manager

See also: Manager and mánager

English

Etymology

manage + -er.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmæn.ɪ.d͡ʒə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmæn.ə.d͡ʒɚ/, [ˈmeən.ə.d͡ʒɚ]
    • (file)
  • Hyphenation: man‧a‧ger

Noun

manager (plural managers)

  1. (management) A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.
    Synonyms: administrator, boss, chief, controller, comptroller, foreman, head, head man, overseer, organizer, superintendent, supervisor
    • 2013 September 1, Phil McNulty, BBC Sport:
      And it was a fitting victory for Liverpool as Anfield celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of their legendary Scottish manager Bill Shankly.
  2. (baseball, soccer) The head coach.
  3. (music) An administrator, for a singer or group. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  4. (software) A window or application whose purpose is to give the user the control over some aspect of the system.

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English manager.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.nə.dʒər/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ma‧na‧ger

Noun

manager m (plural managers, diminutive managertje n)

  1. A manager, someone in management.

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English manager.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.na.dʒɛʁ/, /ma.na.dʒœʁ/
  • (file)

Noun

manager m (plural managers)

  1. (sports, Europe) manager
    Synonym: (Quebec) gérant

Descendants

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English manager.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.na.d͡ʒer/, /ˈmɛ.na.d͡ʒer/, /ˈma.ne.d͡ʒer/, /ˈmɛ.ne.d͡ʒer/[1]
  • Rhymes: -anadʒer, -ɛnadʒer, -anedʒer, -ɛnedʒer
  • Hyphenation: mà‧na‧ger

Noun

manager m (plural managers)

  1. (sports, business) manager

References

  1. manager in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • manager in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English manager.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛˈnɛ.d͡ʐɛr/
  • Rhymes: -ɛd͡ʐɛr
  • Syllabification: ma‧na‧ger

Noun

manager m pers (female equivalent managerka)

  1. (management) Alternative spelling of menedżer
  2. (music) Alternative spelling of menedżer
  3. (computing) Alternative spelling of menedżer

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • managerski
noun
  • managerstwo
verb
  • managerować
adverb
  • managersko

Further reading

  • manager in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • manager in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English manager.

Noun

manager m (plural manageri)

  1. manager

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English manager.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈmanaʝeɾ/ [ˈma.na.ʝeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈmanaʃeɾ/ [ˈma.na.ʃeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈmanaʒeɾ/ [ˈma.na.ʒeɾ]

  • Rhymes: -anaʝeɾ

Noun

manager m (plural managers)

  1. Alternative form of mánager

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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