secretariat

• secretariate

From French secrétariat.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛkɹəˈtɛəɹɪət/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛkɹəˈtɛɹi.ət/

• Audio (General American):

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secretariat (plural secretariats)

1. The office or department of a government secretary.
2. (Roman Catholicism) A kind of dicastery within the Roman Curia.
3. (chiefly non-native speakers' English) A 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

• secretary

Borrowed from French secrétariat.

• IPA^(key): /se.kre.ta.riˈat/

secretariat n (plural secretariate)

1. secretariat; office

• secret
• secretar, secretară

• “secretariat”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025