary, main
• Ukrainian: головни́й (holovnýj) — primary, main
• Ukrainian: основни́й (osnovnýj) — primary, main
• Vietnamese: chủ yếu — primary, main
• Vietnamese: chính — primary, main
• Yiddish: פּרינציפּאַל (printsipal) — primary, main
• Bulgarian: осно́вен капита́л (osnóven kapitál) — money originally invested or loaned
• Bulgarian: главница (glavnica) — money originally invested or loaned
• Bulgarian: основна сума (osnovna suma) — money originally invested or loaned
• Chinese Mandarin: 本金 (běnjīn) — money originally invested or loaned
• Czech: (počáteční) vklad — money originally invested or loaned
• Czech: (původní) půjčka — money originally invested or loaned
• Danish: hovedstol — money originally invested or loaned
• Dutch: hoofdsom — money originally invested or loaned
• Esperanto: kapitalo — money originally invested or loaned
• Finnish: pääoma — money originally invested or loaned
• French: principal — money originally invested or loaned
• Georgian: ძირი თანხა (ʒiri tanxa) — money originally invested or loaned
• Greek: αρχικό κεφάλαιο (archikó kefálaio) — money originally invested or loaned
• Ancient Greek: κεφάλαιον (kephálaion) — money originally invested or loaned
• Hungarian: tőke — money originally invested or loaned
• Hungarian: kölcsöntőke — money originally invested or loaned
• Italian: capitale — money originally invested or loaned
• Japanese: 元金 (gankin) — money originally invested or loaned
• Kazakh: негізгі сома (negızgı soma) — money originally invested or loaned
• Kazakh: негізгі капитал (negızgı kapital) — money originally invested or loaned
• Khmer: ទុន (tun) — money originally invested or loaned
• Korean: 원금 (won'geum) — money originally invested or loaned
• Lithuanian: kapitalas — money originally invested or loaned
• Manx: bun-argid — money originally invested or loaned
• Māori: tahua more — money originally invested or loaned
• Nepali: साँवा (sā̃wā) — money originally invested or loaned
• Polish: kapitał — money originally invested or loaned
• Portuguese: principal — money originally invested or loaned
• Russian: основно́й долг (osnovnój dolg) — money originally invested or loaned
• Russian: основна́я су́мма (osnovnája súmma) — money originally invested or loaned
• Spanish: capital — money originally invested or loaned
• Swedish: kapitalbelopp — money originally invested or loaned
• Swedish: kapital — money originally invested or loaned
• Swedish: huvudstol — money originally invested or loaned
• Tamil: முதன்மைத் தொகை (mutaṉmait tokai) — money originally invested or loaned
• Ottoman Turkish: سرمایه (sermaye) — money originally invested or loaned
• Ukrainian: капіта́л (kapitál) — money originally invested or loaned
• Abkhaz: адире́ктор (adirékʼtʼor) — chief administrator of a school
• Arabic: مُدِير (mudīr) — chief administrator of a school
• Arabic: مُدِيرَة (mudīra) — chief administrator of a school
• Belarusian: дырэ́ктар (dyréktar) — chief administrator of a school
• Belarusian: дырэ́ктарка (dyréktarka) — chief administrator of a school
• Bengali: প্রধান শিক্ষক (prodhan śikkhok) — chief administrator of a school
• Bengali: মুহতামিম (muhtamim) — chief administrator of a school
• Bulgarian: дире́ктор (diréktor) — chief administrator of a school
• Bulgarian: дире́кторка (diréktorka) — chief administrator of a school
• Burmese: ကျောင်းအုပ် (kyaung:up) — chief administrator of a school
• Burmese: ကျောင်းအုပ်ကြီး (kyaung:upkri:) — chief administrator of a school
• Catalan: director — chief administrator of a school
• Catalan: directora — chief administrator of a school
• Chinese Cantonese: 校長 /校长 (haau6 zoeng2) — chief administrator of a school
• Chinese: 校長 /校长 (zh-min-nan) — chief administrator of a school
• Chinese Mandarin: 校長 /校长 (xiàozhǎng) — chief administrator of a school
• Czech: ředitel (školy) — chief administrator of a school
• Dutch: schoolhoofd — chief administrator of a school
• Dutch: rector — chief administrator of a school
• Esperanto: lernejestro — chief administrator of a school
• Finnish: rehtori — chief administrator of a school
• Finnish: johtajaopettaja — chief administrator of a school
• French: directeur — chief administrator of a school
• French: directrice — chief administrator of a school
• French: principal (collège) — chief administrator of a school
• French: proviseur — chief administrator of a school
• French: proviseure (lycée) — chief administrator of a school
• Georgian: დირექტორი (direkṭori) — chief administrator of a school
• German: Rektor — chief administrator of a school
• German: Rektorin — chief administrator of a school
• German: Schulvorsteher — chief administrator of a school
• German: Schulvorsteherin — chief administrator of a school
• German: Schuldirektor — chief administrator of a school
• German: Schuldirektorin — chief administrator of a school
• German: Schulleiter — chief administrator of a school
• German: Schulleiterin — chief administrator of a school
• Greek: διευθυντής (diefthyntís) — chief administrator of a school
