директория

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French directoire.

In the computing sense, a semantic loan from English directory.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dʲɪrʲɪkˈtorʲɪjə]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

директо́рия • (direktórijaf inan (genitive директо́рии, nominative plural директо́рии, genitive plural директо́рий)

  1. (computing) directory, folder
    Synonyms: па́пка (pápka), катало́г (katalóg)
  2. (historical, politics) directory, directorate, directoire (a form of government with a collegial executive; most commonly, of the French revolutionary Directoire, or of various short-lived regional governments existing after the break-up of the Russian Empire and during the Russian Civil War)

Declension