ministre
English
Noun
ministre (plural ministres)
- Obsolete form of minister.
Verb
ministre (third-person singular simple present ministres, present participle ministring, simple past and past participle ministred)
- Obsolete form of minister.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ministre m (plural ministres, feminine ministra, feminine plural ministres)
Derived terms
Related terms
- miniteri
- ministrable
Further reading
- “ministre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “ministre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “ministre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ministre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Noun
ministre c
- indefinite plural of minister
French
Etymology
From Old French, borrowed from Latin minister.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.nistʁ/
Audio: (file)
Noun
ministre m or f by sense (plural ministres, feminine ministresse)
- minister
- indigo bunting, a bird with taxonomic name Passerina cyanea
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “ministre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
ministre f
- plural of ministra
Anagrams
Latvian
Etymology
From ministrs (“minister”) + -e (“fem.”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
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
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ministre | ministres |
| genitive | ministres | ministru |
| dative | ministrei | ministrēm |
| accusative | ministri | ministres |
| instrumental | ministri | ministrēm |
| locative | ministrē | ministrēs |
| vocative | ministre | ministres |
Related terms
Lithuanian
Noun
ministre m
- 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)
- A hireling or secretary; one who serves and assists another:
- A member of the Christian clergy, especially when administering a sacrament.
- A clergyman's hireling or dependent.
- One who administrates or leads a religious order.
- A civil servant or member of government; an administrative official.
- (rare) A member of a non-Christian religion's clergy.
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “ministre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 June 2018.
Etymology 2
Verb
ministre
- alternative form of mynystren
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
ministre m
- indefinite plural of minister
Occitan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
ministre m (plural ministres)
- minister (a politician who leads a ministry)
Portuguese
Verb
ministre
- inflection of ministrar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
ministre
- inflection of ministrar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative