diriger

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French diriger, from Latin dīrigere (“to direct”), simplified into a first conjugation French verb. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /di.ʁi.ʒe/ === Verb === diriger (transitive) to run; to direct (be the director of) Synonym: (Louisiana) directer to supervise; to oversee to steer (vehicles) to aim, to direct (cinematography) to direct (a film) (reflexive, se diriger) to go towards; to head (for) ==== Conjugation ==== 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 ==== codiriger dirigeable dirigisme dirigiste rediriger surdiriger ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: dirije → Dutch: dirigeren → Romanian: dirija → Russian: дирижировать (dirižirovatʹ) ==== See also ==== droit === Further reading === “diriger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Interlingua == === Verb === diriger to direct ==== Conjugation ==== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === diriger imperative of dirigere