ministre

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See also: ministrē and ministré

English

Noun

ministre (plural ministres)

  1. Obsolete form of minister.

Verb

ministre (third-person singular simple present ministres, present participle ministring, simple past and past participle ministred)

  1. Obsolete form of minister.

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin minister.

Pronunciation

Noun

ministre m (plural ministres, feminine ministra)

  1. minister

Derived terms

Further reading

Danish

Noun

ministre c

  1. indefinite plural of minister

French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin minister.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mi.nistʁ/
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Noun

ministre m or f by sense (plural ministres)

  1. minister
  2. indigo bunting, a bird with taxonomic name Passerina cyanea

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

Noun

ministre f

  1. plural of ministra

Anagrams

Latvian

Etymology

From ministrs (“minister”) +‎ -e (“fem.”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ministre f (5th declension, masculine form: ministrs)

  1. (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

Lithuanian

Noun

ministre m

  1. locative/vocative singular of ministras

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French ministre, from Latin minister.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈministər/, /ˈmin(ə)stər/

Noun

ministre (plural ministres)

  1. A hireling or secretary; one who serves and assists another:
    1. A person tasked with a duty or job; a deputy.
    2. A metaphorical or unwitting pawn or puppet of another.
  2. A member of the Christian clergy, especially when administering a sacrament.
  3. A clergyman's hireling or dependent.
  4. One who administrates or leads a religious order.
  5. A civil servant or member of government; an administrative official.
  6. (rare) A member of a non-Christian religion's clergy.
Descendants
  • English: minister
    • Pijin: minista
    • → Hausa: ministà
  • Scots: meenister
References

Etymology 2

Verb

ministre

  1. Alternative form of mynystren

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

ministre m

  1. indefinite plural of minister

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin minister.

Pronunciation

Noun

ministre m (plural ministres)

  1. minister (a politician who leads a ministry)

Portuguese

Verb

ministre

  1. inflection of ministrar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

ministre

  1. inflection of ministrar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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