Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

secretarian

/ˌsɛk.ɹəˈtɛɹi.ən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sec-re-tar-i-an
IPA
/ˌsɛk.ɹəˈtɛɹi.ən/
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to secretaries.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin sēcrētārius + -an. By surface analysis, secretary + -an.

Word Breakdown

  • Suffix: la-med:sēcrētārius

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌsɛk.ɹəˈtɛɹi.ən/
  • British English: /ˌsɛk.ɹəˈtɛəɹi.ən/

Inflected Forms

more secretarian (comparative) most secretarian (superlative)

Synonyms

secretarial

Rhymes With

non-proletarian pseudo-riparian super-centenarian wiktionarian nontrinitarian tricenarian denarian singularitarian lactoovovegetarian formicarian malabarian antitotalitarian

Questions

How do you pronounce secretarian?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɛk.ɹəˈtɛɹi.ən/.
What does secretarian mean?
Of or relating to secretaries.
Where does secretarian come from?
From Medieval Latin sēcrētārius + -an. By surface analysis, secretary + -an.

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