English

Noun

parastatal ‎(plural parastatals)

1. A company, agency, or intergovernmental organization, that possesses political clout and is separate from the government, but whose activities serve the state, either directly or indirectly.

Synonyms

• quango

Adjective

parastatal ‎(not comparable)

1. Pertaining to such a company or group.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 918:

     ‘Parastatal’ organizations – local councils, representatives of business, the Red Cross – had been increasingly filling the gap left by the government's maladministration [...].

French

Adjective

parastatal m ‎(feminine singular parastatale, masculine plural parastataux, feminine plural parastatales)

1. parastatal