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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:secretaryWikipedia

Alternative forms

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secretarie (obsolete)

Etymology

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From Medieval Latin secrētārius (“one entrusted with secrets”), from Latin secrētus (“private, secret”), past participle of secernere (“to separate, set apart”), from se- (“apart”) + cernere (“to separate”).

Pronunciation

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(UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɛk.ɹə.tə.ɹi/, /ˈsɛk.ɹə.tɹi/
(General American) enPR: sĕk'rətĕrē, IPA(key): /ˈsɛk.(ɹ)əˌtɛɹ.i/, [ˈsɛk.(ɹ)əˌtʰɛɹ.i]
- Audio (US): (file)

Noun

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English Wikipedia has an article on:secretaryWikipedia

secretary (plural secretaries)

A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work. I have a personal secretary to help me organize my clients. The secretary at the school is in charge of communication between parents, students, and staff.
- 1980 February 25, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “Open Government”, in Yes Minister, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne):None of us can type, Minister. Mrs. McKay types (laugh track). She's the secretary (laugh track).
(often capitalized) The head of a department of government.
- 1980 February 25, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “Open Government”, in Yes Minister, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne):Well briefly, sir, I am the Permanent Under Secretary of State, known as the Permanent Secretary.
A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations. Ban Ki-Moon was a secretary general of the United Nations.
(US) A type of desk, secretary desk; a secretaire.
A secretary bird, a bird of the species Sagittarius serpentarius.
(original sense, now obsolete) Someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant.
(obsolete) Someone employed as a scribe for personal correspondence.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Letters Restored”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 220:"Do not give yourself any uneasiness about one so utterly unworthy of a thought! Sir George Kingston is without one grain of either honour or real feeling! The fact is, I have, for some months past, been his secretary, and wrote for him the letters which were sent you!"

Derived terms

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class secretary
foreign secretary
general secretary
Home Secretary
press secretary
secretarial
secretary bird
secretary desk
secretaryess
Secretary General
secretary hand
secretaryless
secretarylike
secretary problem
secretaryship
secretary spread
social secretary
undersecretary

Related terms

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secret
secretion
secretive
secretory
secretariat

Descendants

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→ Punjabi: ਸਕੱਤਰ (sakattar)

