Meaning of "secretaire" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SECRETAIRE

From French secrétaire.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SECRETAIRE

secretaire  [ˌsɛkrɪˈtɛə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SECRETAIRE

Secretaire is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SECRETAIRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Secretaire en portefeuille

The secretaire en portefeuille is an antique desk form which is usually mounted on rollers at the end of four jutting legs. The legs in turn support what looks like an oversize vertically mounted wooden pizza box. This is a cabinet a few inches thick, with barely enough space in it for the raised desktop surface and a few pens and sheets of paper disposed vertically. In short, the secretaire en portefeuille is much like a fall front desk which has been reduced in depth to a bare minimum. Like the fall front desk and the secretary desk the secretaire en portefeuille's desktop lifts up to cover internal areas and must thus be cleared of all work before closing up. By its mobile nature and its relatively light weight it was sometimes used as a fire screen desk. It was also sometimes known by that name. Its name comes from the French word for wallet: portefeuille. This is probably because it has the same proportions as many kinds of wallets and it opens up a bit like some of them. Modern day cabinet makers and furniture designers have sometimes created contemporary versions of the secretaire en portefeuille, eschewing the florid designs of the antique ones.

Definition of secretaire in the English dictionary

The definition of secretaire in the dictionary is an enclosed writing desk, usually having an upper cabinet section.

TRANSLATION OF SECRETAIRE

Find out the translation of secretaire to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of secretaire from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «secretaire» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 写字台
• Translator English - Spanish: secreter
• English: secretaire
• Translator English - Hindi: लिखने की मेज़
• Translator English - Arabic: SECRETAIRE
• Translator English - Russian: секретер
• Translator English - Portuguese: secretaire
• Translator English - Bengali: secretaire
• Translator English - French: secretaire
• Translator English - Malay: Secretaire
• Translator English - German: Sekretär
• Translator English - Japanese: secretaire
• Translator English - Korean: secretaire
• Translator English - Javanese: Secretaire
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bàn viết
• Translator English - Tamil: எழுதப் பயன்படும்
• Translator English - Marathi: गुप्तचर
• Translator English - Turkish: yazı masası
• Translator English - Italian: secrétaire
• Translator English - Polish: sekretarzyk
• Translator English - Ukrainian: секретер
• Translator English - Romanian: secretaire
• Translator English - Greek: σεκρετέρ
• Translator English - Afrikaans: secretaire
• Translator English - Swedish: secretaire
• Translator English - Norwegian: secretaire

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SECRETAIRE»

Discover the use of secretaire in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to secretaire and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Le Petit Secretaire Parisien: Or, the Art of Reading ...

Or, the Art of Reading Familiar English Letters Into French at Sight Louis Philippe R. Fenwick de Porquet. LE PETIT SECRETAIRE PARISIEN; OK, THE ART OF TRANSLATING ENGLISH LETTERS INTO FRENCH ...

Louis Philippe R. Fenwick de Porquet, 1849

Traditional Furniture Projects

6: Secretaire frame and pull-out desk detail Walnut frame supports secretaire. Molding detail Tapered guide block centers secretaire. Glide, 1% in. square Maple frame supports pull-out desk. Guide for secretaire, in. by 1 in. Doorstop, .'e in. by ...

Fine Woodworking, 1991

Official Catalogue of the British Section

Douai. jDunkcrque. j Valenciennes. j Arras. \ Boulogne-sur I Mer. [ St. Omer. \ Clermont- j Ferrand. President, 51. Secretaire, 51. President, 51. Secretaire, President, M. Secretaire, 51 President, M. Lesage- Secretaire, 51. President, Secretaire ...

Great Britain. Royal Commission for the Paris Exhibition (1878), 1878

Discrimination in the Field of Employment and Occupation

Delegue des travailleurs MAHAN, Gahe Basile, M., Secretaire general, Centrale DIGNITE. Conseillers techniques NYAMIEN, Messou N'guessan, M., Secretaire general, Federation des syndicats autonomes de Cote d'lvoire (FESACI).

‎1957

Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons

Le Premier Secretaire a table et logement aupr£s le Ministre. Dans le cas ou le Secretaire serait marie, ou que le Ministre prefererait que son Secretaire ait une maison separee, il est tenu de lui allouer la somme de 500 drachmas (18/.) ...

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1870

Statement of Treaties and International Agreements

Reserves et declarations Albanie Depot de ('instrument aupres du Secretaire general du Conseil de ('Europe : 18 juillet 2005 Enregistrement aupres du Secretariat des Nations Unies : Conseil de l'Europe, 1er septembre 2005 No. 39481.

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Record of proceedings

NANG NANG, Samuel, M., Conseiller, Charge des Droits de l'Homme, Mission permanente, Geneve. ABOGHE, Saturnin, M., Conseiller, Mission permanente, Geneve. LOUZET, Adele Patricia, Mme, Premier Secretaire, Mission permanente,  ...

International Labour Office, 2008

United States Treaties and Other International Agreements

ARTICLE 10 Secretariat g£n£ral 118 1. (1) Le Secretariat general est dirige par un secretaire general assiste d'un vice-secretaire general. 119 (2) Le secretaire general et le vice-secretaire general prennent leur service a la date fixee au ...

‎1961

Statement of Treaties and International Agreements ...

Multilateral Convention des Nations Unies contre la criminalite transnationale organisee. New York, 15 novembre 2000 Adhesion Djibouti Depot de I' instrument aupres du Secretaire general de I'Organisation des Nations Unies : 20 avril 2005 ...

UN. Secretariat, UN. Office of Legal Affairs, 2005

Statement of Treaties and International Agreements ...

Aarhus (Danemark), 25 juin 1998 Ratification (avec reserves) Suede Depot de l' instrument aupres du Secretaire general de l'Organi- sation des Nations Unies : 20 mai 2005 Date de prise d'effet : 18aout2005 Enregistrement aupres du ...

‎2005