undersecretary

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English secretary English undersecretary From under- + secretary.

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 副部長 /副部长 (fùbùzhǎng) — an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
• Dutch: onderminister — an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
• French: sous-secrétaire — an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
• Hungarian: államtitkár — an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
• Hungarian: miniszterhelyettes — an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
• Indonesian: menteri muda — an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
• Irish: fo-rúnaí — an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
• Italian: sottosegretario — an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
• Italian: sottosegretaria — an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
• Italian: viceministro — an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
• Japanese: 次官 (jikan) — an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
• Korean: 차관 (chagwan) — an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
• Manx: fo-screeudeyr — an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
• Manx: lhiass-screeudeyr — an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
• Russian: заммини́стра (zamminístra) — an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
• Spanish: subsecretario — an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
• Tagalog: pangalawang kalihim — an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
• Tagalog: katuwang na kalihim — an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
• Turkish: müsteşar — an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet