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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdirecteur
Pronunciation / Transliteration: directeur
"Le directeur a approuvé le nouveau projet."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A person responsible for controlling or administering all or part of a company or similar organization.
"She was promoted to regional manager after five years with the company."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the verb 'manage', from Italian 'maneggiare' (to handle, especially a horse), from Latin 'manus' (hand).
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10 Global Lexicons: How "manager" is said worldwide
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directeur
Transliteration: directeur
"Le directeur a approuvé le nouveau projet."
Manager
Transliteration: Manager
"Der Manager leitete die Besprechung."
direttore
Transliteration: direttore
"Il direttore ha risolto il problema."
gerente
Transliteration: gerente
"El gerente contrató a un nuevo empleado."
gerente
Transliteration: gerente
"O gerente organizou a reunião semanal."
प्रबंधक
Transliteration: prabandhak
"प्रबंधक ने टीम के काम की सराहना की।"
经理
Transliteration: jīnglǐ
"经理正在办公室开会。"
매니저
Transliteration: maenijeo
"매니저가 프로젝트 일정을 조정했습니다."
マネージャー
Transliteration: manējā
"マネージャーは新しい方針を発表しました。"
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