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10 Language-to-English DictionariesUnterabteilung
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʊn.tɐˌʔapˈtaɪlʊŋ
"Die Unterabteilung für Marketing plant eine neue Kampagne."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A smaller division or section of a larger department within an organization, institution, or government.
"The human resources subdepartment handles employee onboarding and benefits administration." - 2
A subordinate branch of an administrative structure responsible for specific, focused tasks.
"She was recently promoted to head the research subdepartment."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the prefix sub- (meaning 'under' or 'lower in rank', from Latin sub) combined with department, which originates from Old French departement, from departir ('to divide, separate'). The term emerged in administrative and corporate English during the 19th century to denote a specialized division operating under a larger administrative unit.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Subdepartment" is said worldwide
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sous-département
Transliteration: su-de-par-tuh-mahn
"Le sous-département de comptabilité est situé au deuxième étage."
Unterabteilung
Transliteration: ʊn.tɐˌʔapˈtaɪlʊŋ
"Die Unterabteilung für Marketing plant eine neue Kampagne."
sottodipartimento
Transliteration: sotto-dipartimento
"Il sottodipartimento di ricerca ha pubblicato un nuovo studio."
subdepartamento
Transliteration: sub-de-par-ta-men-to
"El subdepartamento de logística gestiona los envíos internacionales."
subdepartamento
Transliteration: sub-de-par-ta-men-tu
"O subdepartamento financeiro cuida do orçamento anual."
उप-विभाग
Transliteration: up-vibhag
"आईटी का यह उप-विभाग सुरक्षा की देखरेख करता है।"
分部门
Transliteration: fēn bù mén
"这个分部门负责客户服务工作。"
하부 부서
Transliteration: habu buseo
"새로운 하부 부서가 마케팅 팀 아래에 신설되었습니다."
下部組織
Transliteration: kabu soshiki
"その下部組織は特定の研究プロジェクトを担当している。"
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