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href="#Derived_terms">1.2.1.2 Derived terms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-7"><a href="#Related_terms">1.2.1.3 Related terms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-8"><a href="#Descendants">1.2.1.4 Descendants</a></li> <li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-9"><a href="#Translations">1.2.1.5 Translations</a></li> <li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-10"><a href="#See_also">1.2.1.6 See also</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Etymology_2">1.3 Etymology 2</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12"><a href="#Verb">1.3.1 Verb</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-13"><a href="#Translations_2">1.3.1.1 Translations</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Further_reading">1.4 Further reading</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Anagrams">1.5 Anagrams</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#Danish">2 Danish</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#Etymology">2.1 Etymology</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#Noun_2">2.2 Noun</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-19"><a href="#Descendants_2">2.2.1 Descendants</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20"><a href="#Further_reading_2">2.3 Further reading</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21"><a href="#Dutch">3 Dutch</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Pronunciation_2">3.1 Pronunciation</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href="#Etymology_1_2">3.2 Etymology 1</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-24"><a href="#Noun_3">3.2.1 Noun</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25"><a href="#Etymology_2_2">3.3 Etymology 2</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-26"><a href="#Noun_4">3.3.1 Noun</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-27"><a href="#Descendants_3">3.3.1.1 Descendants</a></li> <li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-28"><a href="#References">3.3.1.2 References</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-29"><a href="#Estonian">4 Estonian</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-30"><a href="#Pronunciation_3">4.1 Pronunciation</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-31"><a href="#Noun_5">4.2 Noun</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-32"><a href="#Declension">4.2.1 Declension</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-33"><a href="#Derived_terms_2">4.2.2 Derived terms</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-34"><a href="#Further_reading_3">4.3 Further reading</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-35"><a href="#Inari_Sami">5 Inari Sami</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-36"><a href="#Etymology_3">5.1 Etymology</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-37"><a href="#Noun_6">5.2 Noun</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-38"><a href="#Inflection">5.2.1 Inflection</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-39"><a href="#Derived_terms_3">5.2.2 Derived terms</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-40"><a href="#Kashubian">6 Kashubian</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-41"><a href="#Alternative_forms">6.1 Alternative forms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-42"><a href="#Etymology_4">6.2 Etymology</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-43"><a href="#Pronunciation_4">6.3 Pronunciation</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-44"><a href="#Noun_7">6.4 Noun</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-45"><a href="#Declension_2">6.4.1 Declension</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-46"><a href="#Derived_terms_4">6.4.2 Derived terms</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-47"><a href="#Further_reading_4">6.5 Further reading</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-48"><a href="#Ladin">7 Ladin</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-49"><a href="#Noun_8">7.1 Noun</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-50"><a href="#Latin">8 Latin</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-51"><a href="#Etymology_5">8.1 Etymology</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-52"><a href="#Pronunciation_5">8.2 Pronunciation</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-53"><a href="#Noun_9">8.3 Noun</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-54"><a href="#Declension_3">8.3.1 Declension</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-55"><a href="#Coordinate_terms">8.3.2 Coordinate terms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-56"><a href="#Derived_terms_5">8.3.3 Derived terms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-57"><a href="#Descendants_4">8.3.4 Descendants</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-58"><a href="#References_2">8.4 References</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-59"><a href="#Middle_English">9 Middle English</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-60"><a href="#Etymology_1_3">9.1 Etymology 1</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-61"><a href="#Noun_10">9.1.1 Noun</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-62"><a href="#Etymology_2_3">9.2 Etymology 2</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-63"><a href="#Verb_2">9.2.1 Verb</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-64"><a href="#Norwegian_Bokmål">10 Norwegian Bokmål</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-65"><a href="#Noun_11">10.1 Noun</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-66"><a href="#Derived_terms_6">10.1.1 Derived terms</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-67"><a href="#References_3">10.2 References</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-68"><a href="#Norwegian_Nynorsk">11 Norwegian Nynorsk</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-69"><a href="#Noun_12">11.1 Noun</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-70"><a href="#Derived_terms_7">11.1.1 Derived terms</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-71"><a href="#References_4">11.2 References</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-72"><a href="#Old_Polish">12 Old Polish</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-73"><a href="#Etymology_6">12.1 