# ministre
## English
### Noun

ministre (plural ministres)
* Obsolete form of minister.

### Verb

ministre (third-person singular simple present ministres, present participle ministring, simple past and past participle ministred)
* Obsolete form of minister.

### Anagrams

* Tenriism, Terminis, interims, minister, smirnite

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin minister.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [miˈnis.tɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [miˈnis.tɾe]
* Homophone: ministra

### Noun

ministre m (plural ministres, feminine ministra)
* minister

#### Derived terms

* ministrable
* primer ministre
* primera ministra

#### Related terms

* miniteri
* ministrable

### Further reading

* “ministre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “ministre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “ministre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “ministre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Danish
### Noun

ministre c
* indefinite plural of minister

## French
### Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin minister.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mi.nistʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ministre m or f by sense (plural ministres, feminine ministresse)
* minister
* indigo bunting, a bird with taxonomic name Passerina cyanea

#### Derived terms

* agenda de ministre
* ministrable
* premier ministre
* première ministre

#### Related terms

* ministère

### Further reading

* “ministre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Noun

ministre f
* plural of ministra

### Anagrams

* entrismi, mentirsi, mestrini, sentirmi, stermini

## Latvian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ministre f (5th declension, masculine form: ministrs)
* (female) minister (government official who runs a government ministry)
    Latvijas veselības ministre Baiba Rozentāle ― Latvian health minister Baiba Rozentāle

#### Related terms

* ministrija

## Lithuanian
### Noun

ministre m
* locative/vocative singular of ministras

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French ministre, from Latin minister.

#### Alternative forms

* minister, ministir, minyster, mynestre, mynster, mynyster, mynystir, mynystre

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈministər/, /ˈmin(ə)stər/

#### Noun

ministre (plural ministres)
* A hireling or secretary; one who serves and assists another:
** A person tasked with a duty or job; a deputy.
** A metaphorical or unwitting pawn or puppet of another.
* A member of the Christian clergy, especially when administering a sacrament.
* A clergyman's hireling or dependent.
* One who administrates or leads a religious order.
* A civil servant or member of government; an administrative official.
* (rare) A member of a non-Christian religion's clergy.

##### Related terms

* ministracioun
* mynisterie
* mynystren
* mynystrynge

##### Descendants

* English: minister
** Pijin: minista
** → Hausa: ministà
* Scots: meenister

##### References

* “ministre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-20.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ministre
* Alternative form of mynystren

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* ministere, ministrer

### Noun

ministre m
* indefinite plural of minister

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin minister.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ministre m (plural ministres)
* minister (a politician who leads a ministry)

## Portuguese
### Verb

ministre
* inflection of ministrar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Verb

ministre
* inflection of ministrar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative