Sekretariat

== German == === Etymology === From French secrétariat, from Medieval Latin secretariatus, derived from sēcrētārius (“secretary”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ze.kre.ta.riˈaːt/, [ze-], [ˌzɛ-], [ˌzeː-], [-kʁe-], [-kʁə-], [-taʁi-], [-taʁɪ-], [-ˈaːt], [-ˈjaːt] === Noun === Sekretariat n (strong, genitive Sekretariats or Sekretariates, plural Sekretariate) a central office in any business or institution (or a department thereof), responsible for correspondence, making appointments, and general administrative support secretariat ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Sekretär, Sekretärin === Further reading === “Sekretariat” in Duden online “Sekretariat”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)