conductor
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conductor
- /kənˈdʌktɚ/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French conductour, from Old French conduitor, from Latin conductor.
noun conductors · conductour
- One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director. […]Zeal, the blind conductor of the will;
- A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.
- A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers. train conductor
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Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light, or sound.
Falling conductors may come in contact with grounded objects or puddles of water.
Opposite: dielectric, nonconductor, insulator
- An ideal of a ring that measures how far it is from being integrally closed If c is the conductor ideal for R in R then prime ideals not containing c correspond to localizations yielding discrete valuation rings.
- A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.
- A leader.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: director, music director, controller, operator, attendant, command, leader, boss, master, commanding, supervisor, handler, chief, comptroller, commander, rider
Translations
Every language
noun person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble
| Español | director |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 지휘자 jihwija |
| 日本語 | 指揮者 shikisha |
| 中文 | 指揮 /指挥 zhǐhuī, 指揮家 /指挥家 zhǐhuījiā |
| हिन्दी | संचालक sañcālak, कंडक्टर kaṇḍakṭar |
| Português | maestro, maestrina |
| Français | chef d'orchestre |
| Deutsch | Dirigent, Dirigentin |
| Italiano | direttore d'orchestra |
| Ελληνικά | μαέστρος maéstros |
| Română | dirijor, dirijoare, șef de orchestră |
| Русский | дирижёр dirižór |
| العربية | قَائِدُ فِرْقَاتٍ مُوسِيقِيَّةٍ qāʔidu firqātin mūsīqiyyatin |
| עברית | מְנַצֵּחַ m'natséakh, מנצחת menatsákhat |
noun person who takes tickets on public transportation
| Español | revisor, guarda, inspector |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 차장 chajang |
| 日本語 | 車掌 shashō |
| 中文 | 售票員 /售票员 shòupiàoyuán |
| हिन्दी | संचालक sañcālak, परिचालक paricālak |
| Kiswahili | kondakta |
| Português | condutor, cobrador, trocador |
| Français | contrôleur, poinçonneur |
| Deutsch | Schaffner, Kondukteur |
| Italiano | conducente |
| Ελληνικά | εισπράκτορας eispráktoras |
| Română | conductor |
| Русский | конду́ктор kondúktor, проводни́к provodník, проводни́ца provodníca |
| العربية | كُمْسَرِيّ kumsariyy, كُمْسَارِيّ kumsāriyy, قَاطِع التَّذَاكِر qāṭiʕ at-taḏākir, تَذْكِرِيّ taḏkiriyy |
| עברית | כַּרְטִיסָן kartisán, כרטיסנית kartisanít |
noun something which can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound
| Español | conductor |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 도체 doche |
| 日本語 | 導体 dōtai |
| 中文 | 導體 /导体 dǎotǐ |
| हिन्दी | चालक cālak, परिचालक paricālak |
| Português | condutor |
| Français | conducteur |
| Deutsch | Leiter |
| Italiano | conducente |
| Ελληνικά | αγωγός agogós |
| Română | conductor |
| Русский | проводни́к provodník |
| Tiếng Việt | chất dẫn |
| العربية | مُوَصِّل كَهْرَبَائِيّ muwaṣṣil kahrabāʔiyy, مُوَصِّل muwaṣṣil |
| עברית | מוליך molíkh |
Talk about this word "conductor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/conductor. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. conductor. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/conductor "conductor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/conductor.Cite this
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title = {conductor},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/conductor},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
