Chairman

//ˈtʃɛɹ.mən//

Synonyms for "chairman" (13 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Strong matches (4)

Verb(1 words)
chair

Related words (6)

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11 relation types

More general

9 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

at location

1 entries

capable of

7 entries

coordinate

1 entries

derived

10 entries

derived from

1 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

5 entries

related to

6 entries

similar

1 entries

Translations

128 translations across 71 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • kryetar noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • πρόεδρος noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • ἐπιστάτης noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Arabic

1 entries
  • رَئِيس noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Armenian

1 entries
  • նախագահ noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • sədr noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • галава́ noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • галава́ noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)
  • старшыня́ noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • старшыня́ noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • председа́тел noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Burmese

2 entries
  • သဘာပတိ noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Cebuano

4 entries
  • tagsiya noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • tagsiya noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)
  • tsirman noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • tsirman noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)

Chinese

1 entries
  • җўщи noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 主席 noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • 議長 /议长 noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 主席 noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • 議長 /议长 noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Czech

1 entries
  • předseda noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Danish

1 entries
  • formand noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Dutch

1 entries
  • voorzitter noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • prezidanto noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)

Estonian

3 entries
  • eesistuja noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • esimees noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • juhataja noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Finnish

3 entries
  • hallituksen puheenjohtaja noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)
  • puheenjohtaja noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • puheenjohtaja noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)

French

2 entries
  • président noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • secrétaire général noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Georgian

1 entries
  • თავმჯდომარე noun (person presiding over a meeting)

German

2 entries
  • Vorsitzende noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • Vorsitzender noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Greek

2 entries
  • πρόεδρος noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • πρόεδρος noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • יוֹשֵׁב רֹאשׁ noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अध्यक्ष noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • अध्यक्ष noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)
  • सदर noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • सभापति noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • elnök noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • ketua noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • ketua noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • chairman noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • presidente noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • رَئیس noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • صَدْر noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Irish

2 entries
  • cathaoirleach noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • fear cathaoireach noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Italian

1 entries
  • presidente noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 委員長 noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • 理事長 noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • 議長 noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • басқарма noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ប្រធាន noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Korean

3 entries
  • 위원장 noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • 의장 noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • 주석 noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • башкарма noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Lao

1 entries
  • ປະທານ noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Latvian

1 entries
  • priekšsēdētājs noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • pirmininkas noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • pirmininkė noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • претседавач noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • претседател noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Malay

2 entries
  • pengerusi noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • pengerusi noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)

Maltese

1 entries
  • ċermen noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Manx

1 entries
  • ard-hoieder noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Mingrelian

2 entries
  • დუდმახვენჯი noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • დუდმახვენჯი noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • дарга noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Navajo

1 entries
  • alą́ąjįʼ dahsidáhígíí noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • møteleder noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • styreformann noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • styreformann noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Väasetta noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • Väasetta noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)

Polish

3 entries
  • prezes noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)
  • przewodniczący noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • przewodniczący noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • presidente noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)
  • presidente (da assembleia) noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Romanian

3 entries
  • chairman noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • președinte noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • președinte noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)

Russian

2 entries
  • председа́тель noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • председа́тель noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • neach-na-cathrach noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • prédsednīk noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • prédsjednīk noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • пре́дседнӣк noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • пре́дсједнӣк noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Sindhi

1 entries
  • نِشِستمان noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Slovak

1 entries
  • predseda noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Slovene

2 entries
  • predsednik noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • predsedujoči noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Spanish

3 entries
  • presidente noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • presidente noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)
  • secretario general noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • amrabasi noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Swahili

2 entries
  • mwenyekiti noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • mwenyekiti noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)

Swedish

2 entries
  • ordförande noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • ordförande noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • tagapangulo noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • tagapangulo noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)

Tajik

2 entries
  • раис noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • садр noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Thai

1 entries
  • ประธาน noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Turkish

2 entries
  • başkan noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • reis noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • başlyk noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • голова́ noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • голова́ noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)

Urdu

2 entries
  • رَئِیس noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • صَدْر noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • rais noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • sadr noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • chủ tịch noun (person presiding over a meeting)

Western Apache

1 entries
  • nantʼán noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)

White Hmong

2 entries
  • tswv rooj noun (person presiding over a meeting)
  • tswv rooj noun (head of a corporate or governmental board)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

And I call on the chairman of the Education Committee to support the motion.

Source: tatoeba (19108)

The chairman rejected his absurd proposal.

Source: tatoeba (19996)

The chairman resigned out of the blue.

Source: tatoeba (19998)

The chairman should take the minority opinion into account.

Source: tatoeba (20000)

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