Phrase guide

state secret

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Information which pertains to the affairs of a country, access to which is restricted by the government.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

Personal information which someone would like to keep private, even if ultimately not important.

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Usage: broadly, humorous

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Alternative form of state secret.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سِرّ دَوْلَة (sirr dawla) — restricted information of national importance
  • Azerbaijani: dövlət sirri — restricted information of national importance
  • Belarusian: дзяржа́ўная таямні́ца (dzjaržáwnaja tajamníca) — restricted information of national importance
  • Bulgarian: държа́вна та́йна (dǎržávna tájna) — restricted information of national importance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 國家機密 /国家机密 (guójiā jīmì) — restricted information of national importance
  • Czech: státní tajemství — restricted information of national importance
  • Danish: statshemmelighed — restricted information of national importance
  • Dutch: staatsgeheim — restricted information of national importance
  • Estonian: riigisaladus — restricted information of national importance
  • Finnish: valtiosalaisuus — restricted information of national importance
  • French: secret d'État — restricted information of national importance
  • German: Staatsgeheimnis — restricted information of national importance
  • Hungarian: államtitok — restricted information of national importance
  • Icelandic: ríkisleyndarmál — restricted information of national importance
  • Italian: segreto di Stato — restricted information of national importance
  • Japanese: 国家機密 (kokka kimitsu) — restricted information of national importance
  • Korean: 국가기밀 (gukgagimil) — restricted information of national importance
  • Macedonian: државна тајна (državna tajna) — restricted information of national importance
  • Polish: tajemnica państwowa — restricted information of national importance
  • Portuguese: segredo de estado — restricted information of national importance
  • Romanian: secret de stat — restricted information of national importance
  • Russian: госуда́рственная та́йна (gosudárstvennaja tájna) — restricted information of national importance
  • Russian: госта́йна (gostájna) — restricted information of national importance
  • Serbo-Croatian: државна тајна — restricted information of national importance
  • Serbo-Croatian: državna tajna — restricted information of national importance
  • Slovak: štátne tajomstvo — restricted information of national importance
  • Slovene: državna skrivnost — restricted information of national importance
  • Swedish: statshemlighet — restricted information of national importance
  • Turkish: devlet sırrı — restricted information of national importance
  • Turkmen: döwlet syry — restricted information of national importance
  • Udmurt: кун лушкес (kun luškes) — restricted information of national importance
  • Ukrainian: держа́вна таємни́ця (deržávna tajemnýcja) — restricted information of national importance
  • Ukrainian: держтаємни́ця (deržtajemnýcja) — restricted information of national importance