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ministre

See also: ministrē and ministré

English

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Noun

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ministre (plural ministres)

  1. Obsolete form of minister.

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

  1. Obsolete form of minister.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin minister.

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ministre m (plural ministres, feminine ministra)

  1. minister

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Danish

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ministre c

  1. indefinite plural of minister

French

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Etymology

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From Old French, borrowed from Latin minister.

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  • IPA(key): /mi.nistʁ/
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ministre m or f by sense (plural ministres)

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

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Italian

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ministre f

  1. plural of ministra

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Latvian

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Etymology

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

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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

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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
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Lithuanian

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Noun

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ministre m

  1. locative/vocative singular of ministras

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Old French ministre, from Latin minister.

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

Noun

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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.
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Descendants
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  • English: minister
    • Pijin: minista
    • → Hausa: ministà
  • Scots: meenister
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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ministre

  1. Alternative form of mynystren

Norwegian Bokmål

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ministre m

  1. indefinite plural of minister

Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin minister.

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ministre m (plural ministres)

  1. minister (a politician who leads a ministry)

Portuguese

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ministre

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

Spanish

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Verb

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ministre

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