Secretary General

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Calque of French secrétaire général, hence the unusual order of adjective following noun (i.e., postpositive).

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

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