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English
Etymology
From head + quarters.
Pronunciation
Noun
headquarters (plural headquarters)
- The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff.
- The center of an organization's operations or administration.
2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.
- A place of concentrated activity or influence.
Usage notes
- The word is plural in construction and can take singular or plural verbs.
Synonyms
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Translations
military installation
- Afrikaans: hoofkwartier sg
- Albanian: shtab (sq) m
- Arabic: الْقِيَادَة الْعَامَّة f (al-qiyāda al-ʕāmma)
- Armenian: շտաբ (hy) (štab), շտաբակայան (hy) (štabakayan)
- Azerbaijani: qərargah (az)
- Basque: kuartel nagusi
- Belarusian: штаб m (štab), штаб-кватэ́ра f (štab-kvatéra)
- Bulgarian: щаб (bg) m (štab), щабкварти́ра f (štabkvartíra), центра́ла f (centrála)
- Catalan: quarter general m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 大本營／大本营 (zh) (dàběnyíng), 指揮部／指挥部 (zh) (zhǐhuībù), 司令部 (zh) (sīlìngbù)
- Crimean Tatar: ştab
- Czech: velitelství (cs) n, štáb (cs) m
- Danish: hovedkvarter n
- Dutch: hoofdkwartier (nl) n
- Esperanto: stabejo
- Estonian: peakorter (et), staap (et)
- Finnish: päämaja (fi), pääesikunta
- French: quartier général (fr) m
- Galician: cuartel xeneral m
- Georgian: შტაბი (šṭabi), მთავარი სამმართველო (mtavari sammartvelo), შტაბ-ბინა (šṭab-bina)
- German: Hauptquartier (de) n
- Greek: αρχηγείο (el) n (archigeío), επιτελείο (el) n (epiteleío)
- Hebrew: מִפְקָדָה (he) f (mifkadá)
- Hindi: मुख्यालय (hi) m (mukhyālay), हेडक्वार्टर (hi) m (heḍakvārṭar)
- Hungarian: parancsnokság (hu), főhadiszállás (hu)
- Indonesian: markas besar (id)
- Irish: ceanncheathrú f, príomhlongfort m
- Italian: quartier generale (it) m
- Japanese: 司令部 (ja) (しれいぶ, shireibu)
- Kazakh: штаб (ştab), штаб-пәтер (ştab-päter), бас кеңсе (bas keñse), бас штаб (bas ştab)
- Khmer: ទីបញ្ជាការ (tii bɑñciə kaa)
- Korean: 사령부(司令部) (ko) (saryeongbu)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: بارەگا (barega)
- Northern Kurdish: biryargeh (ku), qerargeh (ku)
- Kyrgyz: штаб (ky) (ştab), штаб-квартира (ştab-kvartira)
- Lao: ກອງບັນຊາການ (kǭng ban sā kān)
- Latin: praetōrium n
- Latvian: štābs m, komisariāts m
- Lithuanian: štabas m
- Macedonian: штаб m (štab), центра́ла f (centrála)
- Maori: papataunga
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: hovedkvarter n
- Nynorsk: hovudkvarter n
- Pashto: قرارګاه f (qarārgā), هېډکوارټر m (heḍkwārṭar)
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: سِتاد (fa) (setâd), قَرارْگاهِ مَرْکَزی (ğarârgâh-e markazi), قَرارْگاه (fa) (ğarârgâh)
- Polish: sztab (pl) m
- Portuguese: quartel-general (pt) m
- Romanian: cartier general n
- Russian: штаб (ru) m (štab), штаб-кварти́ра (ru) f (štab-kvartíra)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: заповедни́штво n, заповједни́штво n, шта̑б m
- Roman: zapovedništvo n, zapovjedníštvo (sh) n, štȃb (sh) m
- Slovak: veliteľstvo n, štáb m
- Slovene: poveljstvo n, štab m, sedež m (eg of a company)
- Spanish: cuartel general m, cuarteles generales m pl
- Swedish: högkvarter (sv) n
- Tagalog: punong himpilan, punong tanggapan
- Tajik: қароргоҳ (qarorgoh), ситод (sitod), штаб (štab), қароргоҳи штаб (qarorgohi štab)
- Thai: กองบัญชาการ (gɔɔng-ban-chaa-gaan), บ.ก. (th) (bɔɔ.gɔɔ.)
