Phrase guide

General Secretary

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹəl ˈsɛk.ɹəˌtə.ɹi/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Chief officer or leader of a political party or organization, especially in Communist contexts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of General Secretary.

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Across languages

Translations

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: sekretar i përgjithshëm — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Arabic: أَمِين عَامّ (ʔamīn ʕāmm) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Armenian: գլխավոր քարտուղար (glxavor kʻartuġar) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Azerbaijani: baş katib — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Belarusian: генера́льны сакрата́р (hjenjerálʹny sakratár) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Belarusian: генэра́льны сакрата́р (hjenerálʹny sakratár) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Belarusian: генса́к (hjensák) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Bengali: মহাসচিব (mohaśocibo) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Bulgarian: генера́лен секрета́р (generálen sekretár) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Burmese: အထွေထွေအတွင်းရေးမှူးချုပ် (a.htwehtwea.twang:re:hmu:hkyup) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Catalan: secretari general — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 總書記 /总书记 (zǒngshūjì) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 秘書長 /秘书长 (mìshūzhǎng) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Czech: generální tajemník — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Danish: generalsekretær — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Dutch: secretaris-generaal — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Estonian: peasekretär — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Finnish: pääsihteeri — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • French: secrétaire général — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Georgian: გენერალური მდივანი (generaluri mdivani) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • German: Generalsekretär — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • German: Generalsekretärin — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Greek: γενικός γραμματέας (genikós grammatéas) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Greek: γενική γραμματέας (genikí grammatéas) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Hebrew: מַזְכִּיר כְּלָלִי (mazkír klalí) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Hebrew: מַזְכָּ״ל — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Hindi: महासचिव (mahāsciv) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Hungarian: főtitkár — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Icelandic: aðalritari — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Indonesian: sekretaris umum — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Irish: Ard-Rúnaí — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Italian: segretario generale — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Japanese: 総書記 (sōshoki) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Kazakh: бас хатшы (bas xatşy) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Khmer: អគ្គលេខាធិការ (ʼakkĕəʼleikhaathikaa) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Korean: 사무총장 (samuchongjang) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Korean: 서기장 (seogijang) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Korean: 총비서 (chongbiseo) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Korean: 총서기 (chongseogi) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Kyrgyz: башкы катчы (başkı katcı) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Kyrgyz: генералдык секретар (generaldık sekretar) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Lao: ເລຂາທິການ (lē khā thi kān) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Latvian: ģenerālsekretārs — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Lithuanian: generalinis sekretorius — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Macedonian: генерален секрета́р (generalen sekretár) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Malay: setiausaha agung — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Mongolian: ерөнхий нарийн бичгийн дарга (jörönxii nariin bičgiin darga) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Norwegian Bokmål: generalsekretær — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: generalsekretær — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Pashto: سرمنشي (sarmonší) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Iranian Persian: دَبیرْکُلّ (dabirkoll) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Iranian Persian: دَبیرِ کُلّ (dabir-e koll) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Polish: sekretarz generalny — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Portuguese: secretário-geral — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Romanian: secretar general — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Russian: генера́льный секрета́рь (generálʹnyj sekretárʹ) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Russian: генсе́к (gensék) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Serbo-Croatian: главни тајник — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Serbo-Croatian: генерални секретар — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Serbo-Croatian: glavni tajnik — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Serbo-Croatian: generalni sekretar — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Slovak: generálny tajomník — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Slovene: generalni sekretar — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Swahili: katibu mkuu — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Swedish: generalsekreterare — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Tajik: дабири куллӣ (dabir-i kulli) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Tajik: дабири кулл (dabir-i kull) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Thai: เลขาธิการ (lee-kǎa-tí-gaan) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Turkish: genel sekreter — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Turkmen: baş sekretar — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Ukrainian: генера́льний секрета́р (henerálʹnyj sekretár) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Ukrainian: генсе́к (hensék) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Urdu: سَیکْرِٹْری جَنْرَل (saikriṭrī janral) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Urdu: جَنْرَل سَیکْرِٹْری (janral saikriṭrī) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Uyghur: باش كاتىپ (bash katip) — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Uzbek: bosh kotib — chief administrator of political parties or organizations
  • Vietnamese: tổng bí thư — chief administrator of political parties or organizations