Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

secretariat

/ˌsɛk.ɹəˈtɛɚ.i.ət/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables: sec-re-tar-iat
IPA: /ˌsɛk.ɹəˈtɛɚ.i.ət/

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The office or department of a government secretary.

noun

A kind of dicastery within the Roman Curia.

noun

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French secrétariat.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌsɛk.ɹəˈtɛɚ.i.ət/
British English: /ˌsɛk.ɹəˈtɛə.ɹɪ.ət/

Inflected Forms

secretariats (plural) secretariate (alternative)

Derived Forms

subsecretariat undersecretariat

Frequently Paired Words

secretary

Synonyms

secretariate

Rhymes With

harriet marriott chariot proletariat lariat iscariot merriott

Questions

How do you pronounce secretariat?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɛk.ɹəˈtɛɚ.i.ət/.
What does secretariat mean?: The office or department of a government secretary.
Where does secretariat come from?: Borrowed from French secrétariat.

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