English
Etymology
Calque of French secrétaire général, hence the unusual order of adjective following noun (i.e., postpositive).
Noun
Secretary General (plural Secretaries General)
- The chief administrator of an international body such as NATO or the United Nations.
- The secretary of a non-Communist political party, governmental entity, or other NGO in many countries.
Synonyms
Translations
chief administrator of an international body
- Arabic: أمين عام
- Burmese: အထွေထွေအတွင်းရေးမှူးချုပ် (my) (a.htwehtwea.twang:re:hmu:hkyup)
- Catalan: secretari general m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 秘書長 / 秘书长 (zh) (mìshūzhǎng), 書記長 / 书记长 (zh) (shūjìcháng)
- Danish: generalsekretær c
- Dutch: secretaris-generaal (nl) m
- Faroese: aðalskrivari m, aðalritari m
- Finnish: pääsihteeri (fi)
- French: secrétaire général (fr) m, premier secrétaire (fr) m
- Georgian: გენერალური მდივანი (generaluri mdivani)
- German: Generalsekretär (de) m, Generalsekretärin (de) f
- Greek: γενικός γραμματέας (el) m or f (genikós grammatéas)
- Hebrew: מזכיר כללי (mazkír klalí)
- Hungarian: főtitkár (hu)
- Icelandic: aðalritari m
- Indonesian: sekretaris jenderal (id)
- Irish: Ard-Rúnaí m
- Japanese: 総書記 (ja) (そうしょき, sōshoki), 書記長 (しょきちょう, shokichō), 事務総長 (jimu sōchō)
- Kazakh: бас хатшы (bas xatşy)
- Korean: 사무총장 (ko) (samuchongjang), 서기장(書記長) (ko) (seogijang)
- Malay: Setiausaha Agung
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: generalsekretær
- Nynorsk: generalsekretær
- Polish: sekretarz generalny m
- Portuguese: secretário-geral (pt) m
- Russian: генера́льный секрета́рь (ru) m (generálʹnyj sekretárʹ), генсе́к (ru) m (gensék)
- Swahili: katibu mkuu
- Swedish: generalsekreterare (sv)
- Turkish: genel sekreter
- Vietnamese: tổng thư kí (總書記)
- Welsh: ysgrifennydd cyffredinol
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