principal

Etymology
From, from , from.

Adjective

 * 1) Primary; most important; first level in importance.
 * 2)  Of or relating to a prince; princely.
 * 3)  Chosen or assumed among a branch of possible values of a multi-valued function so that the function is single-valued.
 * 1)  Of or relating to a prince; princely.
 * 2)  Chosen or assumed among a branch of possible values of a multi-valued function so that the function is single-valued.
 * 1)  Of or relating to a prince; princely.
 * 2)  Chosen or assumed among a branch of possible values of a multi-valued function so that the function is single-valued.
 * 1)  Of or relating to a prince; princely.
 * 2)  Chosen or assumed among a branch of possible values of a multi-valued function so that the function is single-valued.
 * 1)  Chosen or assumed among a branch of possible values of a multi-valued function so that the function is single-valued.

Usage notes
Similarly principal (or principally) may sometimes erroneously get used as an adjective form of principle. Possible alternatives for an adjective with a meaning closer to the noun principle are fundamental and ethical.
 * Principal should not be confused with . Principle is always a noun, which is sometimes erroneously used with the meaning of the adjective principal.
 * Incorrect: He is the principle musician in the band
 * Correct: He is the principal musician in the band
 * Incorrect: I have principal objections.
 * Correct: I have ethical objections.

This can vary in other languages, for example in Dutch where the noun does have an adjective form in. This can be a source of confusion if a Dutch speaker assumes an adjective form of principle would also exist in English which may lead them to erroneously use the similar-sounding adjective principal in an English text for this purpose. Principal is generally not used in the comparative or superlative in formal writing, as the meaning is already superlative. However, like, it is sometimes used in this way.

Translations

 * Arabic: رَئِيسِيّ
 * Belarusian: ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: precipa
 * Finnish: pää-
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ძირითადი, მთავარი
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κεφάλαιος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: höfuð-,
 * Irish:
 * Old Irish: prímda
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: potissimus
 * Macedonian: главен
 * Maori: aporei, pekepoho, matua,
 * Nepali: प्रधान
 * Norman: prîncipal
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: гла̀внӣ
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: gláven
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:, основни́й
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Yiddish: פּרינציפּאַל

Noun

 * 1)   The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.
 * A portion of your mortgage payment goes to reduce the principal, and the rest covers interest.
 * 1) * 2012, Denis Clifford, Plan Your Estate, 11th Edition, NOLO, US, |%22principals%22+-intitle:%22principal|principals%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9mntT9uVOebvmAWwx-XDDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22principal%22|%22principals%22%20-intitle%3A%22principal|principals%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 298,
 * For instance, in some states, dividends that have automatically been reinvested will be treated as principal.
 * 1)   The chief administrator of a school.
 * 2) * 2011, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook 2011-2012, |%22principals%22+-intitle:%22principal|principals%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9mntT9uVOebvmAWwx-XDDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22principal%22|%22principals%22%20-intitle%3A%22principal|principals%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 45,
 * Principals are now being held more accountable for the performance of students and teachers, while at the same time they are required to adhere to a growing number of government regulations.
 * 1)  The chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college.
 * 2) * 1967, University of Edinburgh Graduates′ Association, University of Edinburgh Journal, Volumes 23-24, |%22principals%22+-intitle:%22principal|principals%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22principal%22|%22principals%22+-intitle:%22principal|principals%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9mntT9uVOebvmAWwx-XDDQ&redir_esc=y page 314,
 * Unlike the students, Principal Robertson, who now resided almost alone in the College, continued to use the accustomed route on his visits to the Old Town; and it “became the joke of the day that from being the principal gate it had become only a gate for the Principal.”5
 * 1)  A legal person that authorizes another (the agent) to act on their behalf; or on whose behalf an agent or gestor in a negotiorum gestio acts.
 * When an attorney represents a client, the client is the principal who permits the attorney, the client′s agent, to act on the client′s behalf.
 * My principal sells metal shims.
 * 1) * 2009, California Continuing Education of the Bar, California Probate Code, |%22principals%22+-intitle:%22principal|principals%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22principal%22|%22principals%22+-intitle:%22principal|principals%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fKztT-_JMM-yiQf7yLCJDQ&redir_esc=y page 375,
 * An attorney-in-fact has a duty to act solely in yhe interest of the principal and to avoid conflicts of interest.
 * 1)   The primary participant in a crime.
 * 2) Either party in a duel.
 * 3)  A partner or owner of a business.
 * 4)  A diapason, a type of organ stop on a pipe organ.
 * 5)  The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing.
 * 6) The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing.
 * 7) One of the turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and centre of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned
 * 8)  An essential point or rule; a principle.
 * 9) A dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company.
 * 10)  A security principal.
 * 11) A main character or lead actor.
 * 1) Either party in a duel.
 * 2)  A partner or owner of a business.
 * 3)  A diapason, a type of organ stop on a pipe organ.
 * 4)  The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing.
 * 5) The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing.
 * 6) One of the turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and centre of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned
 * 7)  An essential point or rule; a principle.
 * 8) A dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company.
 * 9)  A security principal.
 * 10) A main character or lead actor.
 * 1) A dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company.
 * 2)  A security principal.
 * 3) A main character or lead actor.
 * 1) A main character or lead actor.