• Greenlandic: atuarfiit pisortaat — chief administrator of a school
• Greenlandic: atuarfiup pisortaa — chief administrator of a school
• Hebrew: מְנַהֵל (menahél) — chief administrator of a school
• Hebrew: מְנַהֶלֶת (menahélet) — chief administrator of a school
• Hindi: प्राचार्य (prācārya) — chief administrator of a school
• Hindi: प्राचार्या (prācāryā) — chief administrator of a school
• Hindi: मुख्याध्यापक (mukhyādhyāpak) — chief administrator of a school
• Hindi: मुख्याध्यापिका (mukhyādhyāpikā) — chief administrator of a school
• Hungarian: igazgató — chief administrator of a school
• Hungarian: iskolaigazgató — chief administrator of a school
• Icelandic: skólastjóri — chief administrator of a school
• Icelandic: skólameistari — chief administrator of a school
• Icelandic: rektor — chief administrator of a school
• Indonesian: kepala sekolah — chief administrator of a school
• Indonesian: guru kepala — chief administrator of a school
• Irish: príomhoide — chief administrator of a school
• Italian: preside — chief administrator of a school
• Japanese: 校長 (kōchō) — chief administrator of a school
• Japanese: 学校長 (gakkōchō) — chief administrator of a school
• Kazakh: директор (direktor) — chief administrator of a school
• Khmer: សិក្សាភិរក្សវិទ្យាល័យ (sǝksaaphi’reaksa’vittyielay) — chief administrator of a school
• Khmer: អគ្គានុរក្ស (akkienu’reak) — chief administrator of a school
• Khmer: នាយកវិទ្យាល័យ (nieyʊək vittyielay) — chief administrator of a school
• Korean: 교장 (gyojang) — chief administrator of a school
• Korean: 학교 교장 (hakgyo gyojang) — chief administrator of a school
• Latin: rector scholaris — chief administrator of a school
• Latvian: skolas pārzinis — chief administrator of a school
• Latvian: skolas pārzine — chief administrator of a school
• Macedonian: директор (direktor) — chief administrator of a school
• Malay: guru besar — chief administrator of a school
• Manx: ard-vainshtyr — chief administrator of a school
• Manx: ard-ynseyder — chief administrator of a school
• Manx: ard-venainshtyr — chief administrator of a school
• Manx: ard-er-ynsee — chief administrator of a school
• Manx: ard-ven-ynsee — chief administrator of a school
• Māori: tumuaki — chief administrator of a school
• Marathi: प्राचार्य (prācārya) — chief administrator of a school
• Marathi: प्राचार्या (prācāryā) — chief administrator of a school
• Marathi: मुख्याध्यापक (mukhyādhyāpak) — chief administrator of a school
• Nepali: प्रधानाध्यापक (pradhānādhyāpak) — chief administrator of a school
• Polish: dyrektor — chief administrator of a school
• Polish: dyrektorka — chief administrator of a school
• Portuguese: diretor — chief administrator of a school
• Romanian: director — chief administrator of a school
• Romanian: rector — chief administrator of a school
• Russian: дире́ктор (diréktor) — chief administrator of a school
• Russian: директри́са (direktrísa) — chief administrator of a school
• Russian: ре́ктор (réktor) — chief administrator of a school
• Spanish: director — chief administrator of a school
• Spanish: directora — chief administrator of a school
• Spanish: principal de escuela — chief administrator of a school
• Spanish: jefe de estudios — chief administrator of a school
• Swedish: rektor — chief administrator of a school
• Tagalog: punong-guro — chief administrator of a school
• Tagalog: punungguro — chief administrator of a school
• Thai: ครูใหญ่ (kruu-yài) — chief administrator of a school
• Turkish: müdür — chief administrator of a school
• Turkish: okul müdürü — chief administrator of a school
• Ukrainian: дире́ктор (dyréktor) — chief administrator of a school
• Ukrainian: дире́кторка (dyréktorka) — chief administrator of a school
• Vietnamese: hiệu trưởng — chief administrator of a school
• Welsh: prifathro — chief administrator of a school
• Welsh: prifathrawes — chief administrator of a school
• Welsh: pennaeth — chief administrator of a school
• Abkhaz: аректор (arekʼtʼor) — chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college
• Bengali: মুহতামিম (muhtamim) — chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college
• Bulgarian: ре́ктор (réktor) — chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college
• Burmese: ကျောင်းအုပ်ကြီး (kyaung:upkri:) — chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college
• Czech: rektor — chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college
• Finnish: rehtori — chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college
• Georgian: რექტორი (rekṭori) — chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college
• Hungarian: rektor — chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college
• Icelandic: rektor — chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college
• Latin: rēctor — chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college
• Latvian: rektors — chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college
