Shadow Cabinet

English

Etymology

See shadow government.

Noun

Shadow Cabinet (plural Shadow Cabinets)

1. A senior group of opposition politicians who shadow the members of the government.

   Holonym: shadow government

   Meronym: shadow minister

   • 2020 June 17, Jim McMahon tells Richard Clinnick, “Stepping out of the shadows”, in Rail, page 39:

     In April, Sir Keir Starmer replaced Corbyn as Labour leader and set about creating his own shadow cabinet.

Translations

a senior group of opposition politicians who shadow the members of the government

• Armenian: ստվերային կառավարություն (stverayin kaṙavarutʻyun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 影子內閣／影子内阁 (zh) (yǐngzi nèigé)

• Czech: stínová vláda f
• Danish: skyggekabinet n
• Dutch: schaduwkabinet n
• Finnish: varjohallitus (fi)
• French: cabinet fantôme m
• Georgian: ჩრდილოვანი კაბინეტი (črdilovani ḳabineṭi), ჩრდილოვანი მინისტრთა კაბინეტი (črdilovani minisṭrta ḳabineṭi), ჩრდილოვანი მთავრობა (črdilovani mtavroba)
• German: Schattenkabinett (de) n
• Greek: σκιώδης κυβέρνηση (el) (skiódis kyvérnisi)
• Hungarian: árnyékkabinet
• Italian: governo ombra m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skyggekabinett (no) n, skyggeregjering m or f

• Polish: gabinet cieni (pl) m
• Portuguese: gabinete paralelo m
• Russian: теневое прави́тельство (tenevoje pravítelʹstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: влада у сјени f

  Roman: vlada u sjeni f

• Spanish: gabinete en la sombra m
• Swedish: skuggkabinett n
• Ukrainian: тіньовий уряд (tinʹovyj urjad)
• Vietnamese: nội các bóng tối

See also

• Leader of the Opposition