secretarial

sec·re·tar·y  (skr-tr)

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.

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[Middle English secretarie, from Medieval Latin scrtrius, confidential officer, clerk, from Latin scrtus, secret; see secret.]

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secre·tari·al (-târ-l) adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

secretarial - of or relating to a secretary or to a secretary's work

Translations

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

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

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

secretarial [ˌsɛkrəˈtɛərɪəl] adj (work) → di segreteria; (college, course) → di segretariato