conductor

English

Alternative forms

• conductour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French conductour, from Old French conduitor, from Latin conductor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈdʌktɚ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

conductor (plural conductors, feminine conductress or conductrix)

1. One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.
   • 1687, [John Dryden], “The Third Part”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC, page 96:

     […] 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 and also helps passengers

   train conductor; tram conductor

4. (physics) 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 (4), nonconductor (4), insulator (4)

Derived terms

• conductor rail
• lightning conductor

Related terms

• conduct
• semiconductor, dielectric

Translations

person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble

• Armenian: դիրիժոր (hy) (dirižor), խմբավար (hy) (xmbavar)
• Belarusian: дырыжо́р m (dyryžór), дырыге́нт m (dyryhjént)
• Bulgarian: дириге́нт (bg) m (dirigént)
• Catalan: director (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 指揮／指挥 (zh) (zhǐhuī), 指挥 (zh) (zhǐhuī), 指揮家／指挥家 (zh) (zhǐhuījiā), 指挥家 (zh) (zhǐhuījiā)

• Czech: dirigent (cs) m
• Danish: dirigent c
• Dutch: dirigent (nl) m
• Finnish: kapellimestari (fi), kuoronjohtaja (fi), orkesterinjohtaja
• French: chef d’orchestre (fr) m
• Georgian: დირიჟორი (dirižori)
• German: Dirigent (de) m
• Greek: μαέστρος (el) m (maéstros)
• Greenlandic: nipilersortuni ussersortuusoq
• Hebrew: מְנַצֵּחַ (he) m (m'natséakh), מנצחת f (menatzákhat)
• Hungarian: karmester (hu), karnagy (hu)
• Indonesian: konduktor (id), dirigen (id)
• Interlingua: director de orchestra
• Irish: stiúrthóir m
• Italian: direttore d'orchestra
• Japanese: 指揮者 (ja) (しきしゃ, shikisha)
• Korean: 지휘자 (ko) (jihwija)
• Lithuanian: dirigentas m
• Macedonian: дириге́нт m (dirigént)
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• Malay: konduktor
• Manx: stiureyder m
• Norman: chef dé musique m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dirigent m

  Nynorsk: dirigent m

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

  Cyrillic: равнатељ m, диригент m

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

• Slovak: dirigent m
• Slovene: dirigent (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: dirigent m, dirigentka f

• Spanish: director (es) m
• Swedish: dirigent (sv) c
• Turkish: orkestra şefi (tr), koro şefi (tr), şef (tr)
• Ukrainian: дириге́нт m (dyryhént)
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} nhạc trưởng (vi), ^{(please verify)} chỉ huy dàn nhạc

person who takes tickets on public transportation

• Belarusian: канду́ктар m (kandúktar), правадні́к m (pravadník), правадні́ца f (pravadníca)
• Bulgarian: конду́ктор m (kondúktor)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 售票員／售票员 (zh) (shòupiàoyuán), 售票员 (zh) (shòupiàoyuán)

• Czech: průvodčí (cs) m
• Dutch: conducteur (nl) m
• Finnish: konduktööri (fi)
• French: contrôleur (fr), poinçonneur (fr) (ancient, in bus)
• Georgian: კონდუქტორი (ḳondukṭori), გამცილებელი (gamcilebeli)
• German: Schaffner (de) m
• Greek: εισπράκτορας (el) m or f (eispráktoras)
• Hebrew: כרטיסן m (kart'isan), כרטיסנית f (kart'isanyt)
• Hungarian: kalauz (hu), vonatkalauz, vonatkísérő (hu)
• Indonesian: kondektur (id)
• Interlingua: billetero
• Irish: stiúrthóir m
• Italian: conducente (it)
• Japanese: 車掌 (ja) (しゃしょう, shashō)
• Kamba: kondakta
• Kikuyu: kondakta
• Korean: 차장 (ko) (chajang)
• Lithuanian: konduktorius m
• Luhya: kondakita
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• Luo: kondakta
• Macedonian: конду́ктор m (kondúktor)
• Malay: konduktor
• Manx: stiureyder m
• Meru: kondakta
• Norwegian: konduktør (no) m
• Polish: konduktor (pl) m
• Portuguese: condutor (pt) m (Brazil), cobrador (pt) m (Brazil), trocador (pt) m (Brazil)
• Romanian: conductor (ro) m
• Russian: конду́ктор (ru) m (kondúktor), проводни́к (ru) m (provodník), проводни́ца (ru) f (provodníca)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кондуктер m

