diriger

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French diriger, from Latin dīrigere (to direct), simplified into a first conjugation French verb.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.ʁi.ʒe/
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Verb

diriger

  1. (transitive) to run; to direct (be the director of)
    Il dirige son entreprise avec passion.
    He runs his business with passion.
  2. to supervise; to oversee
  3. to steer (vehicles)
    Il sait bien diriger le bateau.
    He knows how to steer the boat.
  4. to aim, to direct
    Dirigez vos armes à l'ennemi.
    Aim your weapons at the enemy.
  5. (cinematography) to direct (a film)
  6. (reflexive, se diriger) to go towards; to head (for)
    Le camion se dirige vers la falaise.
    The truck is heading for the cliff.

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written dirige- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written dirige- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

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Interlingua

Verb

diriger

  1. to direct

Conjugation

    Conjugation of diriger
infinitive diriger
participle present perfect
dirigente dirigite
active simple perfect
present dirige ha dirigite
past dirigeva habeva dirigite
future dirigera habera dirigite
conditional dirigerea haberea dirigite
imperative dirige
passive simple perfect
present es dirigite ha essite dirigite
past esseva dirigite habeva essite dirigite
future essera dirigite habera essite dirigite
conditional esserea dirigite haberea essite dirigite
imperative sia dirigite

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

diriger

  1. imperative of dirigere