Dean

//diːn//

Synonyms for "dean" (121 found)

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Translations

83 translations across 43 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • κοσμήτωρ noun (senior official in college or university)

Armenian

1 entries
  • դեկան noun (senior official in college or university)

Asturian

1 entries
  • decanu noun (senior official in college or university)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • dekan noun (senior official in college or university)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • главен свещеник noun (church dignitary)
  • дека́н noun (senior official in college or university)
  • дѐкан noun (senior official in college or university)

Catalan

3 entries
  • degà noun (senior official in college or university)
  • degà noun (church dignitary)
  • degà noun (senior member of a group)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 院長 /院长 noun (senior official in college or university)

Czech

1 entries
  • děkan noun (senior official in college or university)

Danish

2 entries
  • dekan noun (senior official in college or university)
  • domprovst noun (church dignitary)

Dutch

4 entries
  • decaan noun (senior official in college or university)
  • deken noun (senior official in college or university)
  • deken noun (church dignitary)
  • deken noun (senior member of a group)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • dekano noun (senior official in college or university)
  • dekano noun (church dignitary)
  • dojeno noun (senior member of a group)

Finnish

4 entries
  • dekaani noun (senior official in college or university)
  • dekaani noun (church dignitary)
  • pää noun (senior member of a group)
  • rovasti noun (church dignitary)

French

3 entries
  • doyen noun (senior official in college or university)
  • doyen noun (senior member of a group)
  • doyenne noun (senior member of a group)

Friulian

1 entries
  • dean noun (church dignitary)

Georgian

1 entries
  • დეკანი noun (senior official in college or university)

German

3 entries
  • Dechant noun (church dignitary)
  • Dekan noun (senior official in college or university)
  • Dekan noun (church dignitary)

Greek

1 entries
  • κοσμήτορας noun (senior official in college or university)

Hindi

1 entries
  • संकायाध्यक्ष noun (senior official in college or university)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • doyen noun (senior member of a group)
  • dékán noun (senior official in college or university)
  • esperes noun (church dignitary)
  • főesperes noun (church dignitary)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • dekan noun (senior official in college or university)

Italian

4 entries
  • decano noun (senior official in college or university)
  • decano noun (church dignitary)
  • decano noun (senior member of a group)
  • preside noun (senior official in college or university)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • dzekón noun (senior official in college or university)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ព្រឹទ្ធបុរស noun (senior official in college or university)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • декан noun (senior official in college or university)

Middle English

2 entries
  • den noun (church dignitary)
  • den noun (senior member of a group)

Norman

2 entries
  • douoyen noun (senior official in college or university)
  • douoyen noun (senior member of a group)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • prost noun (church dignitary)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • prost noun (church dignitary)

Occitan

1 entries
  • degan noun (church dignitary)

Polish

3 entries
  • dziekan noun (senior official in college or university)
  • dziekan noun (church dignitary)
  • dziekan noun (senior member of a group)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • decano noun (church dignitary)
  • deão noun (church dignitary)
  • reitor noun (senior official in college or university)

Romanian

2 entries
  • decan noun (senior official in college or university)
  • decan noun (church dignitary)

Russian

2 entries
  • благочи́нный noun (church dignitary)
  • дека́н noun (senior official in college or university)

Slovene

1 entries
  • dekan noun (senior official in college or university)

Spanish

2 entries
  • decano noun (senior official in college or university)
  • deán noun (church dignitary)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mudiri noun (senior official in college or university)

Swedish

4 entries
  • dekan noun (senior official in college or university)
  • dekanus noun (senior official in college or university)
  • doyen noun (senior member of a group)
  • äldst till tjänsteåren noun (senior member of a group)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • dalubpuno noun (senior official in college or university)
  • dekano noun (senior official in college or university)

Tetum

1 entries
  • dekanu noun (senior official in college or university)

Thai

2 entries
  • คณบดี noun (senior official in college or university)
  • คณบดี noun (senior member of a group)

Turkish

1 entries
  • dekan noun (senior official in college or university)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • дека́н noun (church dignitary)

Venetan

1 entries
  • degàn noun (church dignitary)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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Without hesitating, the dean selects infinite wisdom.

Source: tatoeba (21315)

Dean can really put away the food.

Source: tatoeba (39718)

Now, all heads turn toward the dean, who sits surrounded by a faint halo of light.

Source: tatoeba (46210)

That young actor is a James Dean.

Source: tatoeba (46802)

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