diriger
French, verb/di.ʁi.ʒe/
diriger is spelled D-I-R-I-G-E-R (7 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 3,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diriger is a French verb meaning “to run; to direct (be the director of)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Conduire en exerçant un pouvoir, un commandement”.
What does diriger mean in English?
verb
- 1
to run; to direct (be the director of)
Il dirige son entreprise avec passion.
- 2
to supervise; to oversee
- 3
to steer (vehicles)
Il sait bien diriger le bateau.
- 4
to aim, to direct
Dirigez vos armes à l'ennemi.
- 5
to direct (a film)
- 6
to go towards; to head (for)
Le camion se dirige vers la falaise.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Conduire en exerçant un pouvoir, un commandement. 2. Régler l'exécution d'une action, l'organiser. 3. Commander, administrer un organisme, une institution. 4. Exercer une autorité sur un groupe.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of diriger
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- dirigeant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- dirigé participle past
- dirige first-person indicative present
- diriges indicative present second-person
- dirigeons first-person indicative plural
- dirigez indicative plural present
- dirigent indicative plural present
- dirigeais first-person imperfect indicative
- dirigeait imperfect indicative singular
- dirigions first-person imperfect indicative
- dirigiez imperfect indicative plural
- dirigeaient imperfect indicative plural
- dirigeai first-person historic indicative
- dirigeas historic indicative past
- dirigea historic indicative past
- dirigeâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diriger?
- /di.ʁi.ʒe/
- \di.ʁi.ʒe\
- [di.ʁi.ʒe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diriger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diriger in French?
diriger appears 19 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).