conductor

English

Alternative forms

• conductour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin conductor.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kənˈdʌktɚ/, X-SAMPA: /k@n"dVkt@`/

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Noun

conductor (plural conductors)

1. One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.
   • Dryden

     Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.

2. (music) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.
3. A person who takes tickets on public transportation.

   train conductor; tram conductor

4. Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound.
5. (mathematics) An ideal of a ring that measures how far it is from being integrally closed
   • 1988, F van Oystaeyen, Lieven Le Bruyn, Perspectives in ring theory

     If c is the conductor ideal for R in R then prime ideals not containing c correspond to localizations yielding discrete valuation rings.

6. A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.
7. (architecture) A leader.

Antonyms

• non-conductor (3), nonconductor (3), insulator (3)

Derived terms

• lightning conductor

Related terms

• conduct
• semiconductor, dielectric

Translations

person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble

• Bulgarian: диригент (bg) (dirigént) m 
• Catalan: director (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 指揮者 (cmn), 指挥者 (cmn) (zhǐhuījiā)

• Czech: dirigent (cs) m
• Dutch: dirigent (nl) m
• Finnish: kapellimestari (fi), kuoronjohtaja (fi), orkesterinjohtaja (fi)
• French: chef d'orchestre (fr) m
• German: Dirigent (de) m
• Greek: αρχιμουσικός (el) (archimousikós) m and f , διευθυντής ορχήστρας (el) (diefthyntís orchístras) m 
• Greenlandic: nipilersortuni ussersortuusoq (kl)
• Hebrew: מנצח (he) (menatzé'akh) m, מנצחת (he) (menatzákhat) f
• Hungarian: karmester (hu)
• Interlingua: director de orchestra (ia)
• Irish: stiúrthóir (ga) m
• Italian: direttore d'orchestra (it)
• Japanese: 指揮者 (ja) (しきしゃ, shikisha)
• Lithuanian: dirigentas (lt) m

• Macedonian: диригент (mk) (dirigént) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dirigent (no) m

  Nynorsk: dirigent (no) m

• Persian: رهبر ارکستر (fa) (rahbar-e orkestr)
• Polish: dyrygent (pl) m
• Portuguese: maestro (pt) m
• Romanian: dirijor (ro) m, dirijoare (ro) f
• Russian: дирижёр (ru) (dirižor) m 
• Serbo-Croatian: dirigent (sh) m

  Cyrillic: равнатељ (sh) m, диригент (sh) m

  Roman: ravnatelj (sh) m, dirigent (sh) m

• Slovene: dirigent (sl) m
• Spanish: director (es) m
• Swahili: utingo (sw)
• Swedish: dirigent (sv) c
• Turkish: orkestra şefi (tr), koro şefi (tr), şef (tr)
• Vietnamese: nhạc trưởng (vi), chỉ huy dàn nhạc (vi)

person who takes tickets on public transportation

• Bulgarian: кондуктор (bg) (kondúktor) m 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 售票員 (cmn), 售票员 (cmn) (shòupiàoyuán)

• Czech: průvodčí (cs) m
• Dutch: conducteur (nl) m
• Finnish: konduktööri (fi)
• French: (of a bus) conducteur (fr)
• German: Schaffner (de) m
• Greek: εισπράκτορας (el) (eispráktoras) m and f 
• Hebrew: כרטיסן (he) (kart'isan) m, כרטיסנית (he) (kart'isanyt) f
• Hungarian: kalauz (hu)
• Interlingua: billetero (ia)
• Irish: stiúrthóir (ga) m
• Italian: conducente (it)
• Japanese: コンダクター (ja) (kondakutā), 引率者 (ja) (insotsu-sha), 車掌 (ja) (shashō)
• Kamba: kondakta
• Kikuyu: kondakta
• Lithuanian: konduktorius (lt) m
• Luhya: kondakita

• Luo: kondakta
• Macedonian: кондуктор (mk) (kondúktor) m
• Malay: konduktor (ms)
• Meru: kondakta
• Norwegian: konduktør (no) m
• Polish: konduktor (pl) m
• Portuguese: condutor (pt) m
• Romanian: conductor (ro) m
• Russian: кондуктор (ru) (kondúktor) m , проводник (ru) (provodník) m , проводница (ru) (provodníca) f 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кондуктер (sh) m

  Roman: kondukter (sh) m

• Slovene: sprevodnik (sl) m
• Swahili: utingo (sw), kondakta (sw)
• Swedish: konduktör (sv) c
• Turkish: kondüktör (tr)
• Vietnamese: người lấy vé (vi), (conductor who sells tickets) người bán vé (vi), người phục vụ hành khác (vi)

something which can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound

• Bulgarian: проводник (bg) (provodník) m 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 導體 (cmn), 导体 (cmn) (dǎotǐ)

• Czech: vodič (cs) m
• Dutch: geleider (nl) n
• Finnish: johde (fi), johdin (fi), johdatin (fi)
• French: conducteur (fr)
• German: Leiter (de) m
• Greek: αγωγός (el) (agogós) m 
• Hebrew: מוליך (he) (molykh) m
• Icelandic: leiðari (is) m, leiðir (is) m
• Interlingua: conductor (ia)
• Irish: conduchtaire (ga) m, seoltóir (ga) m
• Italian: conducente (it)
• Japanese: 導体 (ja) (dōtai)
• Khmer: អង្គធាតុចម្លង (km) (ang theat chom long)
• Lithuanian: laidininkas (lt) m

• Macedonian: проводник (mk) (próvodnik) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: leder (no) m

  Nynorsk: leiar (no) m

• Polish: przewodnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: condutor (pt) m
• Romanian: conductor (ro) m
• Russian: проводник (ru) (provodník) m 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кондуктор (sh) m, спроводник (sh) m, проводник (sh) m

  Roman: konduktor (sh) m, sprovodnik (sh) m, provodnik (sh) m

• Slovene: prevodnik (sl) m
• Spanish: conductor (es) m
• Swahili: utingo (sw)
• Swedish: ledare (sv) c
• Turkish: iletken (tr)
• Vietnamese: chất dẫn (vi)

See also

• ticket inspector

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Latin

Etymology

From condūcō (“I lead”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /konˈduk.tor/

Noun

conductor (genitive conductōris); m, third declension

1. employer, entrepreneur
2. contractor
3. (physics) conductor (of heat, electricity etc)

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	conductor	conductōrēs
genitive	conductōris	conductōrum
dative	conductōrī	conductōribus
accusative	conductōrem	conductōrēs
ablative	conductōre	conductōribus
vocative	conductor	conductōrēs

Descendants

• English: conductor
• Galician: conductor
• Russian: конду́ктор (kondúktor)
• Spanish: conductor

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin conductor.

Noun

conductor m (plural conductores, feminine singular conductora, feminine plural conductoras)

1. driver
2. conductor (Something which can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound)

Related terms

• conducir

See also

• chófer