Usage notes
Principal should not be confused with. They are both nouns, but principle means "moral rule", while principal may refer to a person or entity.
 * Incorrect: He is the principle of our school
 * Correct: He is the principal of our school

Translations

 * Bulgarian: осно́вен капита́л
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: (počáteční) vklad, (původní)
 * Danish: hovedstol
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kapitalo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ძირი თანხა
 * Greek: αρχικό κεφάλαιο
 * Ancient Greek: κεφάλαιον
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Manx: bun-argid
 * Maori: tahua more
 * Nepali: साँवा
 * Ottoman Turkish: سرمایه
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: основно́й долг, основна́я су́мма
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: kapitalbelopp, ,
 * Ukrainian:


 * Arabic: مُدِير, مُدِيرَة
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: дырэ́ктар, дырэ́ктарка
 * Bengali: প্রধান শিক্ষক,
 * Bulgarian:, дире́кторка
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 校長
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: (školy)
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: lernejestro
 * Finnish: ; johtajaopettaja
 * French:, , , ,
 * Georgian: დირექტორი
 * German:, , Schulvorsteher, Schulvorsteherin, , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic: atuarfiit pisortaat, atuarfiup pisortaa
 * Hebrew: מְנַהֵל, מְנַהֶלֶת
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: skólastjóri, skólameistari,
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: príomhoide
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 学校長
 * Khmer: សិក្សាភិរក្សវិទ្យាល័យ, អគ្គានុរក្ស, នាយកវិទ្យាល័យ
 * Korean:, 학교 교장(學校校長)
 * Lao:
 * Latin:
 * Classical: rector scholaris
 * Modern: administrator principalis
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Malay:
 * Manx: ard-vainshtyr, ard-ynseyder, ard-venainshtyr, ard-er-ynsee, ard-ven-ynsee
 * Maori: tumuaki
 * Nepali: प्रधानाध्यापक
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:, , principal de escuela, jefe de estudios
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: punong-guro, punungguro
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: дире́ктор, дире́кторка
 * Vietnamese: (校長)
 * Welsh:, ,


 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ре́ктор
 * Burmese:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: რექტორი
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Maori: aporei, tumuaki
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: ре́ктор, ре́кторка


 * Abkhaz:
 * Albanian:
 * Amharic:
 * Arabic: مُوَكِّل
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese:
 * Bambara:
 * Belarusian: даве́рнік
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano:
 * Chechen:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: zmocnitel, zastupovaný
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:, maître de l'affaire;  ,
 * Georgian: მიმნდობი
 * German: Geschäftsherr, Prinzipal, Vollmachtgeber
 * Greek:
 * Gujarati:
 * Hausa:
 * Hebrew:, שולח
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: umbjóðandi
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kannada:
 * Kazakh:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: dominus negōtiī
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese:
 * Nepali:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: повѐритељ, повјѐритељ, принцѝпа̄л
 * Latin: povèritelj, ,
 * Sinhalese:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Somali:
 * Spanish:, comitente
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog:
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Tigre:
 * Tigrinya:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: довіри́тель
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: penadur
 * Yoruba:


 * Bulgarian: главен виновник
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: hlavní pachatel
 * Finnish: päätekijä
 * German: Haupttäter or simply (which is according to the Criminal Code’s wording, where the hypernym to accomplices, abettors and principals is )
 * Swedish:


 * Czech:, spolumajitel
 * Finnish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: ensitanssija

Etymology
.

Adjective

 * 1) main;
 * 2) * a partir de l'any 1799 Urgias va ser un dels principals animadors del Parnàs Alguerès

Etymology
.

Adjective

 * 1) main, key,

Usage notes
This is one of the French adjectives that can occur either before or after the noun. When located before the noun, the adjective is more strongly emphasized.

Noun

 * 1) someone or something which is important, key, paramount
 * 2)  school administrator
 * 3)   the money originally invested or loaned
 * 1)   the money originally invested or loaned

Adjective

 * 1) main,

Adjective

 * 1) main, principal

Etymology
From, from.

Adjective

 * 1) main;  (most important)
 * 2) fundamental; essential
 * 3)  having another body orbiting it
 * 4)  not subordinate
 * 1)  having another body orbiting it
 * 2)  not subordinate
 * 1)  not subordinate

Antonyms

 * See Thesaurus:importante
 * See Thesaurus:importante

Noun

 * 1) prelate of a religious, educational or commercial institution

Etymology
, from.

Adjective

 * , primary, chief, foremost

Etymology
, borrowed from.

Adjective

 * 1) main, most important
 * 2) essential

Noun

 * 1) chief, boss

Noun

 * 1) a principal; one who directs another (the agent) to act on one's behalf