ministrant

See also: Ministrant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ministrāns.

Noun

ministrant (plural ministrants)

1. One who ministers.

Adjective

ministrant (not comparable)

1. administering; attendant
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     That gentle Hermit, in my helpless woe,
     By my sick couch was busy to and fro,
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Latin

Verb

ministrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of ministrō

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ministrant m (definite singular ministranten, indefinite plural ministranter, definite plural ministrantene)

1. altar server

Polish

Etymology

Possibly from German Ministrant, from Latin ministrāns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈɲis.trant/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -istrant
• Syllabification: mi‧nis‧trant

Noun

ministrant m pers (female equivalent ministrantka, related adjective ministrancki)

1. altar boy

Declension

Declension of ministrant

	singular	plural
nominative	ministrant	ministranci/ministranty (deprecative)
genitive	ministranta	ministrantów
dative	ministrantowi	ministrantom
accusative	ministranta	ministrantów
instrumental	ministrantem	ministrantami
locative	ministrancie	ministrantach
vocative	ministrancie	ministranci

Related terms

noun

• ministrantura

Further reading

• “ministrant”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “ministrant”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ministrante or German Ministrant.

Noun

ministrant m (plural ministranți)

1. altar boy

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	ministrant	ministrantul	ministranți	ministranții
genitive-dative	ministrant	ministrantului	ministranți	ministranților
vocative	ministrantule		ministranților