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Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Medieval Latin secretarius ( “ one entrusted with secrets ” ) , from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Latin secretus ( “ private, secret ” ) , past participle of secernere ( “ to separate, set apart ” ) , from se- ( “ apart ” ) + cernere ( “ to separate ” ) .
Pronunciation
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Noun
secretary (plural secretaries
( obsolete ) secret ; a confidant .A person who keeps records , takes notes and handles general clerical work.
( often capitalized ) 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 ) desk , secretary desk ; a secretaire .A secretary bird , a bird of the species Sagittarius serpentarius
Derived terms
Translations
person keeping records and handling clerical work
Albanian: sekretar (sq) m
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 ( 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:
Mandarin: 秘書 ／ 秘书 (zh) ( mìshū ) , 秘书 (zh) ( mìshū )
Czech: sekretář (cs) m sekretářka (cs) f
Danish: sekretær c
Dutch: secretaresse (nl) f secretaris (nl) m
Esperanto: sekretario
Estonian: sekretär
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 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 )
Kazakh: хатшы ( xatşy )
Khmer: ស្មៀន (km) ( smiən )
Korean: 비서 (ko) ( biseo ) (秘書 (ko) )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سکرتێر ( sikirtaer )
Northern Kurdish: katib (ku) , sekreter (ku)
Kyrgyz: катчы (ky) ( katcı ) , секретарь (ky) ( sekretar )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}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 sekretaris
Manx: screeudeyr m
Navajo: naaltsoos ííłʼíní
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sekretær (no) m
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 ) , пидорас (ru) ( pidoras )
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 )
Telugu: కార్యదర్శి (te) ( kāryadarśi ) , సహాయకుడు ( sahāyakuḍu )
Thai: เลขานุการ ( 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: ysgrifenydd m ysgrifenyddes (cy) f
Yiddish: סעקרעטאַר ( sekretar )
head of a department of government
Armenian: քարտուղար (hy) ( kʻartuġar )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大臣 (zh) ( dàchén )
Czech: ministr (cs) m
Danish: minister (da) c
Esperanto: sekretario
Finnish: ministeri (fi)
French: secrétaire (fr)
Galician: ministro m
Georgian: მდივანი ( mdivani ) , მინისტრი ( minisṭri )
German: Staatssekretär (de) m
Greek: υπουργός (el) m or f ( ypourgós )
Hungarian: miniszter (hu) , államtitkár (hu)
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: سکرتێر ( sikirtaer )
Northern Kurdish: sekreter (ku)
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Malay: setiausaha 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
leading or managerial position in certain organizations
Translations to be checked
Verb
secretary (third-person singular simple present secretar present participle ies simple past and past participle secretaried
( transitive )
Quotations
Further reading
“secretary ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC “secretary ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC “secretary ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search . 