Translations

[edit] person keeping records and handling clerical work

Aghwan: 𐕁𐔼𐕗𐔿𐔰𐔱𐔰𐔰𐔾 (d'iṗn'abaal)
Albanian: sekretar (sq) m, sekretare (sq) f
Arabic: سِكْرِتِير m (sekretēr), سِكْرِتِيرَة (ar) f (sekretēra), كَاتِب (ar) m (kātib), كَاتِبَة f (kātiba)
Armenian: քարտուղար (hy) (kʻartuġar), քարտուղարուհի (hy) (kʻartuġaruhi) (female)
Azerbaijani: katib, katibə (female), münşi
Bashkir: сәркәтип (sərkətip)
Basque: idazkari
Belarusian: сакрата́р m (sakratár), сакрата́рка f (sakratárka)
Bengali: সম্পাদক (bn) (śompadok)
Bulgarian: секрета́р (bg) m (sekretár), секрета́рка f (sekretárka)
Burmese: စက္ကရီတေရီ (my) (cakka.riteri), စာချီ (my) (cahkyi), အတွင်းရေးမှူး (my) (a.twang:re:hmu:)
Chechen: йозанча (jozanča)
Chinese: Cantonese: 秘書 / 秘书 (bei3 syu1), 書記 / 书记 (syu1 gei3) Hokkien: 秘書 / 秘书 (pì-su) Mandarin: 秘書 / 秘书 (zh) (mìshū), 書記 / 书记 (zh) (shūjì) Wu: 秘書 / 秘书 (5pi-sy1)
Cornish: skrifennyas m, skrifenyades f
Czech: sekretář (cs) m, sekretářka (cs) f
Danish: sekretær c
Dutch: secretaresse (nl) f, secretaris (nl) m
Esperanto: sekretario (eo)
Estonian: sekretär, asjaajaja, kirjatoimetaja (obsolete)
Finnish: sihteeri (fi), kirjuri (fi)
French: secrétaire (fr) m or f
Galician: secretario (gl) m, secretaria f
Georgian: მდივანი (mdivani)
German: Sekretär (de) m, Sekretärin (de) f
Greek: γραμματέας (el) m or f (grammatéas) Ancient: γραμματεύς m (grammateús)
Hebrew: מַזְכִּיר (he) m (mazkír), מַזְכִּירָה f (mazkira)
Hindi: सचिव (hi) m (saciv), मुंशी (hi) m (muñśī)
Hungarian: titkár (hu), titkárnő (hu), adminisztrátor (hu)
Icelandic: ritari m
Ido: sekretario (io)
Indonesian: sekretaris (id), katib (id)
Interlingua: secretaria f
Irish: rúnaí m
Italian: segretario (it) m, segretaria (it) f
Japanese: 秘書 (ja) (ひしょ, hisho), 書記 (ja) (しょき, shoki)
Kazakh: хатшы (xatşy)
Khiamniungan Naga: chāmshāh
Khmer: ស្មៀន (km) (smiən)
Korean: 비서(秘書) (ko) (biseo), 서기(書記) (ko) (seogi)
Kurdish: Central Kurdish: سِکرِتێر (sikritêr) Northern Kurdish: katib (ku), sekreter (ku)
Kyrgyz: катчы (ky) (katcı), секретарь (ky) (sekretar)
Lao: ເລຂານຸການ (lē khā nu kān)
Latin: scrība m, librarius m, librariolus m, sēcrētārius m (Mediaeval)
Latvian: sekretārs m, sekretāre f
Lithuanian: sekretorius (lt) m, sekretorė (lt) f
Macedonian: секрета́р m (sekretár), секрета́рка f (sekretárka)
Malay: setiausaha (ms), sekretaris, katib
Manx: screeudeyr m
Mongolian: Cyrillic: бичээч (mn) (bičeeč) Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭᠡᠴᠢ (bičigeči)
Navajo: naaltsoos ííłʼíní
Norwegian: Bokmål: sekretær (no) m Nynorsk: sekretær m
Ottoman Turkish: تذكره‌جی (tezkereci) (of a vizier or grand vizier)
Pashto: منشي m (monší), سکرتر m (sekartár), سکرټر (ps) m (sekarṭár), کاتب (ps) m (kātéb)
Persian: Iranian Persian: مُنْشی (monši), سِکْرِتِر (sekreter), کاتِب (kâteb)
Polish: sekretarz (pl) m, sekretarka (pl) f
Portuguese: secretário (pt) m, secretária (pt) f
Romanian: secretar (ro) m, secretară (ro) f
Russian: секрета́рь (ru) m or f (sekretárʹ), секрета́рша (ru) f (sekretárša) (colloquial for female)
Scottish Gaelic: rùnaire m, clèireach m
Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: секрѐта̄р m, секрета̀рица f, та̑јнӣк m (Bosnia, Croatia), та̑јница f (Bosnia, Croatia) Roman: sekrètār (sh) m, sekretàrica (sh) f, tȃjnīk (sh) m (Bosnia, Croatia), tȃjnica (sh) f (Bosnia, Croatia)
Slovak: sekretár m, sekretárka f
Slovene: sekretar m, sekretarka f, tajnik (sl) m, tajnica f
Southern Altai: качы (kačï)
Spanish: secretario (es) m, secretaria (es) f
Swahili: karani (sw)
Swedish: sekreterare (sv) c
Tagalog: sekretarya, kalihim
Tajik: котиб (kotib), котиба (tg) (kotiba) (female), муншӣ (munši)
Tatar: секретар (sekretar)
Telugu: కార్యదర్శి (te) (kāryadarśi), సహాయకుడు (sahāyakuḍu)
Thai: เลขานุการ (th) (lee-kǎa-nú-gaan)
Tok Pisin: sekreteri
Turkish: sekreter (tr), katip (tr)
Turkmen: sekretar, kätip
Ukrainian: секрета́р m (sekretár), секрета́рка f (sekretárka)
Urdu: سِکْریٹْری m (sikreṭrī), کاتِب m (kātib), مُنْشی m (munśī)
Uyghur: كاتىپ (katip)
Uzbek: sekretar (uz), kotib (uz), munshiy (uz) (historical)
Vietnamese: thư ký (vi), thư kí (vi) (書記), bí thư (vi) (秘書)
Volapük: sekretan (vo)
Welsh: ysgrifennydd (cy) m, ysgrifenyddes (cy) f
Yakut: секретарь (sekretarʹ), суруксут (suruksut)
Yiddish: סעקרעטאַר m (sekretar), סעקרעטאַרשע f (sekretarshe)

