Dictionary

secretariat en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌsɛk.ɹəˈtɛɚ.i.ət/ (General-American)
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• /ˌsɛk.ɹəˈtɛə.ɹɪ.ət/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from French secrétariat.

Meanings

1. The office or department of a government secretary.
2. A kind of dicastery within the Roman Curia.
3. (qualifier:chiefly non-native speakers' English) A subdivision within an organisation or a company that deals with office management and/or administrative tasks such as handling correspondence and telephone calls, scheduling appointments, administering invoices, etc., often attached to specific executives or specific departments

Forms

Deriveds

undersecretariat · subsecretariat

Relateds

secretary

Translations (38)

he מזכירות (the office or department of a government secretary) · sv sekretariat (the office or department of a government secretary) · nl ministerie (the office or department of a government secretary) · it segretariato (the office or department of a government secretary) · hi सचिवालय (the office or department of a government secretary) · pt secretaria (the office or department of a government secretary) · cmn 秘書處 /秘书处 (the office or department of a government secretary) · sw ukatibu (the office or department of a government secretary) · nl kabinet (the office or department of a government secretary) · ro secretariat (the office or department of a government secretary) · tl kalihiman (the office or department of a government secretary) · tr sekretarya (the office or department of a government secretary) · ga ardrúnaíocht (the office or department of a government secretary) · fa دبیرخانه (the office or department of a government secretary) · da sekretariat (the office or department of a government secretary) · kk хатшылық (the office or department of a government secretary) · ja 官房 (the office or department of a government secretary) · de Sekretariat (the office or department of a government secretary) · pl sekretariat (the office or department of a government secretary) · ja 事務局 (the office or department of a government secretary) · sw sekretarieti (the office or department of a government secretary) · es secretaría (the office or department of a government secretary) · te సచివాలయము (the office or department of a government secretary) · vi phòng bí thư (the office or department of a government secretary) · ga rúnaíocht (the office or department of a government secretary) · io sekretariato (the office or department of a government secretary) · ga rúnaireacht (the office or department of a government secretary) · ms sekretariat (the office or department of a government secretary) · vi văn phòng tổng thư ký (the office or department of a government secretary) · hu titkárság (the office or department of a government secretary) · fr secrétariat (the office or department of a government secretary) · cmn 書記處 /书记处 (the office or department of a government secretary) · ka სამდივნო (the office or department of a government secretary) · fi sihteerin virasto (the office or department of a government secretary) · vi quốc vụ viện (a kind of dicastery within the Roman Curia) · ru секретариа́т (the office or department of a government secretary) · id sekretariat (the office or department of a government secretary) · vi ban bí thư (the office or department of a government secretary)

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