secretariat

Meaning

1. The office or department of a government secretary.
2. A kind of dicastery within the Roman Curia.
3. 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

Synonyms

secretariate

secretary’s office

office

🏢

department

secretary

secretaryship

administration

executive office

bureau

clerkship

Translations

secrétariat

Sekretariat

secretaría

segreteria

segretariato

secretaria

secretariat

secretaria

secretariaat

müdüriyet

secretarie

secretária

secretariado

secretaria

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌsɛkɹəˈtɛəɹɪət/

Etymology

From French secrétariat.