Etymology</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-74"><a href="#Pronunciation_6">12.2 Pronunciation</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-75"><a href="#Noun_13">12.3 Noun</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-76"><a href="#Descendants_5">12.3.1 Descendants</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-77"><a href="#References_5">12.4 References</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-78"><a href="#Polish">13 Polish</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-79"><a href="#Etymology_7">13.1 Etymology</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-80"><a href="#Pronunciation_7">13.2 Pronunciation</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-81"><a href="#Noun_14">13.3 Noun</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-82"><a href="#Declension_4">13.3.1 Declension</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-83"><a href="#Noun_15">13.4 Noun</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-84"><a href="#Derived_terms_8">13.4.1 Derived terms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-85"><a href="#Related_terms_2">13.4.2 Related terms</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-86"><a href="#Trivia">13.5 Trivia</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-87"><a href="#References_6">13.6 References</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-88"><a href="#Further_reading_5">13.7 Further reading</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-89"><a href="#Romanian">14 Romanian</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-90"><a href="#Etymology_8">14.1 Etymology</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-91"><a href="#Pronunciation_8">14.2 Pronunciation</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-92"><a href="#Noun_16">14.3 Noun</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-93"><a href="#Related_terms_3">14.3.1 Related terms</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-94"><a href="#Silesian">15 Silesian</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-95"><a href="#Etymology_9">15.1 Etymology</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-96"><a href="#Pronunciation_9">15.2 Pronunciation</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-97"><a href="#Noun_17">15.3 Noun</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-98"><a href="#Related_terms_4">15.3.1 Related terms</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-99"><a href="#Further_reading_6">15.4 Further reading</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-100"><a href="#Swedish">16 Swedish</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-101"><a href="#Pronunciation_10">16.1 Pronunciation</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-102"><a href="#Noun_18">16.2 Noun</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-103"><a href="#Declension_5">16.2.1 Declension</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-104"><a href="#Derived_terms_9">16.2.2 Derived terms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-105"><a href="#Related_terms_5">16.2.3 Related terms</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-106"><a href="#Further_reading_7">16.3 Further reading</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-107"><a href="#West_Frisian">17 West Frisian</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-108"><a href="#Etymology_10">17.1 Etymology</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-109"><a href="#Pronunciation_11">17.2 Pronunciation</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-110"><a href="#Noun_19">17.3 Noun</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-111"><a href="#Derived_terms_10">17.3.1 Derived terms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-112"><a href="#Further_reading_8">17.3.2 Further reading</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: English">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r82267123">.mw-parser-output .maintenance-box{width:90%;margin:0.75em 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display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a>):</td><td class="audiofile"><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="en-uk-minister.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/En-uk-minister.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/En-uk-minister.ogg/En-uk-minister.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-uk-minister.ogg" title="File:en-uk-minister.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology 1">edit</a>]</div> From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a> <a href="/wiki/ministre#Middle_English" title="ministre">ministre</a>, from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a> <a href="/wiki/ministre#Old_French" title="ministre">ministre</a>, from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a> <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Latin">minister</a> (“an attendant, servant, assistant, a priest's assistant or other under official”), from <a href="/wiki/minor#Latin" title="minor">minor</a> (“less”) + <a href="/wiki/-ter#Latin" title="-ter">-ter</a>; see <a href="/wiki/minor" title="minor">minor</a>. <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#doublet" title="Appendix:Glossary">Doublet</a> of <a href="/wiki/Minorite#English" title="Minorite">Minorite</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun">Noun</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">English <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/minister" class="extiw" title="w:minister">minister</a></div></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/minister" class="extiw" title="w:minister">Wikipedia </a></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81571951">.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{font-size:90%;width:250px;padding:4px;text-align:left;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue,#f9f9f9);border:var(--border-color-base,#aaa)1px solid}@media screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> minister (plural <a href="/wiki/ministers#English" title="ministers">ministers</a>) <ol><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_cleric"> (<a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestantism</a>) A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford <a href="/wiki/pastoral" title="pastoral">pastoral</a> care at a <a href="/wiki/Protestant" title="Protestant">Protestant</a> <a href="/wiki/church" title="church">church</a>. <dl><dd>Hypernym: <a href="/wiki/cleric#English" title="cleric">cleric</a></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example">The minister said a prayer on behalf of the entire <a href="/wiki/congregation#English" title="congregation">congregation</a>.