referendaris
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch referendaris (“permanent secretary, secretary general”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re.fə.rɛnˈda.ris/, [re.fə.rɛnˈda.rɪs]
- Rhymes: -rɪs
- Hyphenation: re‧fê‧ren‧da‧ris
Noun
referendaris (plural referendaris-referendaris)
- (government) permanent secretary, secretary general: the most senior civil servant in a department or ministry
Further reading
- “referendaris”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016