Masculine

Regisseur

Sentences
Meaning

  1. (masculine, strong) director (male or of unspecified gender)
  2. (figuratively, masculine, metaphoric, strong) trainer, coach (male or of unspecified gender)

Concepts

stage director

theatre director

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ʁeʒɪˈsøːɐ̯]
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from French régisseur, which stands for bailiff or trustee in English, as well as assistant director in theater. The word is actually a false friend; in French the film director is a metteur en scène or sometimes réalisateur, but never a régisseur.

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