</div></dd></dl></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism" title="Roman Catholicism">Roman Catholicism</a>) A person (either a <a href="/wiki/layperson" title="layperson">layperson</a> or an <a href="/wiki/ordained" title="ordained">ordained</a> clergy member) who is <a href="/wiki/commission" title="commission">commissioned</a> to perform some act on behalf of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>.</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_government"> (<a href="/wiki/government" title="government">government</a>) A politician who heads a <a href="/wiki/ministry" title="ministry">ministry</a> <dl><dd>Synonyms: see <a href="/wiki/Thesaurus:government_minister#English" title="Thesaurus:government minister">Thesaurus:government minister</a></dd> <dd>Hypernym: <a href="/wiki/provost#English" title="provost">provost</a> (chief minister in areas of Central Europe and Scandinavia)</dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example">He was newly appointed to be Minister of the Interior.</div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">1661 (first printed), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon" class="extiw" title="w:Francis Bacon">Francis Bacon</a>, <cite>A Letter of Advice to the Duke of Buckingham</cite>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">Ministers to kings, whose eyes, ears, and hands they are, must be answerable to God and man.</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_diplomacy"> In <a href="/wiki/diplomacy" title="diplomacy">diplomacy</a>, the rank of diplomat directly below <a href="/wiki/ambassador" title="ambassador">ambassador</a>.</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_servant"> A <a href="/wiki/servant" title="servant">servant</a>; a <a href="/wiki/subordinate" title="subordinate">subordinate</a>; an <a href="/wiki/officer" title="officer">officer</a> or <a href="/wiki/assistant" title="assistant">assistant</a> of <a href="/wiki/inferior" title="inferior">inferior</a> <a href="/wiki/rank" title="rank">rank</a>; hence, an <a href="/wiki/agent" title="agent">agent</a>, an <a href="/wiki/instrument" title="instrument">instrument</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#c." title="Appendix:Glossary"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr></a> 1610–1611 (date written), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare" class="extiw" title="w:William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winter%27s_Tale" class="extiw" title="w:The Winter's Tale">The Winters Tale</a>”, in <cite>Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […]</cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Folio" class="extiw" title="w:First Folio">First Folio</a>), London: […] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jaggard" class="extiw" title="w:William Jaggard">Isaac Iaggard</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Blount" class="extiw" title="w:Edward Blount">Ed[ward] Blount</a>, published 1623, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/606515358">→OCLC</a>, [Act III, scene ii], <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/mrvvilliamshakes00shak/page/n314/mode/1up">page 287</a>, column 2:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"> […], I choſe / Camillo for the miniſter, to poyſon / My friend Polixenes: […]</div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole">1611, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible" class="extiw" title="w:Bible">The Holy Bible, [<span title="Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New. Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: & with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Reuised, by His Maiesties Speciall Comandement. Appointed to be Read in Churches.">…]</a></cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version" class="extiw" title="w:King James Version">King James Version</a>), London: […] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Barker_(printer)" class="extiw" title="w:Robert Barker (printer)">Robert Barker</a>, […], <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/964384981">→OCLC</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Exodus" class="extiw" title="w:Book of Exodus">Exodus</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/Bible1611/page/n162/mode/1up">24:13</a>, column 1:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">And Moſes roſe vp, and his miniſter Ioſhua: and Moſes went vp into the mount of God.</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Usage_notes">Usage notes</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Usage notes">edit</a>]</div> Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/minster#English" title="minster">minster</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Derived terms">edit</a>]</div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="2"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/cabinet_minister#English" title="cabinet minister">cabinet minister</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=catechetical_minister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="catechetical minister (page does not exist)">catechetical minister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/chief_minister#English" title="chief minister">chief minister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/culture_minister#English" title="culture minister">culture minister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/deputy_first_minister#English" title="deputy first minister">deputy first minister</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ecclesial_minister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ecclesial minister (page does not exist)">ecclesial minister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/e-minister#English" title="e-minister">e-minister</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eucharistic_minister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eucharistic minister (page does not exist)">Eucharistic minister</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=extraordinary_minister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="extraordinary