minister

See also Minister

English

Etymology

From Middle English ministre, from Old French ministre, from Latin minister (“an attendant, servant, assistant, a priest's assistant or other under official”), from minor (“less”) + -ter; see minor.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɪnɨstɚ/ or IPA: /ˈmɪnɪstə/

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Noun

minister (plural ministers)

Wikipedia

1. A person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church.

   The minister said a prayer on behalf of the entire congregation.

2. A politician who heads a ministry (national or regional government department for public service).

   He was newly appointed to be Minister of the Interior.

3. At a diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador
4. Someone who serves others.

Related terms

• ministerial
• ministry
• ministerium

Translations

person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church

• Afrikaans: predikant (af), dominee (af)
• Catalan: ministre de l'església (ca) m
• Dutch: dominee (nl) m
• Finnish: pappi (fi)
• French: pasteur (fr)
• Greek: πάστορας (el) (pástoras) m
• Hebrew: כומר (he) (komer) m
• Hungarian: lelkész (hu), lelkipásztor (hu)

• Kurdish: qeşe (ku) m and f
• Navajo: ééʼ neishoodii
• Pijin: minista
• Russian: священник (ru) (svjaščénnik) m
• Scottish Gaelic: ministear (gd) m
• Sotho: moruti (st)
• Spanish: ministro (es)
• Tok Pisin: minista (tpi)

politician who heads a ministry

• Afrikaans: minister (af)
• Arabic: وزير (ar) (wazīr) m

  Egyptian Arabic: وزير (waziir)

• Armenian: նախարար (hy) (naxarar)
• Catalan: ministre (ca) m
• Czech: ministr (cs) m
• Dutch: minister (nl) m and f
• Esperanto: ministro (eo)
• Finnish: ministeri (fi)
• French: ministre (fr) m and f
• German: Minister (de) m, Ministerin (de) f
• Greek: υπουργός (el) (ypourgós) m and f

  Ancient: πρόαρχος (próarchos) m

• Hebrew: שר (he) (sar) m, שרה (he) (sara) f
• Hungarian: miniszter (hu)
• Indonesian: menteri (id)
• Japanese: 大臣 (ja) (だいじん, daijin)

• Khmer: រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី (km) (roattʰa mʊəntrəy), មន្ត្រី (km) (mʊəntrəy)
• Kurdish: wezîr (ku) f, m, şalyar (ku) f, m
• Malay: menteri (ms)
• Malayalam: മന്ത്രി (ml) (manthri)
• Old English: þeġen (ang)
• Polish: minister (pl) m and f
• Portuguese: ministro (pt)
• Romanian: ministru (ro) m
• Russian: министр (ru) (minístr) m
• Scottish Gaelic: ministear (gd) m
• Slovene: minister (sl) m, ministrica (sl) f
• Sotho: tona (st)
• Swahili: waziri (sw)
• Swedish: minister (sv)
• Telugu: మంత్రి (te) (mantri)
• Turkish: bakan (tr)
• Ukrainian: міністр (uk) (minístr) m

someone who serves others

• Afrikaans: dienaar (af)
• Dutch: dienaar (nl)

• Finnish: palvelija (fi)
• Russian: исполнитель (ru) (ispolnítel’) m

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• Interlingua: ministro (ia)

Verb

minister (third-person singular simple present ministers, present participle ministering, simple past and past participle ministered)

1. (transitive) To attend to; to tend.

   A newspaper headline: Couple leaves business world to minister to inner-city children

2. (transitive)(archaic) To afford, to give, to supply.
   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 1

     I do well believe your highness; and did it to / minister occasion to these gentlemen [...] (to give opportunity to these gentlemen)

Translations

to attend to; to tend

• Russian: служить (ru) (služítʼ) n, помогать (ru) (pomogát’) n

See also

• cleric
• father
• parson
• pastor
• priest
• vicar

External links

• minister in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• minister in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

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• IPA: /miˈnɪstər/

Noun

minister m (plural ministers, diminutive ministertje)

1. A minister, a person who is commissioned by the government for public service.

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Latin

Noun

minister (genitive ministrī); m, second declension

1. attendant, servant, waiter
2. agent, aide
3. accomplice

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	minister	ministrī
genitive	ministrī	ministrōrum
dative	ministrō	ministrīs
accusative	ministrum	ministrōs
ablative	ministrō	ministrīs
vocative	minister 1	ministrī

¹ May also be ministre.

Descendants

Catalan: ministre English: minister French: ministre Italian: ministro

Portuguese: ministro Romanian: ministru Russian: министр Spanish: ministro

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Romanian

Etymology

From French ministère.

Noun

minister n (plural ministere)

1. ministry

Related terms

• ministru

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

minister c

1. a minister (member of government, cabinet)
2. a minister (in the foreign affairs administration)

Declension

Declension of minister

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	minister	ministern	ministrar	ministrarna
genitive	ministers	ministerns	ministrars	ministrarnas

Related terms

• finansminister
• försvarsminister
• justitieminister
• kulturminister
• statsminister
• utbildningsminister
• utrikesminister