How to say “director” in 32 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Tamil, where அதிகாரி is the 485th most used word.
- Afrikaans regisseur #1,811
- Armenian ռեժիսոր film director #683
- Bengali পরিচালক director, filmmaker #1,748
- Bosnian direktor #1,575
- Bulgarian директор manager, director, principal, headmaster #1,185
- Chinese 主任 director; chairman; supervisor #1,167
- Croatian direktor #1,891
- Czech ředitel #1,827
- Danish direktør #2,029
- Dutch directeur director, manager, general manager, CEO level #1,411
- Esperanto direktoro #686
- French directeur #1,116
- Galician director #600
- Greek διευθυντής manager, director #1,467
- Hebrew במאי a director #1,853
- Hindi निदेशक director, administrator #2,158
- Hungarian igazgató director, principal #1,477
- Italian direttore manager, director #1,173
- Korean 사장 CEO or director of a company #2,001
- Lithuanian direktorius manager, boss, director #1,342
- Macedonian директор #1,589
- Malay pengarah #1,079
- Norwegian direktør a director #2,452
- Persian مدیر manager, director, boss #1,679
- Russian директор manager, director, principal, headmaster #1,513
- Serbian direktor #1,599
- Slovak riaditeľ #756
- Tagalog direktor #1,027
- Tamil அதிகாரி superintendent, chief, director #485
- Telugu నిర్వాహకుడు a manager or director #1,422
- Turkish müdür schoolmaster, director, principal #1,111
- Ukrainian директор manager, director, head, CEO #1,280
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.