Please go to the Surgery Department.
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Department
//dɪˈpɑːtm(ə)nt//
Synonyms for "department" (94 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (28)
Related words (47)
Related word relations
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More general
6 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
2 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
has context
3 entriesis a
5 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
188 entriesShowing 16 of 188 words.
Translations
179 translations across 72 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- afdeling noun (part, portion, subdivision)
- afdeling noun (subdivision of organization)
- departement noun (part, portion, subdivision)
- departement noun (subdivision of organization)
Albanian
1 entries- departament noun (subdivision of organization)
Arabic
2 entries- قِسْم noun (part, portion, subdivision)
- قِسْم noun (subdivision of organization)
Armenian
2 entries- բաժին noun (subdivision of organization)
- ֆակուլտետ noun (subdivision of organization)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- şöbə noun (subdivision of organization)
Bashkir
2 entries- бүлек noun (part, portion, subdivision)
- бүлек noun (subdivision of organization)
Belarusian
2 entries- аддзе́л noun (subdivision of organization)
- дэпарта́мент noun (subdivision of organization)
Bengali
1 entries- বিভাগ noun (subdivision of organization)
Breton
1 entries- departamant noun (territorial division)
Bulgarian
4 entries- департаме́нт noun (territorial division)
- отде́л noun (part, portion, subdivision)
- отде́л noun (subdivision of organization)
- отделе́ние noun (part, portion, subdivision)
Burmese
1 entries- ဌာန noun (subdivision of organization)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 系 noun (subdivision of organization)
- 部 noun (subdivision of organization)
- 部門 /部门 noun (subdivision of organization)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 系 noun (subdivision of organization)
- 部 noun (subdivision of organization)
- 部門 /部门 noun (subdivision of organization)
Corsican
1 entries- dipartimentu noun (territorial division)
Czech
1 entries- oddělení noun (subdivision of organization)
Danish
4 entries- afdeling noun (part, portion, subdivision)
- departement noun (subdivision of organization)
- departement noun (territorial division)
- fagområde noun (subdivision of organization)
Dari
3 entries- بَخْش noun (subdivision of organization)
- شُعْبَه noun (subdivision of organization)
- قِسْمَت noun (part, portion, subdivision)
Dutch
3 entries- afdeling noun (part, portion, subdivision)
- afdeling noun (subdivision of organization)
- departement noun (subdivision of organization)
Esperanto
4 entries- departemento noun (territorial division)
- fako noun (part, portion, subdivision)
- fako noun (course of life, action, study, etc.)
- fako noun (subdivision of organization)
Estonian
1 entries- osakond noun (subdivision of organization)
Finnish
4 entries- ala noun (course of life, action, study, etc.)
- departementti noun (territorial division)
- jaosto noun (part, portion, subdivision)
- laitos noun (subdivision of organization)
French
2 entries- département noun (territorial division)
- ministère noun (subdivision of organization)
Georgian
2 entries- განყოფილება noun (subdivision of organization)
- დეპარტამენტი noun (subdivision of organization)
German
1 entries- Abteilung noun (subdivision of organization)
Greek
4 entries- διεύθυνση noun (subdivision of organization)
- κλάδος noun (subdivision of organization)
- περιοχή noun (territorial division)
- περιφέρεια noun (territorial division)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- depatman noun (subdivision of organization)
Hebrew
1 entries- מַחְלָקָה noun (subdivision of organization)
Hindi
4 entries- अनुभाग noun (part, portion, subdivision)
- अनुभाग noun (subdivision of organization)
- विभाग noun (part, portion, subdivision)
- विभाग noun (course of life, action, study, etc.)
Hungarian
4 entries- minisztérium noun (subdivision of organization)
- osztály noun (subdivision of organization)
- részleg noun (subdivision of organization)
- szakosztály noun (subdivision of organization)
Indonesian
1 entries- departemen noun (subdivision of organization)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- بَخْش noun (subdivision of organization)
- شُعْبِه noun (subdivision of organization)
- قِسْمَت noun (part, portion, subdivision)
Italian
4 entries- dipartimento noun (subdivision of organization)
- dipartimento noun (territorial division)
- facoltà noun (subdivision of organization)
- reparto noun (subdivision of organization)
Japanese
4 entries- 学部 noun (subdivision of organization)
- 局 noun (subdivision of organization)
- 県 noun (territorial division)
- 部門 noun (subdivision of organization)
Kazakh
1 entries- бөлім noun (subdivision of organization)
Khmer
1 entries- ការិយាល័យ noun (subdivision of organization)
Korean
2 entries- 부서 noun (subdivision of organization)
- 학과 noun (subdivision of organization)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- бөлүм noun (subdivision of organization)
Lao
2 entries- ພະແນກ noun (subdivision of organization)
- ພາກວິຊາ noun (subdivision of organization)
Latvian
2 entries- daļa noun (subdivision of organization)
- nodaļa noun (subdivision of organization)
Lithuanian
1 entries- skyrius noun (subdivision of organization)
Macedonian
2 entries- оддел noun (subdivision of organization)
- одделение noun (subdivision of organization)
Malayalam
3 entries- വകുപ്പ് noun (course of life, action, study, etc.)
- വകുപ്പ് noun (subdivision of organization)
- വിഭാഗം noun (part, portion, subdivision)
Mongolian
1 entries- хэлтэс noun (subdivision of organization)
Mòcheno
1 entries- omt noun (subdivision of organization)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- departement noun (subdivision of organization)
- departement noun (territorial division)
- institutt noun (subdivision of organization)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- departement noun (subdivision of organization)
- departement noun (territorial division)
- institutt noun (subdivision of organization)
Picard
1 entries- départémint noun (territorial division)
Polish
4 entries- agenda noun (subdivision of organization)
- departament noun (subdivision of organization)
- dział noun (part, portion, subdivision)
- dział noun (subdivision of organization)
Portuguese
4 entries- departamento noun (part, portion, subdivision)
- departamento noun (subdivision of organization)
- departamento noun (territorial division)
- setor noun (subdivision of organization)
Romanian
4 entries- departament noun (part, portion, subdivision)
- departament noun (subdivision of organization)
- departament noun (territorial division)
- sector noun (part, portion, subdivision)
Romansch
3 entries- departament noun (part, portion, subdivision)
- departament noun (subdivision of organization)
- departament noun (territorial division)
Russian
4 entries- департа́мент noun (subdivision of organization)
- департа́мент noun (territorial division)
- министе́рство noun (subdivision of organization)
- отде́л noun (part, portion, subdivision)
Sardinian
1 entries- dipartimentu noun (territorial division)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- odeljénje noun (subdivision of organization)
- odjeljénje noun (subdivision of organization)
- одеље́ње noun (subdivision of organization)
- одјеље́ње noun (subdivision of organization)
Slovak
1 entries- oddelenie noun (subdivision of organization)
Slovene
1 entries- oddelek noun (subdivision of organization)
Spanish
3 entries- departamento noun (subdivision of organization)
- departamento noun (territorial division)
- sección noun (part, portion, subdivision)
Swedish
1 entries- avdelning noun (part, portion, subdivision)
Tagalog
2 entries- kagawaran noun (part, portion, subdivision)
- kagawaran noun (subdivision of organization)
Tajik
3 entries- бахш noun (subdivision of organization)
- шӯъба noun (subdivision of organization)
- қисмат noun (part, portion, subdivision)
Tamil
1 entries- துறை noun (subdivision of organization)
Tatar
1 entries- бүлек noun (subdivision of organization)
Thai
2 entries- ภาควิชา noun (subdivision of organization)
- แผนก noun (subdivision of organization)
Turkish
2 entries- bölüm noun (subdivision of organization)
- şube noun (subdivision of organization)
Turkmen
1 entries- bölüm noun (subdivision of organization)
Ukrainian
2 entries- відді́л noun (subdivision of organization)
- департа́мент noun (subdivision of organization)
Urdu
2 entries- شُعْبَہ noun (subdivision of organization)
- مَحْکَمَہ noun (subdivision of organization)
Uyghur
1 entries- تارماق noun (subdivision of organization)
Uzbek
2 entries- boʻlim noun (subdivision of organization)
- shuʼba noun (subdivision of organization)
Vietnamese
3 entries- ban noun (subdivision of organization)
- phòng noun (subdivision of organization)
- tỉnh noun (territorial division)
Welsh
2 entries- adran noun (part, portion, subdivision)
- adran noun (subdivision of organization)
West-Frisian
1 entries- departemint noun (territorial division)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
I will not be dictated to by some idiot in the personnel department.
Source: tatoeba (25501)
Where's the nearest department store?
Source: tatoeba (27270)
Hello, is this the personnel department?
Source: tatoeba (30974)
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