minister (page does not exist)">extraordinary minister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/first_minister#English" title="first minister">first minister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/foreign_minister#English" title="foreign minister">foreign minister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/interior_minister#English" title="interior minister">interior minister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/junior_minister#English" title="junior minister">junior minister</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=lay_minister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lay minister (page does not exist)">lay minister</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=liturgical_minister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="liturgical minister (page does not exist)">liturgical minister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/minister_of_justice#English" title="minister of justice">minister of justice</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/minister_of_state#English" title="minister of state">minister of state</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/minister-president#English" title="minister-president">minister-president</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/minister_without_portfolio#English" title="minister without portfolio">minister without portfolio</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/ministress#English" title="ministress">ministress</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ordinary_minister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ordinary minister (page does not exist)">ordinary minister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/prime_minister#English" title="prime minister">prime minister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/resident_minister#English" title="resident minister">resident minister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/shadow_minister#English" title="shadow minister">shadow minister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/stickit_minister#English" title="stickit minister">stickit minister</a></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Related terms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ministerial#English" title="ministerial">ministerial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ministerium#English" title="ministerium">ministerium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ministrix#English" title="ministrix">ministrix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ministry#English" title="ministry">ministry</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Descendants">Descendants</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Descendants">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Pijin: <a href="/wiki/minista#Pijin" title="minista">minista</a><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r68481116">.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title]{cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title="uncertain"]{font-size:.7em;vertical-align:super}</style></li> <li>→ Hausa: <a href="/wiki/minista#Hausa" title="minista">ministà</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations">Translations</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Translations">edit</a>]</div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-person_who_is_trained_to_perform_religious_ceremonies_at_a_Protestant_church"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Afrikaans: <a href="/wiki/predikant#Afrikaans" title="predikant">predikant</a> <a href="https://af.wiktionary.org/wiki/predikant" class="extiw" title="af:predikant">(af)</a>, <a href="/wiki/dominee#Afrikaans" title="dominee">dominee</a> <a href="https://af.wiktionary.org/wiki/dominee" class="extiw" title="af:dominee">(af)</a></li> <li>Albanian: <a href="/wiki/prift#Albanian" title="prift">prift</a> <a href="https://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/prift" class="extiw" title="sq:prift">(sq)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Arabic: <a href="/wiki/%D9%82%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3#Arabic" title="قسيس">قِسِّيس</a> <a href="https://ar.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3" class="extiw" title="ar:قسيس">(ar)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (qissīs), <a href="/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A9#Arabic" title="داعية">دَاعِيَة</a> <a href="https://ar.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A9" class="extiw" title="ar:داعية">(ar)</a> (dāʕiya), <a href="/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86#Arabic" title="كاهن">كَاهِن</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (kāhin)</li> <li>Armenian: <a href="/wiki/%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1#Armenian" title="քահանա">քահանա</a> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1" class="extiw" title="hy:քահանա">(hy)</a> (kʻahana)</li> <li>Belarusian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%81%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%88%D1%87%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%BDi%D0%BA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="свяшчэннiк (page does not exist)">свяшчэ́ннiк</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (svjaščénnik)</li> <li>Bulgarian: <a href="/wiki/%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA#Bulgarian" title="свещеник">свеще́ник</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA" class="extiw" title="bg:свещеник">(bg)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (svešténik)</li> <li>Burmese: <a href="/wiki/%E1%80%98%E1%80%AF%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%80%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8#Burmese" title="ဘုန်းကြီး">ဘုန်းကြီး</a> <a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%80%98%E1%80%AF%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%80%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8" class="extiw" title="my:ဘုန်းကြီး">(my)</a> (bhun:kri:)</li> <li>Catalan: <a href="/w/index.php?title=ministre_de_l%27esgl%C3%A9sia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministre de l'església (page does not exist)">ministre de l'església</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Cherokee: <a href="/wiki/%E1%8E%A0%E1%8E%B5%E1%8F%A3%E1%8F%99%E1%8E%B2%E1%8F%8D%E1%8E%A9#Cherokee" title="ᎠᎵᏣᏙᎲᏍᎩ">ᎠᎵᏣᏙᎲᏍᎩ</a> (alitsadohvsgi)</li> <li>Chichewa: <a href="/wiki/mbusa#Chichewa" title="mbusa">mbusa</a></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Cantonese: <a href="/wiki/%E7%89%A7%E5%B8%AB#Cantonese" title="牧師">牧師</a>／<a href="/wiki/%E7%89%A7%E5%B8%88#Cantonese" title="牧师">牧师</a> (muk6 si1)</dd> <dd>Eastern Min: <a href="/wiki/%E7%89%A7%E5%B8%AB#Eastern_Min" title="牧師">牧師</a>／<a href="/wiki/%E7%89%A7%E5%B8%88#Eastern_Min" title="牧师">牧师</a> (mŭk-sṳ̆)</dd> <dd>Hokkien: <a href="/wiki/%E7%89%A7%E5%B8%AB#Hokkien" title="牧師">牧師</a>／<a href="/wiki/%E7%89%A7%E5%B8%88#Hokkien" title="牧师">牧师</a> <a href="https://zh-min-nan.