ministre

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/
  • (file)

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

(file)

Noun

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

  1. (female) minister (government official who runs a government ministry)
    Latvijas veselības ministre Baiba RozentāleLatvian health minister Baiba Rozentāle

Declension

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

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

  • (file)

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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