parastatal

English

Etymology

From para- +‎ statal.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /paɹəˈsteɪtəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpæɹəˈsteɪdəl/

Noun

parastatal (plural parastatals)

1. (chiefly Africa) A company, agency, or intergovernmental organization that possesses political clout and is separate from the government, but whose activities serve the state, either directly or indirectly.

Synonyms

• quango

Adjective

parastatal (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to such a company or group.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, Penguin, published 2010, page 918:

     ‘Parastatal’ organizations – local councils, representatives of business, the Red Cross – had been increasingly filling the gap left by the government’s maladministration [...].

French

Adjective

parastatal (feminine parastatale, masculine plural parastataux, feminine plural parastatales)

1. parastatal

Further reading

• “parastatal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.