"Regisseur" meaning in All languages combined

See Regisseur on Wiktionary

Noun [German]

IPA: [ʁeʒɪˈsøːɐ̯] Audio: De-Regisseur.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from French régisseur, which stands for bailiff or trustee in English, as well as assistant director in theater. The word is actually a false friend; in French the film director is a metteur en scène or sometimes réalisateur, but never a régisseur. Etymology templates: {{bor+|de|fr|régisseur}} Borrowed from French régisseur Head templates: {{de-noun|m|f=in}} Regisseur m (strong, genitive Regisseurs, plural Regisseure, feminine Regisseurin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Regisseurs [genitive], Regisseure [plural], Regisseurin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Regisseur [nominative, singular], Regisseure [definite, nominative, plural], Regisseurs [genitive, singular], Regisseure [definite, genitive, plural], Regisseur [dative, singular], Regisseuren [dative, definite, plural], Regisseur [accusative, singular], Regisseure [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (film, theater or opera) director (male or of unspecified gender) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Regisseur-de-noun-hF4MPqVD Categories (other): Film genres, Opera, Theater, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Occupations Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32 Disambiguation of Occupations: 72 28 Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
  2. (figuratively, metaphorically) trainer, coach (male or of unspecified gender) Tags: figuratively, masculine, metaphoric, strong
    Sense id: en-Regisseur-de-noun-2t~b5-x~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Spielleiter, Inszenator, künstlerischer Leiter Related terms: Regie
Hyponyms: Avantgarde-Regisseur, Avantgarderegisseur, Choreograf, Dokumentarfilmregisseur, Filmemacher, Filmregisseur, Hausregisseur, Kultregisseur, Lieblingsregisseur, Mittelfeldregisseur, Opernregisseur, Pornofilmregisseur, Pornoregisseur, Realisator, Schauspieldirektor, Starregisseur, Theatermacher, Theaterregisseur

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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