Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 57372 6797005 2009-06-13T19:56:17Z Jakeybean 42351 t+kl:[[atuarfiit pisortaat ]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{wikipedia|dab=principal}} ==English== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|en-us-principal.ogg|Audio (US)}} ===Adjective=== {{en-adj-more}} # Primary; most important in a group. #: ''Smith is the '''principal''' architect of this design.'' #: ''The '''principal''' cause of the failure was poor planning.'' ====Usage notes==== * Not to be confused with [[principle]]. This is generally not used in the comparative or superlative in formal writing, as the meaning is already superlative. However, one may occasionally see, e.g., ''more principal'' meaning ''more likely to be principal'' or ''more nearly principal''. There are similar issues with [[unique]]. The confused may care to remember that 'The principal alphabetic principle places A before E' as a reminder of the relative spelling. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|primary, main}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[رئيسي]]}} {{IPAchar|(ra’īsi)}} * Chinese: [[主要]]的 (zhǔyào de) * Dutch: {{t-|nl|voornaamste}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|pää-}} * French: {{t+|fr|principal}} * German: {{t+|de|hauptsächlich}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|fő}} * Italian: {{t+|it|principale}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: [[主要な]] (しゅような, shuyōna) * Korean: [[주요한]] (juyohan) * Polish: [[podstawowy]] * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|principal}} * Romanian: {{t-|ro|principal}} * Russian: [[основной]] (osnovnój) * Spanish: {{t-|es|principal}} * Swedish: [[huvudsaklig]] {{trans-bottom}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun|s|-}} # {{context|finance|uncountable}} The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated #: ''A portion of your mortgage payment goes to reduce the '''principal''', and the rest covers interest.'' # {{North America|Australia|NZ}} The principal administrator of a school #: ''Now you're in trouble! You're going to see the '''principal''' for that.'' # One who directs another (the [[agent]]) to act on one's behalf #: ''When an attorney represents a client, the client is the '''principal''' who permits the attorney, the client's agent, to act on the client's behalf. # A company represented by a sales person #: ''My '''principal''' sells metal shims'' ====Translations==== {{trans-top|The money originally invested or loaned}} * Polish: [[kapitał]] {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|The principal administrator of a school}} * Chinese: [[校長]], [[校长]] (xiàozhǎng) * Dutch: [[schoolhoofd]], [[rector]] * Finnish: {{t-|fi|rehtori}} * French: *: Ecole primaire: [[directeur]] {{m}}, directrice {{f}} *: Collège: [[principal]] {{m}} *: Lycée: [[proviseur]] {{m}} * German: {{t|de|Schulvorsteher|m}}, {{t|de|Schuldirektor|m}} * [[Greenlandic]]: {{t|kl|atuarfiit pisortaat }} * Hebrew: {{he-translation|מנהל|menahél}} {{m}}, {{he-translation|מנהלת|menahélet}} {{f}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: [[学校長]] (gakkōchō) * Korean: [[학교 교장]] (hakgyo gyojang) * Latin: *: Modern: [[administrator principalis]] *: Classical: [[rector scholaris]] ''nominative'', rectoris scholaris ''genitive'' * Russian: [[директор школы]] (diréktor škóly) {{m}} * Spanish: [[director]], [[principal de escuela]], [[jefe de estudios]] * Swedish: {{t|sv|rektor|c}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|A company you represent in as a sales person}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===See also=== * [[headmaster]] * [[PITI payment]] * [[principle]] ---- ==French== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Fr-principal.ogg|Audio}} ===Adjective=== {{fr-adj|mp=principaux}} # [[main]]; [[principal]] ====Derived terms==== * [[plat principal]] * [[principalement]] ---- ==Galician== ===Adjective=== {{gl-adj|pl=principais}} # [[main]], [[#English|principal]] ====Related terms==== * [[principalmente]] ---- ==Romanian== ===Etymology=== {{etyl|fr|ro}} ''[[principal#French|principal]]'', {{etyl|la|ro}} ''[[principalis]]'' ===Adjective=== {{ro-adj|4}} # [[principal#English|principal]], [[primary]], [[chief]], [[foremost]] ====Declension==== {{ro-adj-4|principal}} ====Synonyms==== * [[central#Romanian|central]] ====Antonyms==== * [[secundar]] ---- ==Spanish== ===Adjective=== {{es-adj|pl=principales}} # [[main]], most [[important]] # [[essential]] ===Noun=== {{es-noun-m|pl=principales}} # [[chief]], [[boss]] ====Related terms==== * [[principio]] * [[principe]] [[ca:principal]] [[et:principal]] [[fa:principal]] [[fr:principal]] [[io:principal]] [[id:principal]] [[ku:principal]] [[lt:principal]] [[hu:principal]] [[pl:principal]] [[pt:principal]] [[ru:principal]] [[simple:principal]] [[fi:principal]] [[ta:principal]] [[te:principal]] [[tr:principal]] [[vi:principal]] [[zh:principal]]