director general
English
noun
Definitions
- the highest chief executive executive officer within a governmental, statutory, NGO, third sector or non-not-for-profit institution. In reference to government, the executive officer below the minister of the department.
Etymology
Derived from French directeur.
Origin
French
directeur
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- director English
- director Latin
- directōrem, director Latin
- directeur Dutch, Flemish
- autodirecteur French
- codirecteur French
- directeur French
- directorial French
- direktør Norwegian Bokmål
- direktör Swedish
- direktør Norwegian Nynorsk