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sekretarz

//sɛˈkrɛ.taʂ/ | /sɛˈkrɛ.tɒr̝/ | /sɛˈkrɛ.tɒʂ//
Polishnoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    secretary (male person keeping records and handling clerical work)
  2. 2.
    secretary (person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work)
  3. 3.
    secretary (person who deals with organizational and administrative matters of an institution or organization)
  4. 4.
    secretary (managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations)
  5. 5.
    secretary (person who holds the highest position in a political organization)
  6. 6.
    the highest-ranking local government official, who is the deputy of the city president, mayor, commune head or starosta
  7. 7.
    an official who ran the royal office in former Poland
  8. 8.
    in medieval Poland, an honorary title formerly given by the king to scholars and writers
  9. 9.
    secretary (head of a department of the government of the United States of America)
  10. 10.
    confidant; secretary (person with whom one can keep secrets)
  11. 11.
    obsoletereport editor for a council
  12. 12.
    secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius)
  13. 13.
    obsoletea type of party game
  14. 14.
    obsoletebook of letter boilerplates

Synonyms & related words

Word family
  • sekretarz stanu
  • sekretarzować

Etymology

Borrowed from French secrétaire. First attested in the 16th century. Compare Kashubian sekretôra.

Forms

  • sekretarkafeminine
  • sekretarskiadjective
Nominative
Singular
sekretarz
Plural
sekretarze
Genitive
Singular
sekretarza
Plural
sekretarzy
Dative
Singular
sekretarzowi
Plural
sekretarzom
Accusative
Singular
sekretarza
Plural
sekretarzy, sekretarze
Instrumental
Singular
sekretarzem
Plural
sekretarzami
Locative
Singular
sekretarzu
Plural
sekretarzach
Vocative
Singular
sekretarzu
Plural
sekretarze

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