dirigent

From Latin dīrigēns, present participle of dīrigō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒənt/

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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.

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.

• dirigible

• ingirted

• IPA^(key): (Central) [di.ɾiˈʒen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [di.ɾiˈʒent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [di.ɾiˈd͡ʒent]
• Rhymes: -ent

dirigent m or f (masculine and feminine plural dirigents)

1. leading

dirigent m or f by sense (plural dirigents)

1. leader

   Synonym: director

dirigent

1. gerund of dirigir

• “dirigent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

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

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

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

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

• “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, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
• “dirigent”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

dirigent c (singular definite dirigenten, plural indefinite dirigenter)

1. (music) a conductor

• “dirigent” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌdi.riˈɣɛnt/

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• Hyphenation: di‧ri‧gent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

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

• dirigeren

• → Indonesian: dirigen

• IPA^(key): /di.ʁi.ʒɑ̃/

dirigent

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.rɪ.ɡɛnt]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪iː.ri.d͡ʒen̪t̪]

dīrigent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of dīrigō

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

• IPA^(key): /dʲirʲiˈɡʲɛnt/

dirigent m anim (feminine dirigentka)

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

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

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

1. (music) a conductor

• kordirigent

• dirigere

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

1. (music) a conductor

• kordirigent

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

dirìgent m anim (Cyrillic spelling дирѝгент)

1. conductor (music)

• IPA^(key): /diriɡɛ́nt/

dirigȅnt m anim (female equivalent dirigêntka)

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

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

• “dirigent”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

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dirigent c

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

• dirigera

• dirigent in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dirigent in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dirigent in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)