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sec·re·tar·y

 (sĕk′rĭ-tĕr′ē)
n. pl. sec·re·tar·ies
1. A person employed to handle correspondence, keep files, and do clerical work for another person or an organization.
2. An officer who keeps records, takes minutes of the meetings, and answers correspondence, as for a company.
3. An official who presides over an administrative department of state.
4. A desk with a small bookcase on top.
[Middle English secretarie, from Medieval Latin sēcrētārius, confidential officer, clerk, from Latin sēcrētus, secret; see secret.]
sec′re·tar′i·al (-târ′ē-əl) adj.
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sec•re•tar•i•al

(ˌsɛk rɪˈtɛər i əl)

adj.
pertaining to a secretary or a secretary's skills and work.
[1795–1805]
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Adj.1.secretarial - of or relating to a secretary or to a secretary's work
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Translations
tajemnický
sekretær-
titkári
ritara-
tajomnícky
tajniški

secretarial

[ˌsekrəˈtɛərɪəl] ADJ secretarial college → colegio m de secretariado
secretarial course → curso m de secretariado
secretarial services → servicios mpl de secretaría
secretarial school = secretarial college secretarial skills → técnicas fpl de secretaría
secretarial work → trabajo m de secretario
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secretarial

[ˌsɛkrəˈtɛəriəl] adj → de secrétaire, de secrétariatsecretarial college secretarial school n → école f de secrétariat
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secretarial

adj job, qualifications → als Sekretärin/Sekretär; to do a secretarial course → einen Sekretärinnenkurs machen, einen Kurs für Bürofachkräfte machen; secretarial work → Sekretariatsarbeit f; secretarial college → Schule f → für Bürofachkräfte; secretarial staff → Sekretärinnen und Schreibkräfte pl; (of politician) → Stab m; she joined his secretarial staff → sie wurde Sekretärin bei ihm; basic secretarial skills → grundlegende Fertigkeiten pl → als Bürofachkraft
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secretarial

[ˌsɛkrəˈtɛərɪəl] adj (work) → di segreteria; (college, course) → di segretariato
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

secretary

(ˈsekrətəri) – plural ˈsecretaries – noun
1. a person employed to write letters, keep records and make business arrangements etc for another person. He dictated a letter to his secretary.
2. a (sometimes unpaid) person who deals with the official business of an organization etc. The secretary read out the minutes of the society's last meeting.
ˌsecreˈtarial (-ˈteə-) adjective
of a secretary or his/her duties. trained in secretarial work; at secretarial college.
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