undersecretary

See also: Under Secretary

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ secretary.

Pronunciation

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Noun

undersecretary (plural undersecretaries)

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

Translations

an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 副部長／副部长 (zh) (fùbùzhǎng)

• Dutch: onderminister (nl) m
• French: sous-secrétaire (fr) m or f
• Hungarian: államtitkár (hu)
• Indonesian: menteri muda
• Irish: fo-rúnaí m
• Italian: sottosegretario (it) m, sottosegretaria f, viceministro (it) m
• Japanese: 次官 (ja) (じかん, jikan)
• Korean: 차관(次官) (ko) (chagwan)
• Manx: fo-screeudeyr m, lhiass-screeudeyr m
• Russian: заммини́стра (ru) m (zamminístra)
• Spanish: subsecretario m
• Tagalog: pangalawang kalihim (sense 2), katuwang na kalihim (sense 1)
• Turkish: müsteşar (tr)