head of a department of government

Armenian: քարտուղար (hy) (kʻartuġar)
Bulgarian: мини́стър (bg) m (minístǎr), мини́стърка f (minístǎrka)
Chinese: Mandarin: 大臣 (zh) (dàchén), 局長 / 局长 (zh) (júzhǎng) (Hong Kong)
Czech: ministr (cs) m
Danish: minister (da) c
Esperanto: sekretario (eo)
Finnish: ministeri (fi)
French: secrétaire (fr)
Galician: ministro (gl) m
Georgian: მდივანი (mdivani), მინისტრი (ka) (minisṭri)
German: Staatssekretär (de) m
Greek: υπουργός (el) m or f (ypourgós)
Hindi: सचिव (hi) (saciv)
Hungarian: miniszter (hu), államtitkár (hu)
Indonesian: menteri (id)
Interlingua: secretaria f
Irish: rúnaí m
Italian: ministro (it) m
Japanese: 大臣 (ja) (だいじん, daijin), 長官 (ja) (ちょうかん, chōkan)
Korean: 대신(大臣) (ko) (daesin), 장관(長官) (ko) (janggwan)
Kurdish: Central Kurdish: سِکرِتێر (sikritêr) Northern Kurdish: sekreter (ku)
Malay: setiausaha (ms), sekretaris
Manx: screeudeyr m
Portuguese: secretário (pt) m, secretária (pt) f
Romanian: secretar (ro) m, secretară (ro) f
Russian: мини́стр (ru) m (minístr), секрета́рь (ru) m (sekretárʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: rùnaire m
Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: та̑јнӣк m, та̑јница f Roman: tȃjnīk (sh) m, tȃjnica (sh) f
Spanish: secretario (es) m
Swedish: minister (sv) c
Tagalog: kalihim
Telugu: కార్యదర్శి (te) (kāryadarśi)
Thai: รัฐมนตรี (th) (rát-tà-mon-dtrii)
Tok Pisin: sekreteri
Vietnamese: bộ trưởng (vi)

leading or managerial position in certain organizations

Chinese: Mandarin: 書記 / 书记 (zh) (shūjì)
Czech: tajemník (cs) m
Danish: sekretær c
Finnish: sihteeri (fi)
Galician: secretario (gl) m
German: Sekretär (de) m
Greek: γραμματέας (el) m or f (grammatéas)
Hindi: सचिव (hi) (saciv)
Hungarian: főtitkár (hu)
Indonesian: sekretaris (id)
Irish: rúnaí m
Italian: segretario (it) m
Malay: setiausaha (ms), sekretaris
Manx: screeudeyr m
Scottish Gaelic: rùnaire m
Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: та̑јнӣк m, та̑јница f Roman: tȃjnīk (sh) m, tȃjnica (sh) f
Thai: เลขาธิการ (th) (lee-kǎa-tí-gaan)

type of desk

Armenian: գրասեղան (hy) (graseġan)
Bulgarian: писа́лище (bg) n (pisálište)
Danish: sekretær c (archaic)
Finnish: kirjoituspöytä (fi), sekretääri (fi)
French: secrétaire (fr)
German: Schreibsekretär m, Sekretär (de) m
Hungarian: szekreter (hu)
Interlingua: bureau
Italian: scrittoio (it) m
Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: sekreter (ku)
Portuguese: escrivaninha (pt) f, secretária (pt) f, (portugal) secretária (pt)
Romanian: secretar (ro) m
Russian: секрете́р (ru) m (sekretɛ́r)
Spanish: escribanía (es) f
Swedish: sekretär (sv)

sagittarius serpentarius

Bulgarian: секрета́р (bg) m (sekretár)
Danish: sekretærfugl c
Finnish: sihteeri (fi)
French: messager serpentaire
German: Sekretär (de) m
Hungarian: kígyászkeselyű (hu)
Irish: rúnaí m
Italian: segretario (it) m, serpentario (it) m
Manx: screeudeyr m
Romanian: pasăre secretar f
Russian: пти́ца-секрета́рь (ru) f (ptíca-sekretárʹ)
Spanish: serpentario m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations. Translations to be checked

Indonesian: (please verify) sekretaris (id)
Interlingua: (please verify) secretario m, (please verify) scriptorio
Italian: (please verify) segretario (it) m, (please verify) segretaria (it) f

Verb

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secretary (third-person singular simple present secretaries, present participle secretarying, simple past and past participle secretaried)

(transitive) To serve as a secretary of.

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:secretary.

Secretary - Wiktionary

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

Quotations

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