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undersecretary en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English secretary English undersecretary From under- + secretary.

Meanings

1. An administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
2. An assistant or deputy secretary of a government department

Forms

Deriveds

undersecretaryship

Translations (19)

nl onderminister (an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet) · hu miniszterhelyettes (an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet) · gv fo-screeudeyr (an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet) · tl pangalawang kalihim (an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet) · fr sous-secrétaire (an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet) · hu államtitkár (an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet) · it viceministro (an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet) · id menteri muda (an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet) · gv lhiass-screeudeyr (an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet) · ru заммини́стра (an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet) · tl katuwang na kalihim (an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet) · ga fo-rúnaí (an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet) · it sottosegretaria (an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet) · tr müsteşar (an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet) · ja 次官 (an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet) · it sottosegretario (an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet) · ko 차관 (an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet) · cmn 副部長 /副部长 (an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet) · es subsecretario (an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet)