diriger

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French

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /di.ʁi.ʒe/
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Verb

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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

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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.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: dirigeren
  • Romanian: dirija
  • Russian: дирижировать (dirižirovatʹ)

See also

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Further reading

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Interlingua

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Verb

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diriger

  1. to direct

Conjugation

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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diriger

  1. imperative of dirigere