manager

See also: Manager and mánager

English

Etymology

manage +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmæn.ɪ.dʒə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmæn.ɪ.dʒɚ/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: man‧a‧ger

Noun

manager (plural managers)

(management) A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.
- 2013, Phil McNulty, "", BBC Sport, 1 September 2013:
  And it was a fitting victory for Liverpool as Anfield celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of their legendary Scottish manager Bill Shankly.
(baseball) The head coach.
(music) An administrator, for a singer or group. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
(computer software) A window or application whose purpose is to give the user the control over some aspect of the system.
a file manager; a task manager; Program Manager

Synonyms

(person who manages): administrator, boss, chief, controller, comptroller, foreman, head, head man, overseer, organizer, superintendent, supervisor

Derived terms

Related terms

Terms related to manager

manageress

managerial

Translations

person whose job is to manage something (for female equivalents, see manageress)

Albanian: menaxher m, drejtor (sq) m
Arabic: مُدِير‎ m (mudīr)
Armenian: կառավարիչ (hy) (kaṙavaričʿ), մենեջեր (hy) (meneǰer), ղեկավար (hy) (łekavar)
Azerbaijani: müdir, menecer (az), direktor
Belarusian: мэ́нэджэр m (ménedžer), дырэ́ктар m (dyréktar), кіраўні́к m (kiraŭník)
Bengali: পরিচালক (pôricalôk), ম্যানেজার (mjanejar)
Bulgarian: ме́ниджър (bg) m (ménidžǎr), дире́ктор (bg) m (diréktor), ръководи́тел (bg) m (rǎkovodítel)
Burmese: မန်နေဂျာ (my) (mannegya)
Chechen: менеджер (meneǯer)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 經理 (zh), 经理 (zh) (jīnglǐ), 主管 (zh) (zhúguǎn)
Czech: manažer (cs) m, správce (cs) m, ředitel (cs) m
Danish: bestyrer c, leder (da), chef (da), direktør c
Dutch: directeur (nl) m, manager (nl) m
Esperanto: manaĝisto
Estonian: juhataja (et), juht (et), direktor
Finnish: johtaja (fi)
French: (of a business) directeur (fr) m, (of a restaurant, etc.) gérant (fr) m, (of a sports team, etc) manager (fr) m, chef (fr) m
Georgian: მენეჯერი (meneǯeri), დირექტორი (direkṭori)
German: Direktor (de) m, Manager (de) m, Verwalter (de) m
Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌾𐌰 m (fauragaggja)
Greek: διευθυντής (el) m (diefthyntís)
Hebrew: מְנַהֵל‎ m (menahél)
Hindi: प्रबंधक (hi) m (prabandhak), मैनेजर (hi) m (mainejar)
Hungarian: igazgató (hu), vezető (hu), menedzser (hu)
Icelandic: forstöðumaður (is) m, forstjóri m
Ido: jeristo (io)
Indonesian: manajer (id)
Irish: bainisteoir (ga) m
Italian: direttore (it) m, capo (it) m, responsabile (it) m, gestore (it) m
Japanese: 支配人 (しはいにん, shihainin), 経営者 (ja) (けいえいしゃ, keieisha), マネージャー (ja) (manējā), 管理者 (ja) (かんりしゃ, kanrisha)
Kazakh: басқарушы (basqarwşı), менеджер (menedjer), директор (dïrektor)
Khmer: ចាងហ្វាង (caaŋ vaaŋ)
Korean: 관리자 (ko) (gwallija) (管理者 (ko)), 매니저 (maenijeo)
Kyrgyz: менеджер (ky) (menedcer), жетекчи (ky) (cetekçi), директор (ky) (direktor)
Lao: ຜູ້ຈັດການ (phū chat kān)

Latvian: vadītājs (lv) m, direktors m, administrators m, pārvaldnieks m
Lithuanian: vadovas m, valdytojas m, vedėjas m, direktorius m, vadybininkas m
Macedonian: менаџер m (menadžer)
Malay: pengurus
Maltese: meniġer m
Maori: menetia, kaiwhakahaere
Mongolian: менежер (mn) (menežer), удирдагч (mn) (udirdagč), эрхлэгч (mn) (erhlegč)
Norman: gérant m, mênagi m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: leder (no) m, bestyrer m, direktør (no) m
Persian: مدیر‎ (fa) (modir), رهبر‎ (fa) (rahbar)
Polish: kierownik (pl) m, menedżer m, manager (pl) m, dyrektor (pl) m
Portuguese: gerente (pt) m or f, gerenciador m (chiefly Brazil)
Romanian: director (ro) m, șef (ro) m, manager (ro) m
Russian: ме́неджер (ru) m (mɛ́nɛdžer, ménɛdžer), дире́ктор (ru) m (diréktor), управля́ющий (ru) m (upravljájuščij), руководи́тель (ru) m (rukovodítelʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: grèidhear m, neach-stiùiridh m, neach-riaghlaidh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пословођа m, менаџер m, директор m

Roman: poslovođa (sh) m, menadžer (sh) m, direktor (sh) m
Slovak: manažér m, správca m, riaditeľ m
Slovene: direktor m, upravitelj m
Spanish: director (es) m, gerente (es) m, gestor (es) m
Swahili: meneja (sw)
Swedish: direktör (sv) c
Tajik: мудир (tg) (mudir), менеҷер (menejer), директор (tg) (direktor), раҳбар (rahbar)
Telugu: నిర్వాహకుడు (te) (nirvāhakuḍu)
Thai: ผู้จัดการ (th) (pûu-jàt-gaan)
Turkish: müdür (tr), yönetici (tr), menajer (tr), idareci (tr)
Turkmen: müdir, beýemçi, direktor
Ukrainian: ме́неджер m (ménedžer), дире́ктор m (dyréktor), керівни́к (uk) m (kerivnýk)
Urdu: مینیجر‎ m (menejar)
Uzbek: boshqaruvchi (uz), menejer, rahbar (uz), mudir (uz), direktor (uz)
Vietnamese: người quản lý (vi)
Welsh: rheolwr (cy) m, goruchwyliwr m, trefnwr (cy) m
Yiddish: פֿאַרוואַלטער‎ m (farvalter)

administrator, for a singer or group

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Danish: promotor
Finnish: manageri (fi)
Greek: καλλιτεχνικός πράκτορας m (kallitechnikós práktoras)
Italian: impresario (it) m
Malay: pengurus

Norwegian: manager m, impressario m
Polish: menedżer m, manager (pl) m
Portuguese: empresário (pt) m
Romanian: impresar (ro) m, manager (ro) m
Russian: импреса́рио (ru) m (impresário)
Spanish: representante (es) m
Swahili: meneja (sw)

in computer software

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: hallinta (fi)
Greek: διαχειριστής (el) m (diacheiristís)

Italian: gestore (it) m
Malay: pengurus
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: administrador (es) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Italian: (of a business) ^{(please verify)} direttore (it) m, ^{(please verify)} direttrice (it) f, (of a restaurant, etc.) ^{(please verify)} gerente (it) m, (of a sports team, etc.) ^{(please verify)} manager (it) m

Ukrainian: (of a business) ^{(please verify)} керуючий m (kerujučyj), ^{(please verify)} менеджер m (menedžer)

French

Etymology

From English manager

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.na.dʒɛʁ/, /ma.na.dʒœʁ/

Noun

manager m (plural managers)

(sports, Europe) manager

Synonyms

(Quebec) gérant

Anagrams

magnera, mangera

Italian

Etymology

From English manager.

Noun

manager m

(sports, business) manager

Anagrams

Spanish

Etymology

From English manager

Noun

manager m (plural managers)

manager

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