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Definitions: DIRECTORIAL |
DIRECTORIALAdjective1. Pertaining to: director or directory; specifically, relating to the Directory of France under the first republic. See Directory, 3. 2. Having the quality of a director, or authoritative guide; directive. |
Etymology: Directorial \Di*rec*to"ri*al\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression directorial.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: DIRECTORIAL |
| Non-English Usage: "DIRECTORIAL" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (managerial), Spanish (directorial, managerial). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | French Generals retiring on account of their health: with Lepaux presiding in the Directorial Dispensary / [James Gillray]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "DIRECTORIAL" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "DIRECTORIAL" is used about 40 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 40 | 54,274 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "DIRECTORIAL": pro-directorial. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
concept directorial | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "DIRECTORIAL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | prej drejtori. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ръководен (directional, directory, general, governing, key, leading). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 主管. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ředitelský. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | managementsfunctie (directorial position, directorial post, management position, management post), managementfunctie (directorial position, directorial post, management position, management post). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | igazgatói (managerial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | irectorialday diretorial. (various references) директорский (managerial). (various references) direktorski. (various references) directorial (managerial), directivo (directive, executive, managerial). (various references) direktions-, styrelse- (managerial), styrande (governing, government, managing, regulation), ledande (chief, conduction, conductive, directive, directory, governing, leading, managing, ranking, top). (various references) เกี่ยวกับผู้อำนวยการ. (various references) директорський, директивний (directive, directory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"DIRECTORIAL" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: directoire, directoral, directoriey. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "DIRECTORIAL" (pronounced derektô"rēul, dīrektô"rēul, dērektô"rēul , or direktô"rēul) |
| 7 | -k t ô" r ē u l | pictorial. |
| 6 | -t ô" r ē u l | advertorial, conspiratorial, curatorial, dictatorial, editorial, equatorial, extraterritorial, gubernatorial, janitorial, nomenclatorial, prosecutorial, raptorial, reportorial, sartorial, senatorial, territorial, tutorial. |
| 5 | -ô" r ē u l | ambassadorial, arboreal, immemorial, memorial, professorial. |
| 4 | -r ē u l | actuarial, adversarial, aerial, antibacterial, Ariel, arterial, bacterial, biomaterial, burial, cereal, endometrial, ethereal, extraterrestrial, immaterial, imperial, industrial, magisterial, malarial, managerial, material, mercurial, ministerial, secretarial, serial, terrestrial, venereal, vitriol. |
| 3 | -ē u l | adverbial, alluvial, biaxial, bicentennial, biennial, binomial, bronchial, centennial, ceremonial, coaxial, collegial, colloquial, colonial, convivial, custodial, decennial, entrepreneurial, filial, fluvial, intracranial, jovial, laryngeal, lineal, marsupial, matrilineal, matrimonial, medial, menial, microbial, millennial, myocardial, parochial, patrilineal, perennial, pluvial, polynomial, primordial, proverbial, pseudopodial, quadrennial, radial, remedial, testimonial, tracheal, triennial, trivial, vestigial. |
| 7 | -k t ô" r ē u l | pictorial. |
| 6 | -t ô" r ē u l | advertorial, conspiratorial, curatorial, dictatorial, editorial, equatorial, extraterritorial, gubernatorial, janitorial, nomenclatorial, prosecutorial, raptorial, reportorial, sartorial, senatorial, territorial, tutorial. |
| 5 | -ô" r ē u l | ambassadorial, arboreal, immemorial, memorial, professorial. |
| 4 | -r ē u l | actuarial, adversarial, aerial, antibacterial, Ariel, arterial, bacterial, biomaterial, burial, cereal, endometrial, ethereal, extraterrestrial, immaterial, imperial, industrial, magisterial, malarial, managerial, material, mercurial, ministerial, secretarial, serial, terrestrial, venereal, vitriol. |
| 3 | -ē u l | adverbial, alluvial, biaxial, bicentennial, biennial, binomial, bronchial, centennial, ceremonial, coaxial, collegial, colloquial, colonial, convivial, custodial, decennial, entrepreneurial, filial, fluvial, intracranial, jovial, laryngeal, lineal, marsupial, matrilineal, matrimonial, medial, menial, microbial, millennial, myocardial, parochial, patrilineal, perennial, pluvial, polynomial, primordial, proverbial, pseudopodial, quadrennial, radial, remedial, testimonial, tracheal, triennial, trivial, vestigial. |