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%89%A7%E5%B8%AB" class="extiw" title="zh-min-nan:牧師">(zh-min-nan)</a> (bo̍k-su)</dd> <dd>Mandarin: <a href="/wiki/%E7%89%A7%E5%B8%AB#Mandarin" title="牧師">牧師</a>／<a href="/wiki/%E7%89%A7%E5%B8%88#Mandarin" title="牧师">牧师</a> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%89%A7%E5%B8%AB" class="extiw" title="zh:牧師">(zh)</a> (mùshī)</dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <a href="/wiki/kn%C4%9Bz#Czech" title="kněz">kněz</a> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/kn%C4%9Bz" class="extiw" title="cs:kněz">(cs)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/duchovn%C3%AD#Czech" title="duchovní">duchovní</a> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/duchovn%C3%AD" class="extiw" title="cs:duchovní">(cs)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Danish: <a href="/wiki/pr%C3%A6st#Danish" title="præst">præst</a> <a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/pr%C3%A6st" class="extiw" title="da:præst">(da)</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/pastor#Danish" title="pastor">pastor</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></li> <li>Dutch: <a href="/wiki/dominee#Dutch" title="dominee">dominee</a> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/dominee" class="extiw" title="nl:dominee">(nl)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Erzya: <a href="/wiki/%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80#Erzya" title="туростор">туростор</a> (turostor)</li> <li>Esperanto: <a href="/wiki/pastoro#Esperanto" title="pastoro">pastoro</a> <a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/pastoro" class="extiw" title="eo:pastoro">(eo)</a>, <a href="/wiki/pastro#Esperanto" title="pastro">pastro</a></li> <li>Estonian: <a href="/wiki/preester#Estonian" title="preester">preester</a></li> <li>Finnish: <a href="/wiki/pappi#Finnish" title="pappi">pappi</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/pappi" class="extiw" title="fi:pappi">(fi)</a></li> <li>French: <a href="/wiki/pasteur#French" title="pasteur">pasteur</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/pasteur" class="extiw" title="fr:pasteur">(fr)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/pr%C3%AAtre#French" title="prêtre">prêtre</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/pr%C3%AAtre" class="extiw" title="fr:prêtre">(fr)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Galician: <a href="/wiki/ministro#Galician" title="ministro">ministro</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Georgian: <a href="/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A6%E1%83%95%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98#Georgian" title="მღვდელი">მღვდელი</a> <a href="https://ka.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A6%E1%83%95%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" class="extiw" title="ka:მღვდელი">(ka)</a> (mɣvdeli)</li> <li>German: <a href="/wiki/Pfarrer#German" title="Pfarrer">Pfarrer</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pfarrer" class="extiw" title="de:Pfarrer">(de)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/Priester#German" title="Priester">Priester</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Priester" class="extiw" title="de:Priester">(de)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Greek: <a href="/wiki/%CF%80%CE%AC%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%82#Greek" title="πάστορας">πάστορας</a> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80%CE%AC%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:πάστορας">(el)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (pástoras)</li> <li>Hebrew: <a href="/wiki/%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A8#Hebrew" title="כומר">כֹּמֶר / כומר</a> <a href="https://he.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A8" class="extiw" title="he:כומר">(he)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (kómer), <a href="/wiki/%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%94%D7%9F#Hebrew" title="כוהן">כּוֹהֵן / כֹּהֵן</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (kohén)</li> <li>Hindi: <a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80#Hindi" title="पादरी">पादरी</a> <a href="https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80" class="extiw" title="hi:पादरी">(hi)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (pādrī), <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="काहिन (page does not exist)">काहिन</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (kāhin), <a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%95#Hindi" title="याजक">याजक</a> <a href="https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%95" class="extiw" title="hi:याजक">(hi)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (yājak)</li> <li>Hungarian: <a href="/wiki/lelk%C3%A9sz#Hungarian" title="lelkész">lelkész</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/lelk%C3%A9sz" class="extiw" title="hu:lelkész">(hu)</a>, <a href="/wiki/lelkip%C3%A1sztor#Hungarian" title="lelkipásztor">lelkipásztor</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/lelkip%C3%A1sztor" class="extiw" title="hu:lelkipásztor">(hu)</a></li> <li>Icelandic: <a href="/wiki/prestur#Icelandic" title="prestur">prestur</a> <a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/prestur" class="extiw" title="is:prestur">(is)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Italian: <a href="/wiki/prete#Italian" title="prete">prete</a> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/prete" class="extiw" title="it:prete">(it)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Japanese: <a href="/wiki/%E7%89%A7%E5%B8%AB#Japanese" title="牧師">牧師</a> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%89%A7%E5%B8%AB" class="extiw" title="ja:牧師">(ja)</a> (ぼくし, bokushi)</li> <li>Korean: <a href="/wiki/%EB%AA%A9%EC%82%AC#Korean" title="목사">목사(牧師)</a> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EB%AA%A9%EC%82%AC" class="extiw" title="ko:목사">(ko)</a> (moksa)</li> <li>Kurdish: <dl><dd>Northern Kurdish: <a href="/wiki/qe%C5%9Fe#Northern_Kurdish" title="qeşe">qeşe</a> <a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/qe%C5%9Fe" class="extiw" title="ku:qeşe">(ku)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></dd></dl></li> <li>Lao: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%BA%99%E0%BA%B4%E0%BA%84%E0%BA%BB%E0%BA%99&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ນິຄົນ (page does not exist)">ນິຄົນ</a> (ni khon)</li> <li>Latvian: <a href="/wiki/priesteris#Latvian" title="priesteris">priesteris</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=m%C4%81c%C4%ABt%C4%81js&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="mācītājs (page does not exist)">mācītājs</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Lithuanian: <a href="/wiki/kunigas#Lithuanian" title="kunigas">kunigas</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Macedonian: <a href="/wiki/%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA#Macedonian" title="свештеник">све́штеник</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (svéštenik)</li> <li>Maori: <a href="/wiki/minita#Maori" title="minita">minita</a></li> <li>Navajo: <a href="/wiki/%C3%A9%C3%A9%CA%BC_neishoodii#Navajo" title="ééʼ neishoodii">ééʼ neishoodii</a></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <a href="/wiki/prest#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="prest">prest</a> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/prest" class="extiw" title="no:prest">(no)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></dd></dl></li> <li>Old Church Slavonic: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <a href="/wiki/%D1%81%D0%B2%D1%A7%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%8A#Old_Church_Slavonic" title="свѧщеникъ">свѧщеникъ</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (svęštenikŭ)</dd></dl></li> <li>Pashto: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="پادري (page does not exist)">پادري</a> <a href="https://ps.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A" class="extiw" title="ps:پادري">(ps)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (pādri), <a href="/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86#Pashto" title="کاهن">کاهن</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (kāhǝn), <a href="/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B4#Pashto" title="کشیش">کشیش</a> (kašiš)</li> <li>Persian: <dl><dd>Dari: <a href="/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86#Persian" title="کاهن">کَاهِن</a> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86" class="extiw" title="fa:کاهن">(fa)</a> (kāhin), <a href="/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B4#Persian" title="کشیش">کَشِیش</a> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B4" class="extiw" title="fa:کشیش">(fa)</a> (kašīš)</dd> <dd>Iranian Persian: <a href="/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86#Persian" title="کاهن">کاهِن</a> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86" class="extiw" title="fa:کاهن">(fa)</a> (kâhen), <a href="/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B4#Persian" title="کشیش">کَشیش</a> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B4" class="extiw" title="fa:کشیش">(fa)</a> (kašiš)</dd></dl></li> <li>Pijin: <a href="/wiki/minista#Pijin" title="minista">minista</a></li> <li>Plautdietsch: <a href="/wiki/Pr%C3%A4dja#Plautdietsch" title="Prädja">Prädja</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Polish: <a href="/wiki/ksi%C4%85dz#Polish" title="ksiądz">ksiądz</a> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/ksi%C4%85dz" class="extiw" title="pl:ksiądz">(pl)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/pastor#Polish" title="pastor">pastor</a> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/pastor" class="extiw" title="pl:pastor">(pl)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/duchowny#Polish" title="duchowny">duchowny</a> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/duchowny" class="extiw" title="pl:duchowny">(pl)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Portuguese: <a href="/wiki/pastor#Portuguese" title="pastor">pastor</a> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/pastor" class="extiw" title="pt:pastor">(pt)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Romanian: <a href="/wiki/pastor#Romanian" title="pastor">pastor</a> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/pastor" class="extiw" title="ro:pastor">(ro)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/preot#Romanian" title="preot">preot</a> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/preot" class="extiw" title="ro:preot">(ro)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Russian: <a href="/wiki/%D1%81%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA#Russian" title="священник">свяще́нник</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%81%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA" class="extiw" title="ru:священник">(ru)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (svjaščénnik)</li> <li>Scottish Gaelic: <a href="/wiki/ministear#Scottish_Gaelic" title="ministear">ministear</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <a href="/wiki/%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA#Serbo-Croatian" title="свештеник">свѐштенӣк</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%9B%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA#Serbo-Croatian" title="свећеник">свѐћенӣк</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA#Serbo-Croatian" title="духовник">духо̀внӣк</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></dd> <dd>Roman: <a href="/wiki/sve%C5%A1tenik#Serbo-Croatian" title="sveštenik">svèštenīk</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/sve%C5%A1tenik" class="extiw" title="sh:sveštenik">(sh)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/sve%C4%87enik#Serbo-Croatian" title="svećenik">svèćenīk</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/duhovnik#Serbo-Croatian" title="duhovnik">duhòvnīk</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/duhovnik" class="extiw" title="sh:duhovnik">(sh)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></dd></dl></li> <li>Slovak: <a href="/wiki/k%C5%88az#Slovak" title="kňaz">kňaz</a> <a href="https://sk.wiktionary.org/wiki/k%C5%88az" class="extiw" title="sk:kňaz">(sk)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/duchovn%C3%BD#Slovak" title="duchovný">duchovný</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Slovene: <a href="/wiki/duhovnik#Slovene" title="duhovnik">duhovnik</a> <a href="https://sl.wiktionary.org/wiki/duhovnik" class="extiw" title="sl:duhovnik">(sl)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Sotho: <a href="/wiki/moruti#Sotho" title="moruti">moruti</a></li> <li>Spanish: <a href="/wiki/ministro#Spanish" title="ministro">ministro</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/ministro" class="extiw" title="es:ministro">(es)</a></li> <li>Swedish: <a href="/wiki/pr%C3%A4st#Swedish" title="präst">präst</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/pr%C3%A4st" class="extiw" title="sv:präst">(sv)</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></li> <li>Tagalog: <a href="/wiki/kataluna#Tagalog" title="kataluna">kataluna</a>, <a href="/wiki/ministro#Tagalog" title="ministro">ministro</a> <a href="https://tl.wiktionary.org/wiki/ministro" class="extiw" title="tl:ministro">(tl)</a></li> <li>Thai: <a href="/wiki/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%87#Thai" title="บาทหลวง">บาทหลวง</a> <a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%87" class="extiw" title="th:บาทหลวง">(th)</a> (bàat-lǔuang)</li> <li>Tok Pisin: <a href="/wiki/minista#Tok_Pisin" title="minista">minista</a></li> <li>Turkmen: <a href="/w/index.php?title=ruhany&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ruhany (page does not exist)">ruhany</a></li> <li>Ukrainian: <a href="/wiki/%D1%81%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA#Ukrainian" title="священик">свяще́ник</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (svjaščényk)</li> <li>Urdu: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%85_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="خادم دین (page does not exist)">خادِمِ دِین</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (xādim-i dīn), <a href="/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C#Urdu" title="پادری">پادْری</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (pādrī), <a href="/w/index.php?title=%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%81%D9%86&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="کاہن (page does not exist)">کاہِن</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (kāhin)</li> <li>Uzbek: <a href="/w/index.php?title=ruhoniy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ruhoniy (page does not exist)">ruhoniy</a> <a href="https://uz.wiktionary.org/wiki/ruhoniy" class="extiw" title="uz:ruhoniy">(uz)</a></li> <li>Vietnamese: <a href="/wiki/m%E1%BB%A5c_s%C6%B0#Vietnamese" title="mục sư">mục sư</a> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/m%E1%BB%A5c_s%C6%B0" class="extiw" title="vi:mục sư">(vi)</a> (<a href="/wiki/%E7%89%A7%E5%B8%AB#Vietnamese" title="牧師">牧師</a>), <a href="/wiki/linh_m%E1%BB%A5c#Vietnamese" title="linh mục">linh mục</a> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/linh_m%E1%BB%A5c" class="extiw" title="vi:linh mục">(vi)</a> (<a href="/wiki/%E9%9D%88%E7%89%A7#Vietnamese" title="靈牧">靈牧</a>)</li> <li>Welsh: <a href="/wiki/gweinidog#Welsh" title="gweinidog">gweinidog</a> <a href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/gweinidog" class="extiw" title="cy:gweinidog">(cy)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-person_who_is_commissioned_to_perform_some_act_on_behalf_of_the_Catholic_Church"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">person who is commissioned to perform some act on behalf of the Catholic Church</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="person who is commissioned to perform some act on behalf of the Catholic Church"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Vietnamese: <a href="/wiki/th%E1%BB%ABa_t%C3%A1c_vi%C3%AAn#Vietnamese" title="thừa tác viên">thừa tác viên</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-politician_who_heads_a_ministry"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">politician who heads a ministry</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="politician who heads a ministry"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Afrikaans: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Afrikaans">minister</a> <a href="https://af.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" class="extiw" title="af:minister">(af)</a></li> <li>Albanian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=minist%C3%ABr&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministër (page does not exist)">ministër</a> <a href="https://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/minist%C3%ABr" class="extiw" title="sq:ministër">(sq)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/ministre#Albanian" title="ministre">ministre</a> <a href="https://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/ministre" class="extiw" title="sq:ministre">(sq)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Amharic: <a href="/wiki/%E1%88%9A%E1%8A%92%E1%88%B5%E1%89%B5%E1%88%AD#Amharic" title="ሚኒስትር">ሚኒስትር</a> (ministər)</li> <li>Arabic: <a href="/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1#Arabic" title="وزير">وَزِير</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (wazīr), <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="وزيرة (page does not exist)">وَزِيرَة</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (wazīra) <dl><dd>Egyptian Arabic: <a href="/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1#Egyptian_Arabic" title="وزير">وزير</a> (wazīr)</dd></dl></li> <li>Armenian: <a href="/wiki/%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D6%80#Armenian" title="նախարար">նախարար</a> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D6%80" class="extiw" title="hy:նախարար">(hy)</a> (naxarar)</li> <li>Assamese: <a href="/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%80#Assamese" title="মন্ত্ৰী">মন্ত্ৰী</a> (montri), <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%80%E0%A7%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="উজীৰ (page does not exist)">উজীৰ</a> (uzir), <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="মিনিষ্টাৰ (page does not exist)">মিনিষ্টাৰ</a> (ministar)</li> <li>Azerbaijani: <a href="/wiki/nazir#Azerbaijani" title="nazir">nazir</a> <a