Meanings
general secretary1
noungeneral secretary (plural general secretaries)
plural general secretaries
- Alternative letter-case form of General Secretary.
General Secretary2
nounGeneral Secretary (plural General Secretaries)
plural General Secretaries · alternative general secretary
- Chief officer or leader of a political party or organization, especially in Communist contexts.
Synonyms: First Secretary, Secretary General
Synonyms & antonyms
nounChief officer or leader of a political party or organization, especially in Communist contexts.
Similar
First SecretarySecretary General
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Translations
Arabic أَمِين عَامّ
- أَمِين عَامّ (ʔamīn ʕāmm)chief administrator of political parties or organizations
Bengali মহাসচিব
- মহাসচিব (mohaśocibo)chief administrator of political parties or organizations
Bulgarian генера́лен секрета́р
- генера́лен секрета́р (generálen sekretár)chief administrator of political parties or organizations
Catalan secretari general
- secretari generalchief administrator of political parties or organizations
Chinese Mandarin 總書記 /总书记, 秘書長 /秘书长
- 總書記 /总书记 (zǒngshūjì)chief administrator of political parties or organizations
- 秘書長 /秘书长 (mìshūzhǎng)chief administrator of political parties or organizations
Czech generální tajemník
- generální tajemníkchief administrator of political parties or organizations
Danish generalsekretær
- generalsekretærchief administrator of political parties or organizations
Dutch secretaris-generaal
- secretaris-generaalchief administrator of political parties or organizations
Estonian peasekretär
- peasekretärchief administrator of political parties or organizations
Finnish pääsihteeri
- pääsihteerichief administrator of political parties or organizations
French secrétaire général
- secrétaire généralchief administrator of political parties or organizations
German Generalsekretär, Generalsekretärin
- Generalsekretärchief administrator of political parties or organizations
- Generalsekretärinchief administrator of political parties or organizations
Greek γενικός γραμματέας, γενική γραμματέας
- γενικός γραμματέας (genikós grammatéas)chief administrator of political parties or organizations
- γενική γραμματέας (genikí grammatéas)chief administrator of political parties or organizations
Hebrew מַזְכִּיר כְּלָלִי, מַזְכָּ״ל
- מַזְכִּיר כְּלָלִי (mazkír klalí)chief administrator of political parties or organizations
- מַזְכָּ״לchief administrator of political parties or organizations
Hindi महासचिव
- महासचिव (mahāsciv)chief administrator of political parties or organizations
Hungarian főtitkár
- főtitkárchief administrator of political parties or organizations
Icelandic aðalritari
- aðalritarichief administrator of political parties or organizations
Indonesian sekretaris umum
- sekretaris umumchief administrator of political parties or organizations
Irish Ard-Rúnaí
- Ard-Rúnaíchief administrator of political parties or organizations
Italian segretario generale
- segretario generalechief administrator of political parties or organizations
Japanese 総書記
- 総書記 (sōshoki)chief administrator of political parties or organizations
Korean 사무총장, 서기장
- 사무총장 (samuchongjang)chief administrator of political parties or organizations
- 서기장 (seogijang)chief administrator of political parties or organizations
- 총비서 (chongbiseo)chief administrator of political parties or organizations
- 총서기 (chongseogi)chief administrator of political parties or organizations
Latvian ģenerālsekretārs
- ģenerālsekretārschief administrator of political parties or organizations
Lithuanian generalinis sekretorius
- generalinis sekretoriuschief administrator of political parties or organizations
Malay setiausaha agung
- setiausaha agungchief administrator of political parties or organizations
Norwegian Bokmål generalsekretær
- generalsekretærchief administrator of political parties or organizations
Polish sekretarz generalny
- sekretarz generalnychief administrator of political parties or organizations
Portuguese secretário-geral
- secretário-geralchief administrator of political parties or organizations
Romanian secretar general
- secretar generalchief administrator of political parties or organizations
Russian генера́льный секрета́рь, генсе́к
- генера́льный секрета́рь (generálʹnyj sekretárʹ)chief administrator of political parties or organizations
- генсе́к (gensék)chief administrator of political parties or organizations
Slovak generálny tajomník
- generálny tajomníkchief administrator of political parties or organizations
Swahili katibu mkuu
- katibu mkuuchief administrator of political parties or organizations
Swedish generalsekreterare
- generalsekreterarechief administrator of political parties or organizations
Thai เลขาธิการ
- เลขาธิการ (lee-kǎa-tí-gaan)chief administrator of political parties or organizations
Turkish genel sekreter
- genel sekreterchief administrator of political parties or organizations
Ukrainian генера́льний секрета́р, генсе́к
- генера́льний секрета́р (henerálʹnyj sekretár)chief administrator of political parties or organizations
- генсе́к (hensék)chief administrator of political parties or organizations
Urdu سَیکْرِٹْری جَنْرَل, جَنْرَل سَیکْرِٹْری
- سَیکْرِٹْری جَنْرَل (saikriṭrī janral)chief administrator of political parties or organizations
- جَنْرَل سَیکْرِٹْری (janral saikriṭrī)chief administrator of political parties or organizations
Vietnamese tổng bí thư
- tổng bí thưchief administrator of political parties or organizations
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APA
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Chicago
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