ministro
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish ministro (“minister”).
Noun
ministro
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Noun
ministro (accusative singular ministron, plural ministroj, accusative plural ministrojn)
Derived terms
- ĉefministro, ministroprezidanto (“prime minister, premier”)
Galician
Etymology
From Latin minister, ministrum.
Noun
ministro m (plural ministros, feminine ministra, feminine plural ministras)
Derived terms
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Italian
Etymology
From Latin minister, ministrum.
Pronunciation
Noun
ministro m (plural ministri, feminine ministra)
Usage notes
In the sense “politician who heads a ministry” the masculine form is used regardless of gender, especially in formal usage:
- il Ministro della Difesa Elisabetta Trenta
- the Minister for Defence Elisabetta Trenta
The form ministra is becoming more accepted in contemporary usage and is also used by some newspapers.
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
From minister (“attendant”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /miˈnis.troː/, [mɪˈnɪs̠t̪roː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /miˈnis.tro/, [miˈnist̪ro]
Verb
ministrō (present infinitive ministrāre, perfect active ministrāvī, supine ministrātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Derived terms
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Descendants
- Italian: minestrare
- Portuguese: ministrar
- Spanish: ministrar
Noun
(deprecated template usage) ministrō
References
- “ministro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ministro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ministro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to serve some one with drink: alicui bibere ministrare
- to serve some one with drink: alicui bibere ministrare
Lithuanian
Noun
ministro m
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin ministrum, accusative singular of minister (“attendant”), from minus (“less”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: mi‧nis‧tro
Audio: (file)
Noun
ministro m (plural s, feminine ministra, feminine plural ministras)
- (politics) minister (a person who is commissioned by the government for public service)
- (Christianity) one who does something on behalf of the church
- (diplomacy) minister (rank below ambassador)
- Coordinate terms: adido, embaixador, encarregado de negócios, enviado
- agent (one who acts for or in the place of another)
- Synonyms: agente, executor, intermediário, medianeiro
Derived terms
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Verb
ministro
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin minister, ministrum.
Pronunciation
Noun
ministro m (plural ministros, feminine ministra, feminine plural ministras)
Derived terms
Related terms
- Chavacano terms derived from Spanish
- Chavacano lemmas
- Chavacano nouns
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Esperanto/istro
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto nouns
- eo:Politics
- eo:Occupations
- Galician terms derived from Latin
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician masculine nouns
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Italian terms with audio links
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian terms with usage examples
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin verbs
- Latin first conjugation verbs
- Latin first conjugation verbs with perfect in -av-
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin noun forms
- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook
- Lithuanian non-lemma forms
- Lithuanian noun forms
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese terms with audio links
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Politics
- pt:Christianity
- pt:Diplomacy
- Portuguese non-lemma forms
- Portuguese verb forms
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns