How to say “director” in 32 different 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.
- 主任/ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɻən⁵¹/ Chinese
- निदेशक/nɪ.d̪eː.ʃək/ Hindi
- במאי/baˈmaj/ Hebrew
- পরিচালক/poɾit͡ʃalɔk/ Bengali
“director” in French: directeur · Chinese: 主任 · Hindi: निदेशक
It is commonest in Galician, where director is the 600th most used word.
Director in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans regisseur/ˌrɪə̯.χiˈsɪør/ #1,811
- Armenian ռեժիսոր/reʒiˈsoɾ/ film director #683
- Bengali পরিচালক/poɾit͡ʃalɔk/ director, filmmaker #1,748
- Bosnian direktor/dǐrektor/ #1,575
- Bulgarian директор[diˈrɛktor] manager, director, principal, headmaster #1,185
- Chinese 主任/ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɻən⁵¹/ director; chairman; supervisor #1,167
- Croatian direktor/dǐrektor/ #1,891
- Czech ředitel[ˈr̝ɛɟɪtɛl] #1,827
- Danish direktør/di.ɐ̯əɡˈtøˀɐ̯/ #2,029
- Dutch directeur/ˌdi.rɛkˈtøːr/ director, manager, general manager, CEO level #1,411
- Esperanto direktoro/direkˈtoro/ #686
- French directeur/di.ʁɛk.tœʁ/ #1,116
- Galician director/diɾɛkˈtoɾ/ #600
- Greek διευθυντής/ˌðiefθiˈdis/ manager, director #1,467
- Hebrew במאי/baˈmaj/ a director #1,853
- Hindi निदेशक/nɪ.d̪eː.ʃək/ director, administrator #2,158
- Hungarian igazgató[ˈiɡɒzɡɒtoː] director, principal #1,477
- Italian direttore/di.retˈto.re/ manager, director #1,173
- Korean 사장[sʰa̠d͡ʑa̠ŋ] CEO or director of a company #2,001
- Lithuanian direktorius[dʲɪˈrʲɛktɔrʲʊ̟s] manager, boss, director #1,342
- Macedonian директор[diˈrɛktɔr] #1,589
- Malay pengarah/pəˈŋarah/ #1,079
- Norwegian direktør/dɪrəkˈtøːr/ a director #2,452
- Persian مدیر[mo.d̪íːɹ] manager, director, boss #1,679
- Russian директор[dʲɪˈrʲektər] manager, director, principal, headmaster #1,513
- Serbian direktor/dǐrektor/ #1,599
- Slovak riaditeľ/rɪ̯aɟiceʎ/ #756
- Tagalog direktor/diɾekˈtoɾ/ #1,027
- Tamil அதிகாரி/ɐd̪ɪɡɑːɾiː/ superintendent, chief, director #485
- Telugu నిర్వాహకుడు/niɾʋaːhakuɖu/ a manager or director #1,422
- Turkish müdür[mydyr] schoolmaster, director, principal #1,111
- Ukrainian директор[deˈrɛktɔr] manager, director, head, CEO #1,280
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.