directeur French · revision 16680

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1444, Henri de Gauchi|origins=la regō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /di.ʁɛk.tœʁ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''directeur''' ''m'' (plural ''directeurs'', feminine ''directrice''); also an adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-lat|dīrēctor|t=guide, director]],^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(FEW|3, 87a)^(Wiktionary) formed on [[m|la|dīrēctum]], the supine of [[m|la|dīrigō|t=to direct]] (see [[diriger]]),^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Littré 1873) from [[m|la|dis-]] and [[m|la|regō|t=to guide, rule]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Henri de Gauchi's translation of Giles of Rome's ''Gouvernement des princes'' (1444) uses it for a person who directs.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Amyot uses it of reason as the guide of generosity.^(Littré 1873) In religion it named a spiritual director, a person's usual confessor (''Directeur de sa conscience'', Jean-Pierre Camus, 1641, Sarazin, before 1654).^(BHVF)^(TLFi) In geometry ''directrice'' (1754) is short for ''ligne directrice''.^(TLFi) Under the Constitution of Year III (1795) each of the five members of the Directory was a ''directeur''.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989) The adjective, “directing, guiding”, is recorded by Boiste (1808).^(TLFi)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1444 – “Person who directs”, Henri de Gauchi.^(TLFi)

+ * 1641 – ''Directeur de conscience'', Jean-Pierre Camus.^(BHVF)

+ * 1754 – ''Directrice'' in geometry.^(TLFi)

+ * 1795 – Member of the Directory.^(TLFi)

+ * 1808 – The adjective, Boiste.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|director]], [[m|en|manager]], the head of a business, service or body: ''directeur général'', ''directeur commercial'', ''directeur de journal''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The head of a school; a [[m|en|headmaster]], principal, ''directrice d'école''.^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''Directeur de conscience'': a spiritual director.^(TLFi)^(BHVF)

+ # ''Directeur de thèse'': a thesis supervisor.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(history)'' Each of the five members of the Directory (1795–99).^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''(geometry)'' ''Directrice'': a directrix.^(TLFi)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Directing, guiding: ''comité directeur'', ''idée directrice''.^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sous-directeur]]

+ * [[codirecteur]]

+ * [[directorat]]

+ * [[directorial]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[direction]]

+ * [[diriger]]

+ * [[directoire]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}