English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin primus + minister
prime minister (plural prime ministers)
- In a parliamentary democracy, the chief member of the cabinet and head of the government; usually the leader of the majority party.
- This is a list of all prime ministers since Churchill.
- Yesterday we had a visit from the Prime Minister. (See usage notes.)
Usage notes [edit]
- When referring to a particular prime minister, prime minister is capitalised:
- The Prime Minister issued a statement today.
- When referring to a prime minister by title and name together, British usage is “the Prime Minister, Tony Blair” or “Tony Blair, the Prime Minister”, while North American usage is “Prime Minister Tony Blair”.
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
chief member of the cabinet and head of the government
- Arabic: رئيس الوزراء (ar) (ra'īs al-wuzarā') m
- Armenian: վարչապետ (hy) (varčapet)
- Azeri: baş nazir (az)
- Bengali: প্রধানমন্ত্রী (bn) (prôdhanmôntri)
- Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
- Catalan: primer ministre (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 總理 (cmn), 总理 (cmn) (zǒnglǐ), 首相 (cmn) (shǒuxiàng)
- Czech: premiér (cs) m, ministerský předseda (cs) m
- Danish: premierminister (da) c
- Dutch: eerste minister (nl) m, premier (nl) m, minister-president (nl) m
- Esperanto: ĉefministro (eo)
- Faroese: forsætisráðharri (fo) m
- Finnish: pääministeri (fi)
- French: premier ministre (fr) m
- Georgian: პრემიერ-მინისტრი (ka) (premier-ministri)
- German: Premierminister (de) m, Premierministerin (de) f
- Greek: πρωθυπουργός (el) (prothypourgós) m
- Ancient: τριστάτης (tristátis) m
- Hebrew: רֹאשׁ־מֶמְשָׁלָה (he) (rosh-memshalá) m
- Hindi: प्रधान मंत्री (hi) (pradhān mantrī)
- Hungarian: miniszterelnök (hu)
- Icelandic: forsætisráðherra (is) m
- Interlingua: prime ministro (ia)
- Irish: príomh-aire (ga) m
- Italian: primo ministro (it) m
- Japanese: 首相 (ja) (しゅしょう, shushō)
- Khmer: នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី (km) (nieyʊək roat mʊəntrəy), រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីប្រមុខ (km) (roat mʊəntrəy prɑmuk), មន្ត្រីប្រមុខ (km) (mʊəntrəy prɑmuk)
- Korean: 총리 (ko) (chongli) (總理 (ko)), 수상 (ko) (susang) (首相 (ko))
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- Latvian: please add this translation if you can
- Lithuanian: premjeras m, premjerė f, ministras pirmininkas m, ministrė pirmininkė f
- Macedonian: премиер (mk) (premiér) m
- Malay: Perdana Menteri
- Maltese: Prim, Prim Ministru
- Manx: ard-vinishter (gv) m
- Maori: pirimia (mi)
- Marathi: प्रधान मंत्री (mr) (pradhāna mantrī)
- Norwegian: statsminister (no) m
- Persian: نخست وزیر (fa) (noxost vazir)
- Polish: premier (pl) m
- Portuguese: primeiro ministro (pt) m
- Romanian: prim ministru (ro)
- Russian: премьер-министр (ru) (prem'jér-minístr) m , (abbreviated) премьер (ru) (prem'jér) m
- Samogitian: mėnėstros pėrmėninks m
- Sanskrit: प्रधान मंत्री (sa) (pradhāna mantrī)
- Scots: prime meinster
- Scottish Gaelic: prìomhair (gd) m
- Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
- Slovak: predseda vlády (sk) m, predsedkyňa vlády (sk) f, premiér (sk) m, premiérka (sk) f
- Spanish: primer ministro m, presidente de Gobierno m
- Swedish: premiärminister (sv) c, statsminister (sv) c
- Tagalog: punong ministro (tl)
- Telugu: ప్రధాని (te) (pradhāni), ప్రధాన మంత్రి (te) (pradhāna maṅtri)
- Thai: นายกรัฐมนตรี (th) (naa-yók rát-tà mon-dtree)
- Turkish: başbakan (tr)
- Turkmen: premýer ministr (tk)
- Vietnamese: thủ tướng (vi)
- Volapük: please add this translation if you can
- Yiddish: please add this translation if you can
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See also [edit]