- Turkish: karargâh (tr)
- Turkmen: ştab, ştab-kwartira
- Ukrainian: штаб m (štab), штаб-кварти́ра (uk) f (štab-kvartýra)
- Urdu: ہیڈ کُوارْٹَر m (heḍ kuvārṭar), مَرْکَزی دَفْتَر m (markazī daftar), صَدْر دَفْتَر m (sadr daftar), قَرار گاہ m (qarār gāh)
- Uyghur: باش شتاب (bash shtab)
- Uzbek: shtab (uz), shtab-kvartira (uz), qarorgoh (uz), shtab qarorgohi
- Vietnamese: tổng hành dinh (vi) (總行營)
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center of organisation's activity
- Afrikaans: hoofkwartier, hoofkantoor
- Arabic: مَقَرّ (ar) m (maqarr)
- Armenian: գլխամաս (hy) (glxamas)
- Basque: egoitza, buzagitza, buruzagitza, bulego, zentrala
- Bulgarian: це́нтър (bg) m (céntǎr)
- Burmese: ဌာနချုပ် (my) (htana.hkyup)
- Catalan: central (ca) m, seu (ca) f, seu central f, prefectura f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 總部／总部 (zh) (zǒngbù)
- Czech: centrála f
- Danish: hovedkvarter n
- Dutch: hoofdkwartier (nl) n, hoofdkantoor (nl) n
- Esperanto: sidejo (eo)
- Finnish: pääkonttori (fi), keskustoimisto
- French: siège social (fr) m, siège (fr) f
- Galician: sede (gl) f, sede central f, xefatura f
- Georgian: შტაბი (šṭabi), ცენტრი (cenṭri), მთავარი სამმართველო (mtavari sammartvelo), შტაბ-ბინა (šṭab-bina), სათაო ოფისი (satao opisi)
- German: Zentrale (de) f, Präsidium (de) n
- Greek: έδρα (el) f (édra)
- Hebrew: מטכ'ל m (matei klali)
- Hindi: मुख्यालय (hi) m (mukhyālay)
- Ido: sideyo (io)
- Indonesian: kantor pusat (id)
- Irish: príomhoifig f, ardoifig f
- Italian: sede centrale f
- Japanese: 本部 (ja) (ほんぶ, honbu), 本社 (ja) (ほんしゃ, honsha)
- Kapampangan: pun tanggapan
- Kazakh: штаб (ştab), бас кеңсе (bas keñse)
- Khmer: ការិយាល័យកណ្ដាល (kaariyaalay-kɑndaal)
- Korean: 본부(本部) (ko) (bonbu), 본사(本社) (ko) (bonsa)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: بارەگا (barega)
- Malay: ibu pejabat (ms)
- Malayalam: ആസ്ഥാനം (ml) (āsthānaṁ)
- Manx: ard-oik m
- Maori: papataunga
- Navajo: atʼoh
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: hovedkvarter n, hovedkontor n
- Nynorsk: hovudkvarter n, hovudkontor n
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: سِتاد (fa) (setâd)
- Polish: centrala (pl) f, kwatera (pl) f
- Portuguese: sede (pt) f, matriz (pt) f
- Romanian: sediu (ro) n, centrală (ro) f
- Russian: гла́вное управле́ние n (glávnoje upravlénije), центр (ru) m (centr), головно́й о́фис m (golovnój ófis), гла́вный о́фис m (glávnyj ófis), штаб-кварти́ра (ru) f (štab-kvartíra)
- Spanish: sede (es) f, jefatura (es) f, sede central f
- Swedish: huvudkvarter n, högkvarter (sv) n
- Tagalog: punong himpilan, punong tanggapan
- Vietnamese: trụ sở (vi) (住所)
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