English
Etymology
From Middle English mynisterie, borrowed from Old French menistere, in turn borrowed itself from Latin ministerium; equivalent to minister + -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɪnɪstɹi/
- Hyphenation: mi‧nis‧try
Noun
ministry (plural ministries)
- Government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy, but also as a polity
- Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:government ministry
She works for the ministry of finance.
He works for the ministry of defence.
I work for the ministry of education.
They work for the ministry of agriculture.
- The complete body of government ministers (whether or not they are in cabinet) under the leadership of a head of government (such as a prime minister)
The premier offered his last ministry's resignation to the monarch, and is asked to form a new one in accordance with the election results.
- A ministration
- The active practice and education of the minister of a particular religion or faith.
- (Christianity) The clergy of nonapostolic Protestant churches.
- (Christianity) Work of a spiritual or charitable nature.
the present ministry of the Holy Spirit
Derived terms
Translations
government department
- Albanian: ministri (sq) f
- Arabic: وِزَارَة f (wizāra)
- Armenian: նախարարություն (hy) (naxararutʻyun)
- Azerbaijani: nazirlik
- Bashkir: министрлыҡ (ministrlıq)
- Basque: ministerioa
- Belarusian: міністэ́рства n (ministérstva)
- Bengali: মন্ত্রক (bn) (montrok), ওজারত (ōjarot)
- Bulgarian: министе́рство (bg) n (ministérstvo)
- Burmese: ဝန်ကြီးဌာန (my) (wankri:htana.)
- Buryat: яаман (jaaman)
- Catalan: ministeri (ca) m
- Chichewa: unduna
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 部 (bou6)
- Mandarin: 部 (zh) (bù)
- Crimean Tatar: nazirlik
- Czech: ministerstvo (cs) n
- Danish: ministerium n
- Dutch: ministerie (nl) n, departement (nl) n
- Esperanto: ministerio, ministrejo
- Estonian: ministeerium
- Finnish: ministeriö (fi)
- French: ministère (fr) m
- Georgian: სამინისტრო (saminisṭro)
- German: Ministerium (de) n
- Greek: υπουργείο (el) n (ypourgeío)
- Hausa: ma'aikataa
- Hebrew: מִשְׂרָד (he) m (misrád)
- Hindi: मंत्रालय (hi) m (mantrālay)
- Hungarian: minisztérium (hu)
- Icelandic: ráðuneyti n, klerkdómur n
- Ido: ministerio (io)
- Indonesian: kementerian (id)
- Irish: aireacht f
- Italian: ministero (it) m
- Japanese: 省 (ja) (しょう, shō)
- Kazakh: министрлік (ministrlık)
- Khmer: ក្រសួង (km) (krɑsuəng)
- Korean: 부(部) (ko) (bu), 성(省) (ko) (seong), 부처(部處) (ko) (bucheo)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: wezaret (ku), wezîrî (ku)
- Kyrgyz: министерство (ministerstvo)
- Lao: ກະຊວງ (lo) (ka sūang)
- Latin: ministerium n
- Latvian: ministrija f
- Lithuanian: ministerija f
- Macedonian: министерство n (ministerstvo)
- Malay: kementerian
- Malayalam: മന്ത്രാലയം (ml) (mantrālayaṁ)
- Maori: tari, minitatanga, manatū
- Marathi: मंत्रालय n (mantrālay)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: санваартан (mn) (sanvaartan), яам (mn) (jaam)
- Ngazidja Comorian: wizara class 11
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: ministerium n
- Pashto: وزارت m (wezārat)
- Persian:
- Dari: وِزَارَت (fa) (wizārat)
- Iranian Persian: وِزارَت (fa) (vezârat)
- Plautdietsch: Aumt n
- Polish: ministerstwo (pl) n
- Portuguese: ministério (pt) m
- Romanian: minister (ro) n
- Russian: министе́рство (ru) n (ministérstvo)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: министа̀рство n
- Roman: ministàrstvo (sh) n
- Slovak: ministerstvo n
- Slovene: ministrstvo (sl) n
- Somali: wasaarad
- Spanish: ministerio (es) m, cartera (es)
- Swahili: wizara (sw) class IX
- Swedish: ministär (sv) c
- Tajik: вазорат (tg) (vazorat)
- Tamil: அமைச்சகம் (ta) (amaiccakam)
- Tatar: министрлык (ministrlıq)
- Thai: กระทรวง (th) (grà-suuang)
- Tumbuka: unduna
- Turkish: bakanlık (tr)
- Turkmen: ministrlik
- Ukrainian: міністе́рство m (ministérstvo)
- Urdu: وِزارَت (ur) f (vizārat)
- Uyghur: مىنىستىرلىك (ministirlik)
- Uzbek: vazirlik (uz), ministrlik (uz)
- Vietnamese: bộ (vi) (部)
- Volapük: minister (vo)
- Welsh: gweinidogaeth (cy) m
- Yakut: министиэристибэ (ministieristibe)
- Yiddish: מיניסטעריום m (ministeryum)
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complete body of government ministers
- Bulgarian: министе́рски съве́т m (ministérski sǎvét)
- Danish: regering (da) c, kabinet n
- Dutch: ministerie (nl) n, kabinet (nl) n, regering (nl), gouvernement (nl) n
- French: cabinet (fr) m, ministère (fr) m
- Georgian: მინისტრთა კაბინეტი (minisṭrta ḳabineṭi), კაბინეტი (ḳabineṭi), მთავრობა (mtavroba), ხელისუფლება (xelisupleba)
- Greek: υπουργικό συμβούλιο (el) n (ypourgikó symvoúlio), κυβέρνηση (el) f (kyvérnisi)
- Ido: ministraro (io)
- Irish: (please verify) aireacht f
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kabinett n
- Portuguese: gabinete (pt) m, ministério (pt) m
- Russian: министе́рство (ru) n (ministérstvo)
- Swedish: Ministär
- Volapük: ministeranef (vo)
- Yakut: министиэристибэ (ministieristibe)
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practice and education of the minister of a particular religion
- Bengali: মোল্লাগিরি (bn) (mōllagiri)
- Chichewa: ubusa
- Danish: præsteembede n
- Dutch: bediening van de eredienst
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 n (andbahti)
- Greek: ιερατείο (el) n (ierateío)
- Irish: ministreacht f
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Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
ministry
- accusative/instrumental plural of ministr