Meanings
nounsecretariat (plural secretariats)
plural secretariats · alternative secretariate
- The office or department of a government secretary.
- chiefly non-native speakers' EnglishA 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizations
Similar
Broader
administrative unitadministrative body
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchsecrétariat
- Frenchsecrétariat
- Englishsecretariat
Borrowed from French secrétariat.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 秘書處 /秘书处, 書記處 /书记处
- 秘書處 /秘书处 (mìshūchù)the office or department of a government secretary
- 書記處 /书记处 (shūjìchù)the office or department of a government secretary
Danish sekretariat
- sekretariatthe office or department of a government secretary
Dutch ministerie, kabinet
- ministeriethe office or department of a government secretary
- kabinetthe office or department of a government secretary
Finnish sihteerin virasto
- sihteerin virastothe office or department of a government secretary
French secrétariat
- secrétariatthe office or department of a government secretary
German Sekretariat
- Sekretariatthe office or department of a government secretary
Hebrew מזכירות
- מזכירות (mazkirut)the office or department of a government secretary
Hindi सचिवालय
- सचिवालय (sacivālay)the office or department of a government secretary
Hungarian titkárság
- titkárságthe office or department of a government secretary
Indonesian sekretariat
- sekretariatthe office or department of a government secretary
Irish ardrúnaíocht, rúnaíocht
- ardrúnaíochtthe office or department of a government secretary
- rúnaíochtthe office or department of a government secretary
- rúnaireachtthe office or department of a government secretary
Italian segretariato
- segretariatothe office or department of a government secretary
Japanese 事務局, 官房
- 事務局 (jimukyoku)the office or department of a government secretary
- 官房 (kanbō)the office or department of a government secretary
Malay sekretariat
- sekretariatthe office or department of a government secretary
Persian دبیرخانه
- دبیرخانه (dabirxâne)the office or department of a government secretary
Polish sekretariat
- sekretariatthe office or department of a government secretary
Portuguese secretaria
- secretariathe office or department of a government secretary
Romanian secretariat
- secretariatthe office or department of a government secretary
Russian секретариа́т
- секретариа́т (sekretariát)the office or department of a government secretary
Spanish secretaría
- secretaríathe office or department of a government secretary
Swahili ukatibu, sekretarieti
- ukatibuthe office or department of a government secretary
- sekretarietithe office or department of a government secretary
Swedish sekretariat
- sekretariatthe office or department of a government secretary
Tagalog kalihiman
- kalihimanthe office or department of a government secretary
Turkish sekretarya
- sekretaryathe office or department of a government secretary
Vietnamese văn phòng tổng thư ký, phòng bí thư
- văn phòng tổng thư kýthe office or department of a government secretary
- phòng bí thưthe office or department of a government secretary
- ban bí thưthe office or department of a government secretary
- quốc vụ việna kind of dicastery within the Roman Curia
Cite this entry
APA
secretariat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/secretariat
MLA
“secretariat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/secretariat. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “secretariat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/secretariat.
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