directorial
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin dīrectōrius + -al.[1] By surface analysis, director + -ial.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl
Adjective
[edit]directorial (comparative more directorial, superlative most directorial)
- Of or pertaining to a director
- 2011, Kevin Avery, Conversations with Clint: Paul Nelson's Lost Interviews with Clint Eastwood 1979-1983, Continuum International Publishing Group, page 6:
- The Seventies, that most directorial of decades.
- 2014, C. W. Marshall, The Structure and Performance of Euripides' Helen, Cambridge University Press, page 242:
- We cannot afford to disregard the evidence of directorial choices.
- Of or pertaining to administration or to a directorate
- 1763, Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, The Scots Magazine MDCCLXIII - Volume XXV, self-published, page 52:
- After very warm debates, the result was, that the directorial minister of Mentz should make the strongest possible representations to the Emperor's principal commissary.
- 2002, Vanessa Finch, Corporate Insolvency Law: Perspectives and Principles, Cambridge University Press, page 495:
- The analysis ... is consistent with the fair treatment of directors and parties affected by directorial behaviour.
- 1763, Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, The Scots Magazine MDCCLXIII - Volume XXV, self-published, page 52:
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]of or pertaining to a director
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of or pertaining to a directorate
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References
[edit]- ^ “directorial, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]directorial (feminine directoriale, masculine plural directoriaux, feminine plural directoriales)
Further reading
[edit]- “directorial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French directorial.
Adjective
[edit]directorial m or n (feminine singular directorială, masculine plural directoriali, feminine and neuter plural directoriale)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | directorial | directorială | directoriali | directoriale | |||
definite | directorialul | directoriala | directorialii | directorialele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | directorial | directoriale | directoriali | directoriale | |||
definite | directorialului | directorialei | directorialilor | directorialelor |
Spanish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]directorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural directoriales)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms suffixed with -al
- English terms suffixed with -ial
- Rhymes:English/ɔːɹiəl
- Rhymes:English/ɔːɹiəl/5 syllables
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English terms with quotations
- French terms suffixed with -al
- French lemmas
- French adjectives
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian adjectives
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish adjectives
- Spanish epicene adjectives