ministre
See also: ministrē
English
Catalan
Pronunciation
Further reading
- “ministre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Danish
French
Etymology
From Old French, borrowed from Latin minister.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.nistʁ/
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Noun
ministre m or f (plural ministres)
- minister
- indigo bunting, a bird with taxonomic name Passerina cyanea
Related terms
Further reading
- “ministre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latvian
Pronunciation
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Noun
ministre f (5th declension, masculine form: ministrs)
- (female) minister (government official who runs a government ministry)
- Latvijas veselības ministre Baiba Rozentāle ― Latvian health minister Baiba Rozentāle
Declension
Declension of ministre (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
---|---|---|
nominative (nominatīvs) | ministre | ministres |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | ministri | ministres |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | ministres | ministru |
dative (datīvs) | ministrei | ministrēm |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | ministri | ministrēm |
locative (lokatīvs) | ministrē | ministrēs |
vocative (vokatīvs) | ministre | ministres |
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French ministre, from Latin minister.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈministər/, /ˈmin(ə)stər/
Noun
ministre (plural ministres)
- A hireling or secretary; one who serves and assists another:
- A person tasked with a duty or job; an deputy.
- A metaphorical or unwitting pawn or deputy of another.
- A member of the Christian clergy:
- A clergyman's hireling or dependent.
- A clergyman performing a sacrament.
- A civil servant or member of government; a administrative official:
- A holder of an administrative position in a religious order.
- (rare) A member of a non-Christian religion's clergy.
Related terms
Descendants
- English: minister
- Scots: meenister
References
- “ministre (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-20.
Etymology 2
From Old French ministrer.
Norwegian Bokmål
Portuguese
Spanish
Verb
ministre
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of ministrar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of ministrar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of ministrar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of ministrar.
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