• Latvian: rektore — chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college
• Māori: aporei — chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college
• Māori: tumuaki — chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college
• Spanish: rector — chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college
• Spanish: rectora — chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college
• Swedish: rektor — chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college
• Ukrainian: ре́ктор (réktor) — chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college
• Ukrainian: ре́кторка (réktorka) — chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college
• Abkhaz: агәрарга́ҭаҩ (agwrargátajw) — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Arabic: مُوَكِّل (muwakkil) — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Belarusian: даве́рнік (davjérnik) — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Bulgarian: упълномощител (upǎlnomoštitel) — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Catalan: representat — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Chinese Mandarin: 委託人 /委托人 (wěituōrén) — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Czech: zmocnitel — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Czech: zastupovaný nesvéprávný — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Dutch: vertegenwoordiger — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Dutch: lastgever — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Finnish: päämies — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• French: principal — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• French: maître de l'affaire — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• French: donneur d'ordre — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• French: mandant — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Georgian: მიმნდობი (mimndobi) — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• German: Geschäftsherr — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• German: Prinzipal — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• German: Vollmachtgeber — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Hebrew: משלח (meshaléakh) — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Hebrew: שולח (sholéakh) — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Hungarian: megbízó — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Hungarian: meghatalmazó — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Icelandic: umbjóðandi — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Khmer: ចៅហ្វាយ (caw vaay) — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Latin: dominus negōtiī — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Polish: mocodawca — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Polish: klient — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Russian: довери́тель (doverítelʹ) — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Russian: принципа́л (principál) — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Serbo-Croatian: повѐритељ — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Serbo-Croatian: принцѝпа̄л — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Serbo-Croatian: povèritelj — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Serbo-Croatian: princìpāl — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Spanish: principal — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Spanish: comitente — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Swedish: klient — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Swedish: huvudman — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Ukrainian: довіри́тель (dovirýtelʹ) — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Welsh: penadur — legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts
• Bulgarian: главен виновник (glaven vinovnik) — legal: primary participant in a crime
• Chinese Mandarin: 主犯 (zhǔfàn) — legal: primary participant in a crime
• Chinese Mandarin: 正犯 (zhèngfàn) — legal: primary participant in a crime
• Czech: hlavní pachatel — legal: primary participant in a crime
• Finnish: päätekijä — legal: primary participant in a crime
• German: Haupttäter m or simply Täter — legal: primary participant in a crime
• Swedish: huvudman — legal: primary participant in a crime
• Abkhaz: ампы́ҵакҩы (ampʼə́cʼakʼjwə) — partner or owner
• Bulgarian: собственик (sobstvenik) — partner or owner
• Bulgarian: съсобственик (sǎsobstvenik) — partner or owner
• Czech: majitel — partner or owner
• Czech: spolumajitel — partner or owner
• Finnish: omistaja — partner or owner
• Swedish: ägare — partner or owner
• Finnish: kurkihirsi — architecture: construction that gives shape and strength to a roof
• Hungarian: mestergerenda — architecture: construction that gives shape and strength to a roof
• Swedish: takås — architecture: construction that gives shape and strength to a roof
• Finnish: ensitanssija — dancer at the highest rank