Secretary

Etymology
From secretarius: <  secretus:, past participle of secernere: < se-: + cernere:.

Noun

 * 1)  Someone entrusted with a secret.
 * 2) A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.
 * 3) The head of a department of government.
 * 4) A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations.
 * Ban Ki-Moon is the current secretary general of the United Nations.
 * 1) A type of desk.
 * 2) A species of bird; Sagittarius serpentarius.

Derived terms

 * secretary bird

Related terms

 * secret
 * secretion
 * secretive
 * secretory

Translations

 * Arabic: سكرتير, سكرتيرة
 * Basque: idazkari
 * Bulgarian:, секретарка
 * Chechen: йозанча
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech: sekretář,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: secretaria
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 비서 (秘書)
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: katib, sekreter
 * Sorani: سکرتێر
 * Manx: screeudeyr
 * Polish:, sekretarka
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, секретарша
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: karani
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: కార్యదర్శి (kaaryadarSi), సహాయకుడు (sahaayakuDu)
 * Tok Pisin: sekreteri
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: thư ký
 * Volapük: sekretan
 * Welsh: ysgrifenydd, ysgrifenyddes


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech: ministr
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Interlingua: secretaria
 * Japanese:, 長官


 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: sekreter
 * Sorani: سکرتێر
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: karani
 * Telugu: కార్యదర్శి (kaaryadarSi)
 * Tok Pisin: sekreteri


 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:


 * Hungarian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swahili: karani


 * Armenian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Interlingua: bureau


 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: sekreter
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: секретер
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: makarani


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:


 * Russian: птица-секретарь
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: makarani


 * : sekretaris
 * : secretario, scriptorio
 * : segretario, segretaria

Verb

 * 1)  To serve as a secretary of.