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別の表記

• directer (archaic)
• directour (obsolete)

語源

Borrowed from Middle French directeur and its source Late Latin dīrēctōrem, from Latin dīrēctus. By surface analysis, direct +‎ -or.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /dɪˈɹɛk.tə(ɹ)/, /daɪˈɹɛk.tə(ɹ)/, /daɪ̯əˈɹɛk.tə(ɹ)/
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /dɪˈɹɛk.tɚ/, /daɪˈɹɛk.tɚ/
• (General Australian) IPA: /dɪˈɹek.tə(ɹ)/, /dɑɪˈɹek.tə(ɹ)/
• ハイフネーション: di‧rec‧tor
• 韻: -ɛktə(ɹ)

名詞

director (plural directors)

1. One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).
   • 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America‎, archived from the original on 7 February 2019:

     Francis Gurry is director of WIPO.

   • 2020 November 30, Burgess Everett, Caitlin Emma, Theodoric Meyer, “Joe Biden's 'radioactive' nominee”, in POLITICO‎, archived from the original on 2 December 2020:

     The easiest way for Neera Tanden to win confirmation as Joe Biden’s budget director is for Democrats to take the Senate in January.

2. A member of a board of directors.
   • [...] the confusion between directors who know nothing and managers who know everything [...].- Anthony Trollope: Phineas Redux (1873), Chapter 60 ("Two Days before the Trial")
   • 2019 March 11, Jeanne Sahadi, “Here’s how to get on a board of directors”, in CNN Business‎, archived from the original on 23 May 2025:

     Being named to a board of a directors at an established company may seem out of reach — especially if you’re under 50. Or a woman. Or a minority. Or you haven’t made it to the C-suite (yet). […] Last year, S&P 500 boards named 428 new directors, according to Spencer Stuart’s Board Index. Of them, 40% were women, 17% were under 50, and only a third were active or retired CEOs.

3. A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.
4. That which directs or orientates something.
   • 1971, United States. Office of Saline Water, Distillation Digest, volume 3, page 76:

     Installed longer flow director; it now just covers the entire diameter of the 6-in. brine return nozzle, and is 4 in. high […]

5. (military) A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.
6. (chemistry) The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal.
7. (electronics) A component of a Yagi–Uda antenna.

派生語

アナグラム

• creditor

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [diːˈreːk.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [diˈrɛk.tor]
• ハイフネーション: dī‧rēc‧tor

名詞

dīrēctor m (genitive dīrēctōris, feminine dīrēctrīx); third declension

1. director, guide, overseer
   • c. 125 CE – c. 202 CE, Irenaeus, Interpres 4.21.3

語形変化

Third-declension noun.

Further reading

• dīrēctor in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 2181
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “director”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• “director”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 533.