secretariat
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secretariat
- /ˌsɛk.ɹəˈtɛə.ɹɪ.ət/ UK
- /ˌsɛk.ɹəˈtɛɚ.i.ət/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French secrétariat.
noun secretariats · secretariate
- The office or department of a government secretary.
- A kind of dicastery within the Roman Curia.
- 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
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: secretariate, secretarial, secretary, secretary-general, registrar, bureau, ministry, chief, registry, institute, clerk, department, organization, executive, service, afd
Translations
Every language
noun the office or department of a government secretary
| Español | secretaría |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 事務局 jimukyoku, 官房 kanbō |
| 中文 | 秘書處 /秘书处 mìshūchù, 書記處 /书记处 shūjìchù |
| हिन्दी | सचिवालय sacivālay |
| Kiswahili | ukatibu, sekretarieti |
| Português | secretaria |
| Français | secrétariat |
| Deutsch | Sekretariat |
| Italiano | segretariato |
| Română | secretariat |
| Русский | секретариа́т sekretariát |
| Tiếng Việt | văn phòng tổng thư ký, phòng bí thư, ban bí thư |
| עברית | מזכירות mazkirut |
noun a kind of dicastery within the Roman Curia
| Tiếng Việt | quốc vụ viện |
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Talk about this word "secretariat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/secretariat. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. secretariat. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/secretariat "secretariat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/secretariat.Cite this
@misc{secretariat_2026,
title = {secretariat},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/secretariat},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
