secretary

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English

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secretary

Alternative forms

secretarie (obsolete)

Etymology

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

(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]
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Noun

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secretary

Wikipedia

secretary (plural secretaries)

(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!"
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.
(often capitalized) The head of a department of government.
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.

Derived terms

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Descendants

→ Punjabi: ਸਕੱਤਰ (sakattar)

Translations

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)
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-sy)
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 (mazkir), מַזְכִּירָה f (mazkira)
Hindi: सचिव (hi) m (saciv), सेक्रेटरी (hi) m (sekreṭrī)
Hungarian: titkár (hu), titkárnő (hu), adminisztrátor (hu)
Icelandic: ritari m
Ido: sekretario (io)
Indonesian: sekretaris (id)
Interlingua: secretaria f
Irish: rúnaí m
Italian: segretario (it) m
Japanese: 秘書 (ja) (ひしょ, hisho), 書記 (ja) (しょき, shoki)
Kazakh: хатшы (xatşy)
Khmer: ស្មៀន (km) (smiən)
Korean: 비서(秘書) (ko) (biseo)
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
Lithuanian: sekretorius (lt) m
Macedonian: секретар m (sekretar), секретарка f (sekretarka)
Malay: setiausaha (ms), sekretaris
Manx: screeudeyr m
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: бичээч (mn) (bičeeč)
Navajo: naaltsoos ííłʼíní
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sekretær (no) 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: سکرتر (fa) (sekreter), کاتب (fa) (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)
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
Ukrainian: секрета́р m (sekretár), секрета́рка f (sekretárka)
Urdu: سکریٹری m (sekreṭrī)
Uyghur: كاتىپ (katip)
Uzbek: sekretar (uz), kotib (uz)
Vietnamese: thư ký (vi), bí thư (vi)
Volapük: sekretan (vo)
Welsh: ysgrifennydd (cy) m, ysgrifenyddes (cy) f
Yiddish: סעקרעטאַר m (sekretar), סעקרעטאַרשע f (sekretarshe)

head of a department of government

Armenian: քարտուղար (hy) (kʻartuġar)
Bulgarian: министър (bg) m (ministǎr)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大臣 (zh) (dàchén)
Czech: ministr (cs) m
Danish: minister (da) c
Esperanto: sekretario (eo)
Finnish: ministeri (fi)
French: secrétaire (fr)
Galician: ministro m
Georgian: მდივანი (mdivani), მინისტრი (ka) (minisṭri)
German: Staatssekretär (de) m
Greek: υπουργός (el) m or f (ypourgós)
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 (ko) (daesin), 장관 (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)
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: писалище (bg) n (pisalište)
Danish: sekretær c (archaic)
Finnish: kirjoituspöytä (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

sagittarius serpentarius

Bulgarian: секретар (bg) m (sekretar)
Danish: sekretærfugl c
Finnish: sihteeri (fi)
French: messager serpentaire
German: Sekretär (de)
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

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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