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dirigent

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin dīrigēns, present participle of dīrigō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒənt/
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Noun

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dirigent (plural dirigents)

  1. (now chiefly biochemistry) Something that or someone who directs; a director or guide.
    • 2011, Florence Gleason, Raymond Chollet, Plant Biochemistry, page 133:
      The monolignol substrates are held in position by proteins called dirigents (guide proteins). […] Lignan dirigent proteins are found in the cytoplasm, but similar dirigents have been localized in the cell walls of some plants.
    • 1905, George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Medical Record, volume 68, page 887:
      One of its members is deputed in rotation to maintain continuous contact with the director or dirigents of the hospital by means of biweekly, if necessary daily, visits to the institution.
  2. (dated, geometry) The line of motion of a describent line or surface that in so moving defines a plane or solid figure; a directrix.
    • 1877, James Booth, A Treatise on Some New Geometrical Methods, page 348:
      The straight line in which the vertical polar plane cuts the plane of the circle of contact is called the dirigent. As there are in general two circles of contact, there are two dirigents, and they are parallel to the diretrices.
    • 1891, Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, volume 21, page 308:
      In this case, to which Sphero-Cartesians, and all other sphero-quadrics, whose dirigents are small circles, are analogous in Spherics, the dirigent conic F must also have double contact with S.

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dirigent (not comparable)

  1. That directs.
    • 17thC, Richard Baxter, The Life of Faith, 1838, The Practical Works of Richard Baxter, Volume 3, page 690,
      6. God must then be known in his three personalities; as the Father, the Word or Son, and the Spirit.
      7. And these in their three causalities; efficient, dirigent, and final.
    • 17thC, Richard Baxter, Mr. Baxter's Dying Thoughts, 1838, The Practical Works of Richard Baxter, Volume 3, page 1012,
      V. I shall better know the methods and perfections of the Scripture, and all God's dirigent word and will.

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Adjective

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dirigent m or f (masculine and feminine plural dirigents)

  1. leading

Noun

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dirigent m or f by sense (plural dirigents)

  1. leader
    Synonym: director

Verb

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dirigent

  1. gerund of dirigir

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Czech

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dirigent

Etymology

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Borrowed from German Dirigent, from Latin dīrigens, present participle of dīrigō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdɪrɪɡɛnt]
  • Hyphenation: di‧ri‧gent

Noun

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dirigent m anim (female equivalent dirigentka, related adjective dirigentský)

  1. conductor (person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble)

Declension

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Declension of dirigent (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative dirigent dirigenti
genitive dirigenta dirigentů
dative dirigentovi, dirigentu dirigentům
accusative dirigenta dirigenty
vocative dirigente dirigenti
locative dirigentovi, dirigentu dirigentech
instrumental dirigentem dirigenty

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Further reading

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  • “dirigent”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “dirigent”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “dirigent” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz
  • “dirigent”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

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Noun

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dirigent c (singular definite dirigenten, plural indefinite dirigenter)

  1. (music) a conductor

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin dīrigēns, present participle of dīrigō (“I direct”). The sense “conductor” was probably borrowed from German Dirigent.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌdi.riˈɣɛnt/
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  • Hyphenation: di‧ri‧gent
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

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dirigent m (plural dirigenten, diminutive dirigentje n)

  1. a conductor, person who musically directs an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble
  2. (figuratively) a director, person pulling the strings
    De eerste cellist was de dirigent van een campagne tegen de orkestdirigent
    The first cello was the ringleader of a campaign against the orchestra's conductor

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Indonesian: dirigen

French

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Verb

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dirigent

  1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of diriger

Latin

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dīrigent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of dīrigō

Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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From German Dirigent, from Latin dīrigēns, present participle of dīrigō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dʲirʲiˈɡʲɛnt/

Noun

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dirigent m anim (feminine dirigentka)

  1. conductor (person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble)

Declension

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Declension of dirigent
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative dirigent dirigenta dirigenty
Genitive dirigenta dirigentowu dirigentow
Dative dirigentoju dirigentoma dirigentam
Accusative dirigenta dirigentowu dirigenty, dirigentow
Instrumental dirigentom dirigentoma dirigentami
Locative dirigenśe dirigentoma dirigentach

Further reading

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  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “dirigent”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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dirigent m (definite singular dirigenten, indefinite plural dirigenter, definite plural dirigentene)

  1. (music) a conductor

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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dirigent m (definite singular dirigenten, indefinite plural dirigentar, definite plural dirigentane)

  1. (music) a conductor

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dirǐɡent/
  • Hyphenation: di‧ri‧gent

Noun

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dirìgent m (Cyrillic spelling дирѝгент)

  1. conductor (music)

Declension

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Declension of dirigent
singular plural
nominative dirìgent dirigenti
genitive dirigenta dirìgenātā
dative dirigentu dirigentima
accusative dirigenta dirigente
vocative dirigente dirigenti
locative dirigentu dirigentima
instrumental dirigentom dirigentima

Slovene

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Noun

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dirigȅnt m anim (female equivalent dirigêntka)

  1. conductor, person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble

Inflection

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 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. dirigènt
gen. sing. dirigênta
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		dirigènt dirigênta dirigênti
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		dirigênta dirigêntov dirigêntov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		dirigêntu dirigêntoma dirigêntom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		dirigênta dirigênta dirigênte
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		dirigêntu dirigêntih dirigêntih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		dirigêntom dirigêntoma dirigênti

Further reading

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  • “dirigent”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Swedish

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en dirigent med en taktpinne [a conductor with a baton]

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dirigent c

  1. conductor (person who conducts an orchestra, choir, or other music ensemble)

Declension

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Declension of dirigent
nominative genitive
singular indefinite dirigent dirigents
definite dirigenten dirigentens
plural indefinite dirigenter dirigenters
definite dirigenterna dirigenternas
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