vicedirettore

deputy director

noun vee-cheh-dee-ret-TOH-reh Rare

Also means

assistant manager

Usage Note

Vicedirettore uses the prefix vice- (meaning 'deputy') attached to direttore, following a productive Italian pattern for deputy roles. The feminine form is vicedirettrice. In corporate and institutional contexts it typically ranks just below the direttore (director), while in a newspaper it refers to the deputy editor-in-chief.

Examples

"Il vicedirettore ha firmato il documento."

Natural Translation

The deputy director signed the document.

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