Definition
Relating to or characteristic of a director or the position and responsibilities of directing.
Etymology
From 'director' (Latin director, one who directs) + '-al' (suffix forming adjectives). The term is formal and somewhat archaic, appearing in academic and official contexts rather than everyday speech.
Kelly Says
Though 'directoral' sounds archaic, it persists in film and theater scholarship because it precisely distinguishes between the director's specific decisions and vision—'directorial choices' and 'directoral authority' carry slightly different scholarly weight.
Translations
CACatalà
direcional
di-rek-see-o-nal
CSČeština
směrodatný
smer-o-dat-nyy
DADansk
retningsbestemmende
ret-nings-be-stem-men-de
DEDeutsch
richtlinienbasiert
ri-kht-lin-ien-ba-si-ert
ELΕλληνικά
κατευθυντικός
ka-tef-thyn-ti-kos
ESEspañol
direccional
di-rek-see-o-nal
FISuomi
suuntaa-antava
suun-taa-an-ta-va
FRFrançais
directionnel
di-rek-syo-nel
HIहिन्दी
दिशात्मक
di-sha-at-mak
HUMagyar
irányadó
i-ran-ya-do
IDBahasa Indonesia
arah
a-rah
ITItaliano
direzionale
di-rek-zee-o-nale
KO한국어
방향성의
bang-hyang-seong-ui
MSBahasa Melayu
arah
a-rah
NLNederlands
richtingsgevend
ri-k-ting-ge-ven-d
NONorsk
retningsbestemmende
ret-nings-be-stem-men-de
PLPolski
kierunkowy
kier-u-n-k-owy
PTPortuguês
direccional
di-ree-sio-nal
RORomână
directionat
di-rek-thee-at
RUРусский
направленный
na-pra-vlen-nyy
SVSvenska
riktningsgivende
rikt-nings-ge-ven-de
SWKiswahili
mwelekeo
mwe-le-keo
TLTL
direksyon
di-rek-syon
TRTürkçe
yönlendirmeli
yo-n-len-dir-meh-li
UKУкраїнська
направлений
na-pra-vlen-i-y
ZH中文
方向性的
fāngxiàngxìng-de