дирижёр

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ديريجيور
Cyrillic дирижёр
Latin dirijior
Yañalif diriçior

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian дирижёр (dirižór), from Latin dīrigere (to direct, steer).

Noun

дирижёр • (dirijer)

  1. (music) conductor of a musical ensemble, bandmaster

Declension

Derived terms

  • дирижерлік (dirijerlık)

Russian

Etymology

Probably an inner-Russian formation based on дирижи́ровать (dirižírovatʹ) + -ёр (-jór). The usual corresponding French term is dirigeant, not the quite rare or marginal dirigeur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dʲɪrʲɪˈʐor]
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Noun

дирижёр • (dirižór) m anim (genitive дирижёра, nominative plural дирижёры, genitive plural дирижёров)

  1. (music) conductor of a musical ensemble, bandmaster

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “дирижёр”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 255
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