  Roman: kondukter (sh) m

• Slovene: sprevodnik (sl) m
• Spanish: revisor m, guarda (es) m, inspector (es) m
• Swahili: kondakta (sw)
• Swedish: konduktör (sv) c
• Turkish: kondüktör (tr)
• Ukrainian: конду́ктор (uk) m (kondúktor), провідни́к m (providnýk), провідни́ця f (providnýcja)
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} người lấy vé, (conductor who sells tickets) ^{(please verify)} người bán vé, ^{(please verify)} người phục vụ hành khác
• Yiddish: קאָנדוקטאָר m (konduktor), קאָנדוקטאָרשע f (konduktorshe)

something which can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound

• Azerbaijani: keçirici
• Belarusian: правадні́к m (pravadník)
• Bulgarian: проводни́к (bg) m (provodník)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 導體／导体 (zh) (dǎotǐ), 导体 (zh) (dǎotǐ)

• Czech: vodič (cs) m
• Danish: leder (da) c
• Dutch: geleider (nl) n
• Finnish: johde (fi), johdin (fi), johdatin
• French: conducteur (fr)
• Georgian: გამტარი (gamṭari)
• German: Leiter (de) m
• Greek: αγωγός (el) m (agogós)
• Hebrew: מוליך m (molykh)
• Hungarian: vezető (hu), hővezető (hu), áramvezető (hu)
• Icelandic: leiðari m, leiðir m
• Indonesian: konduktor (id), penghantar (id)
• Interlingua: conductor
• Irish: conduchtaire m, seoltóir m
• Italian: conducente (it)
• Japanese: 導体 (ja) (どうたい, dōtai)
• Khmer: អង្គធាតុចម្លង (ang theat chom long)
• Korean: 도체 (ko) (doche)
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• Lithuanian: laidininkas m
• Macedonian: проводник m (provodnik)
• Malay: konduktor
• Manx: leeideilagh m, condughteyr m
• Maori: pūkawe, pūkawe hiko (of electricity), pūkawe wera (of heat)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: leder (no) m

  Nynorsk: leiar (no) m

• Persian: رسانا (fa) (resânâ)
• Polish: przewodnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: condutor (pt) m
• Romanian: conductor (ro) m
• Russian: проводни́к (ru) m (provodník)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кондуктор m, спроводник m, проводник m

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

• Slovene: prevodnik (sl) m
• Spanish: conductor (es) m
• Swedish: ledare (sv) c
• Tagalog: saluyan
• Turkish: iletken (tr)
• Ukrainian: провідни́к m (providnýk)
• Vietnamese: chất dẫn

See also

• ticket inspector

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conductor, conductōrem (“contractor, employer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kun.dukˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kon.dukˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kon.dukˈtoɾ]

Adjective

conductor (feminine conductora, masculine plural conductors, feminine plural conductores)

1. driving
2. conducting

Noun

conductor m (plural conductors)

1. driver
2. (physics) conductor

Related terms

• conduir

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Latin

Etymology

From condūcō (“I lead”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈduk.tor/, [kɔn̪ˈd̪ʊkt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈduk.tor/, [kon̪ˈd̪ukt̪or]

Noun

conductor m (genitive conductōris, feminine conductrīx); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	conductor	conductōrēs
Genitive	conductōris	conductōrum
Dative	conductōrī	conductōribus
Accusative	conductōrem	conductōrēs
Ablative	conductōre	conductōribus
Vocative	conductor	conductōrēs

Descendants

• Catalan: conductor
• English: conductor
• French: conducteur
• Galician: conductor
• Old French: conduitor
• Portuguese: condutor
• Russian: конду́ктор (kondúktor)
• Spanish: conductor

References

• “conductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conductor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• conductor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Noun

conductor m (plural es, feminine conductora, feminine plural conductoras)

1. Obsolete form of condutor.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French conducteur, from Latin conductor.

Noun

conductor n (plural conductoare)

1. (physics) conductor

Declension

Declension of conductor

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) conductor	conductorul	(niște) conductoare	conductoarele
genitive/dative	(unui) conductor	conductorului	(unor) conductoare	conductoarelor
vocative	conductorule		conductoarelor

Noun

conductor m (plural conductori)

1. driver

Declension

Declension of conductor

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) conductor	conductorul	(niște) conductori	conductorii
genitive/dative	(unui) conductor	conductorului	(unor) conductori	conductorilor
vocative	conductorule		conductorilor

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conductor, conductorem (“contractor, employer”). Cognate with English conductor.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

Noun

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

1. driver, motorist
2. (Argentina, Uruguay) presenter; host (of television show)

Derived terms

• registro de conductor

 

Related terms

• conducir

See also

• chófer

Noun

conductor m (plural conductores)

1. conductor (transmitter of electricity, heat, light or sound)

Further reading

• “conductor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014