| 7 | -k t ô" r ē u l | pictorial. |
| 6 | -t ô" r ē u l | advertorial, conspiratorial, curatorial, dictatorial, editorial, equatorial, extraterritorial, gubernatorial, janitorial, nomenclatorial, prosecutorial, raptorial, reportorial, sartorial, senatorial, territorial, tutorial. |
| 5 | -ô" r ē u l | ambassadorial, arboreal, immemorial, memorial, professorial. |
| 4 | -r ē u l | actuarial, adversarial, aerial, antibacterial, Ariel, arterial, bacterial, biomaterial, burial, cereal, endometrial, ethereal, extraterrestrial, immaterial, imperial, industrial, magisterial, malarial, managerial, material, mercurial, ministerial, secretarial, serial, terrestrial, venereal, vitriol. |
| 3 | -ē u l | adverbial, alluvial, biaxial, bicentennial, biennial, binomial, bronchial, centennial, ceremonial, coaxial, collegial, colloquial, colonial, convivial, custodial, decennial, entrepreneurial, filial, fluvial, intracranial, jovial, laryngeal, lineal, marsupial, matrilineal, matrimonial, medial, menial, microbial, millennial, myocardial, parochial, patrilineal, perennial, pluvial, polynomial, primordial, proverbial, pseudopodial, quadrennial, radial, remedial, testimonial, tracheal, triennial, trivial, vestigial. |
| 7 | -k t ô" r ē u l | pictorial. |
| 6 | -t ô" r ē u l | advertorial, conspiratorial, curatorial, dictatorial, editorial, equatorial, extraterritorial, gubernatorial, janitorial, nomenclatorial, prosecutorial, raptorial, reportorial, sartorial, senatorial, territorial, tutorial. |
| 5 | -ô" r ē u l | ambassadorial, arboreal, immemorial, memorial, professorial. |
| 4 | -r ē u l | actuarial, adversarial, aerial, antibacterial, Ariel, arterial, bacterial, biomaterial, burial, cereal, endometrial, ethereal, extraterrestrial, immaterial, imperial, industrial, magisterial, malarial, managerial, material, mercurial, ministerial, secretarial, serial, terrestrial, venereal, vitriol. |
| 3 | -ē u l | adverbial, alluvial, biaxial, bicentennial, biennial, binomial, bronchial, centennial, ceremonial, coaxial, collegial, colloquial, colonial, convivial, custodial, decennial, entrepreneurial, filial, fluvial, intracranial, jovial, laryngeal, lineal, marsupial, matrilineal, matrimonial, medial, menial, microbial, millennial, myocardial, parochial, patrilineal, perennial, pluvial, polynomial, primordial, proverbial, pseudopodial, quadrennial, radial, remedial, testimonial, tracheal, triennial, trivial, vestigial. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-i-i-l-o-r-r-t" | |
-2 letters: doleritic, editorial, rectorial. | |
-3 letters: adroiter, articled, carriole, ceratoid, ciliated, creditor, criteria, dicrotal, director, elicitor, erotical, idiolect, idolater, lacertid, loricate, raticide, redactor, retailor, tailored. | |
-4 letters: acrider, aloetic, article, calorie, cariole, caroled, caroler, carotid, carried, ciliate, cirrate, citadel, coalier, cordate, cordial, cordite, corrade, corrida, cotidal, cradler, creator, dariole, decrial, delator, deliria, deltaic, dialect, dictier, dilater. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-i-i-l-o-r-r-t" | |
+4 letters: radiometrically, radiotelemetric. | |
+5 letters: microlepidoptera. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 49 52 45 43 54 4F 52 49 41 4C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. .-. . -.-. - --- .-. .. .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01001001 01010010 01000101 01000011 01010100 01001111 01010010 01001001 01000001 01001100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D I R E C T O R I A L |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0049 0052 0045 0043 0054 004F 0052 0049 0041 004C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3843523937544952433546 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanees, albán, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulharský, bolgár, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, болгарський |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kínai, chinês, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, чешки, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, cseh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | holandez, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, holland, holandês, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, голландська мова, голландський |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, Hongaarse, magyar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugalský, portugál, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, orosz, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, spanyol, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svéd, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, шведська мова, шведський |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | 泰國 , 泰文 , 泰 , 泰語 , 泰国, Thais, Thai, tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | 乌克兰 |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, angol, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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