"director general" meaning in All languages combined

See director general on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: directors general [plural], director generals [plural], directors generals [plural, rare]
Etymology: A calque of French directeur général, hence the unusual order of adjective following noun. Etymology templates: {{cal|en|fr|directeur général|nocap=1}} calque of French directeur général Head templates: {{en-noun|directors general|s|directors generals|pl3qual=rare}} director general (plural directors general or director generals or (rare) directors generals)
  1. The highest executive officer within a governmental, statutory, NGO, third sector or not-for-profit institution. In reference to government, the executive officer below the minister of the department. Wikipedia link: director general Synonyms: director-general Translations (executive officer): generaldirektør [common-gender] (Danish), directeur-generaal [masculine] (Dutch), pääjohtaja (Finnish), ylijohtaja (Finnish), directeur général [masculine] (French), გენერალური დირექტორი (generaluri direkṭori) (Georgian), Generaldirektor (German), főigazgató (Hungarian), 局長 (kyokuchō) (alt: きょくちょう) (Japanese), бас директор (bas direktor) (Kazakh), ketua pengarah (Malay), serokê giştî [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), seroka giştî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), serokên giştî [plural] (Northern Kurdish), generaldirektør [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), generaldirektør [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), generaldirektör [common-gender] (Swedish)

Noun [Romanian]

Forms: directori generali [plural]
Head templates: {{ro-noun|m|directori generali}} director general m (plural directori generali)
  1. chief executive officer Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-director_general-ro-noun-q0A5lHK0 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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