Secretary — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a person who is head of an administrative department of government

an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈɛkɹətɹi/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈɛkɹətɹi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈɛkɹətɹi/

4 syllables Say it as /sˈɛkɹətɹi/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

secretarial assistant writing table repository escritoire secretaire

Word Forms

secretaryship	noun	the position of secretary
secretarial	adjective	of or relating to a secretary or to a secretary's work

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Sekretär

eine Person, die einer Verwaltungsabteilung der Regierung vorsteht

🇫🇷French

secrétaire

une personne qui est à la tête d'un département administratif du gouvernement

🇪🇸Spanish

secretario

una persona que es jefe de un departamento administrativo del gobierno

🇮🇹Italian

segretario

una persona che è a capo di un dipartimento amministrativo del governo

🇳🇱Dutch

secretaris

een persoon die hoofd is van een administratieve afdeling van de overheid

🇵🇹Portuguese

secretário

uma pessoa que é chefe de um departamento administrativo do governo

🇷🇺Russian

секретарь

человек, возглавляющий административный отдел правительства

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सचिव

वह व्यक्ति जो सरकार के किसी प्रशासनिक विभाग का प्रमुख हो

🇧🇩Bengali

সচিব

একজন ব্যক্তি যিনি সরকারের একটি প্রশাসনিক বিভাগের প্রধান

🇮🇳Tamil

செயலாளர்

அரசாங்கத்தின் நிர்வாகத் துறையின் தலைவராக இருப்பவர்

🇮🇳Telugu

కార్యదర్శి

ప్రభుత్వ పరిపాలనా విభాగానికి అధిపతిగా ఉన్న వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

सचिव

एक व्यक्ती जी सरकारच्या प्रशासकीय विभागाची प्रमुख आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

સચિવ

એક વ્યક્તિ જે સરકારના વહીવટી વિભાગના વડા છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕಾರ್ಯದರ್ಶಿ

ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಆಡಳಿತ ವಿಭಾಗದ ಮುಖ್ಯಸ್ಥರಾಗಿರುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സെക്രട്ടറി

ഗവൺമെൻ്റിൻ്റെ ഒരു അഡ്മിനിസ്ട്രേറ്റീവ് വകുപ്പിൻ്റെ തലവനായ ഒരു വ്യക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਕੱਤਰ

ਇੱਕ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜੋ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧਕੀ ਵਿਭਾਗ ਦਾ ਮੁਖੀ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

سیکرٹری

ایک شخص جو حکومت کے انتظامی محکمے کا سربراہ ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

秘书

担任政府行政部门负责人的人

🇯🇵Japanese

秘書

政府の行政部門の長である人

🇰🇷Korean

비서

정부 행정 부서의 장인 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thư ký

một người đứng đầu một cơ quan hành chính của chính phủ

🇹🇭Thai

เลขานุการ

บุคคลที่เป็นหัวหน้าฝ่ายบริหารของรัฐบาล

🇮🇩Indonesian

sekretaris

seseorang yang menjadi kepala departemen administrasi pemerintahan

🇵🇭Filipino

kalihim

isang tao na pinuno ng isang administratibong departamento ng pamahalaan

🇲🇾Malay

setiausaha

seseorang yang merupakan ketua jabatan pentadbiran kerajaan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

سكرتير

الشخص الذي يرأس دائرة إدارية حكومية

🇮🇷Persian

منشی

شخصی که رئیس یک بخش اداری دولت است

🇹🇷Turkish

sekreter

hükümetin idari departmanının başkanı olan kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

מַזכִּיר

אדם שהוא ראש מחלקה מנהלית בממשל

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