directory en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /dɪˈɹɛktəɹi/ (UK)
- /daɪˈɹɛktəɹi/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle English directorie, dyrectorye, from Medieval Latin dīrēctōrium. By surface analysis, direct + -ory. Doublet of directorium. The political sense is a semantic loan from French directoire.
Meanings
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A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.
look up an address in the directory
- A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.
- A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other directories may be stored. The files and subdirectories in a directory are usually related.
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A form of government with a collegial executive whose members jointly exercise power; the executive of such a government.
[…] at the Ufa State Conference it was it was the union's conception of a directory (rather than a dictatorship) to rule anti-Bolshevik Russia that won the day.
2015, Jonathan D. Smele, Historical Dictionary of the Russian Civil Wars, 1916-1926, →ISBN, Union for the Return to the Motherland, page 1243:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| directories | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
tag · pseudodirectory · label
Deriveds
directory climbing · ex-directory · directory service · directory traversal · metadirectory · directory enquiries · superdirectory · non-directory · directory assistance · directoryless
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
working directory · subdirectory · nondirectory · active directory · multidirectory
Relateds
rolodex · atlas · gazetteer · index
Synonyms
Translations (133)
cmn 目錄 /目录 (structured listing of files) · uk дові́дник (list of names, addresses etc.) · nl repertorium (list of names, addresses etc.) · ru катало́г (list of names, addresses etc.) · be даве́днік (list of names, addresses etc.) · nl map (simulated folder) · eo dosierujo (simulated folder) · kk анықтамалық (list of names, addresses etc.) · ja 名鑑 (list of names, addresses etc.) · fi hakemisto (structured listing of files) · ru па́пка (simulated folder) · ru па́пка (structured listing of files) · fr annuaire (list of names, addresses etc.) · ja 一覧 (list of names, addresses etc.) · tr dizin (simulated folder) · nl folder (simulated folder) · nl telefoongids (list of names, addresses etc.) · ko 디렉토리 (structured listing of files) · tl talahanapan (list of names, addresses etc.) · fr dossier (simulated folder) · uk па́пка (structured listing of files) · cs adresář (list of names, addresses etc.) · bg директо́рия (structured listing of files) · mk и́меник (list of names, addresses etc.) · fi hakemisto (simulated folder) · ko 폴더 (simulated folder) · id direktori (simulated folder) · pl księga adresowa (list of names, addresses etc.) · tr klasör (simulated folder) · sh dirèktōrij (simulated folder) · ru директо́рия (structured listing of files) · sh dirèktōrijum (simulated folder) · it cartella (structured listing of files) · be катало́г (list of names, addresses etc.) · uk катало́г (list of names, addresses etc.) · sk adresár (structured listing of files) · pt diretório (simulated folder) · pt diretoria (list of names, addresses etc.) · ru катало́г (simulated folder) · pl katalog (structured listing of files) · cy cyfeiriadur (list of names, addresses etc.) · ru указа́тель (list of names, addresses etc.) · fr répertoire (simulated folder) · it cartella (simulated folder) · cmn 名錄 /名录 (list of names, addresses etc.) · it lista (list of names, addresses etc.) · el κατάλογος (list of names, addresses etc.) · ru директо́рия (form of government) · fa دایرکتوری (structured listing of files) · ja フォルダ (structured listing of files) · cmn 簿 (list of names, addresses etc.) · uk директо́рія (structured listing of files) · ko 폴더 (structured listing of files) · sv katalog (structured listing of files) · is efnisskrá (list of names, addresses etc.) · hu mappa (simulated folder) · pt diretório (form of government) · pt diretório (list of names, addresses etc.) · id direktori (structured listing of files) · hu címtár (list of names, addresses etc.) · sh дирѐкто̄ријум (simulated folder) · fr répertoire (structured listing of files) · de Verzeichnis (list of names, addresses etc.) · fi kansio (simulated folder) · de Direktorium (form of government) · mk па́пка (structured listing of files) · id direktori (list of names, addresses etc.) · nl Gouden gids (list of names, addresses etc.) · be па́пка (structured listing of files) · hu mappalista (structured listing of files) · be катало́г (structured listing of files) · hu könyvtárlista (structured listing of files) · ja ディレクトリ (simulated folder) · mi whaiaronga (structured listing of files) · tr klasör (structured listing of files) · uk катало́г (structured listing of files) · de Verzeichnis (structured listing of files) · ja ディレクトリ (structured listing of files) · mk ка́талог (simulated folder) · cmn 目錄 /目录 (simulated folder) · nl gids (list of names, addresses etc.) · bg указа́тел (list of names, addresses etc.) · sh ȉmenīk (list of names, addresses etc.) · cs adresář (simulated folder) · de Verzeichnis (simulated folder) · uk директо́рія (form of government) · pl katalog (list of names, addresses etc.) · ru спра́вочник (list of names, addresses etc.) · nl lijst (structured listing of files) · th ไดเรกทอรี (structured listing of files) · sh дирѐкто̄риј (simulated folder) · eo telefonlibro (list of names, addresses etc.) · eo katalogo (structured listing of files) · sh ката̀лог (simulated folder) · es directorio (simulated folder) · bg катало́г (list of names, addresses etc.) · fr directoire (form of government) · ms direktori (structured listing of files) · el κατάλογος (simulated folder) · sh и̏менӣк (list of names, addresses etc.) · ko 디렉토리 (simulated folder) · it directory (structured listing of files) · sv katalog (list of names, addresses etc.) · tr dizin (structured listing of files) · pt diretoria (simulated folder) · cs adresář (structured listing of files) · ru пе́речень (list of names, addresses etc.) · cy cyfarwyddiadur (list of names, addresses etc.) · hi डायरेक्टरी (structured listing of files) · fr dossier (structured listing of files) · nl Witte gids (list of names, addresses etc.) · sv mapp (simulated folder) · de Ordner (structured listing of files) · sh katàlog (simulated folder) · it elenco (list of names, addresses etc.) · mk па́пка (simulated folder) · pl katalog (simulated folder) · de Ordner (simulated folder) · fi hakemisto (list of names, addresses etc.) · ja フォルダ (simulated folder) · mk ка́талог (structured listing of files) · be дырэкто́рыя (structured listing of files) · mk а́дресар (list of names, addresses etc.) · ru катало́г (structured listing of files) · pl dyrektoriat (form of government) · es directorio (form of government) · es directorio (list of names, addresses etc.) · el κατάλογος (structured listing of files) · hu könyvtár (simulated folder) · ru фо́лдер (simulated folder) · pl książka telefoniczna (list of names, addresses etc.) · ca directori (simulated folder) · ru директо́рия (simulated folder)