href="https://az.wiktionary.org/wiki/nazir" class="extiw" title="az:nazir">(az)</a>, <a href="/wiki/v%C9%99zir#Azerbaijani" title="vəzir">vəzir</a></li> <li>Bashkir: <a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80#Bashkir" title="министр">министр</a> (ministr)</li> <li>Basque: <a href="/wiki/ministro#Basque" title="ministro">ministro</a></li> <li>Belarusian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80#Belarusian" title="міністр">міні́стр</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (minístr), <a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80#Belarusian" title="міністар">міні́стар</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (minístar) (Taraškievica), <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BC%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="міністрка (page does not exist)">міні́стрка</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (minístrka), <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BC%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="міністарка (page does not exist)">міні́старка</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (minístarka)</li> <li>Bengali: <a href="/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80#Bengali" title="মন্ত্রী">মন্ত্রী</a> <a href="https://bn.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80" class="extiw" title="bn:মন্ত্রী">(bn)</a> (montri), <a href="/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0#Bengali" title="উজির">উজির</a> <a href="https://bn.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0" class="extiw" title="bn:উজির">(bn)</a> (ujir)</li> <li>Bole: <a href="/wiki/minista#Bole" title="minista">minista</a></li> <li>Bulgarian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80#Bulgarian" title="министър">мини́стър</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80" class="extiw" title="bg:министър">(bg)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (minístǎr), <a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0#Bulgarian" title="министърка">мини́стърка</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (minístǎrka)</li> <li>Burmese: <a href="/wiki/%E1%80%9D%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%80%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8#Burmese" title="ဝန်ကြီး">ဝန်ကြီး</a> <a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%80%9D%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%80%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8" class="extiw" title="my:ဝန်ကြီး">(my)</a> (wankri:)</li> <li>Catalan: <a href="/wiki/ministre#Catalan" title="ministre">ministre</a> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/ministre" class="extiw" title="ca:ministre">(ca)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Chichewa: <a href="/wiki/nduna#Chichewa" title="nduna">nduna</a></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Cantonese: <a href="/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E8%87%A3#Cantonese" title="大臣">大臣</a> (daai6 san4), <a href="/wiki/%E9%83%A8%E9%95%B7#Cantonese" title="部長">部長</a>／<a href="/wiki/%E9%83%A8%E9%95%BF#Cantonese" title="部长">部长</a> (bou6 zoeng2)</dd> <dd>Hakka: <a href="/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E8%87%A3#Hakka" title="大臣">大臣</a> (thai-sṳ̀n)</dd> <dd>Hokkien: <a href="/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E8%87%A3#Hokkien" title="大臣">大臣</a> (tāi-sîn)</dd> <dd>Mandarin: <a href="/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E8%87%A3#Mandarin" title="大臣">大臣</a> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E8%87%A3" class="extiw" title="zh:大臣">(zh)</a> (dàchén), <a href="/wiki/%E9%83%A8%E9%95%B7#Mandarin" title="部長">部長</a>／<a href="/wiki/%E9%83%A8%E9%95%BF#Mandarin" title="部长">部长</a> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%83%A8%E9%95%B7" class="extiw" title="zh:部長">(zh)</a> (bùzhǎng)</dd></dl></li> <li>Crimean Tatar: <a href="/wiki/nazir#Crimean_Tatar" title="nazir">nazir</a></li> <li>Czech: <a href="/wiki/ministr#Czech" title="ministr">ministr</a> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/ministr" class="extiw" title="cs:ministr">(cs)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/ministryn%C4%9B#Czech" title="ministryně">ministryně</a> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/ministryn%C4%9B" class="extiw" title="cs:ministryně">(cs)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Danish: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Danish">minister</a> <a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" class="extiw" title="da:minister">(da)</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></li> <li>Dhivehi: <a href="/wiki/%DE%88%DE%A6%DE%92%DE%A9%DE%83%DE%AA#Dhivehi" title="ވަޒީރު">ވަޒީރު</a> (vazīru)</li> <li>Dutch: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Dutch">minister</a> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" class="extiw" title="nl:minister">(nl)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Erzya: <a href="/wiki/%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80#Erzya" title="туростор">туростор</a> (turostor)</li> <li>Esperanto: <a href="/wiki/ministro#Esperanto" title="ministro">ministro</a> <a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/ministro" class="extiw" title="eo:ministro">(eo)</a></li> <li>Estonian: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Estonian">minister</a> <a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" class="extiw" title="et:minister">(et)</a></li> <li>Finnish: <a href="/wiki/ministeri#Finnish" title="ministeri">ministeri</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/ministeri" class="extiw" title="fi:ministeri">(fi)</a></li> <li>French: <a href="/wiki/ministre#French" title="ministre">ministre</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/ministre" class="extiw" title="fr:ministre">(fr)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Galician: <a href="/wiki/ministro#Galician" title="ministro">ministro</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Georgian: <a href="/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98#Georgian" title="მინისტრი">მინისტრი</a> <a href="https://ka.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" class="extiw" title="ka:მინისტრი">(ka)</a> (minisṭri)</li> <li>German: <a href="/wiki/Minister#German" title="Minister">Minister</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Minister" class="extiw" title="de:Minister">(de)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, (female) <a href="/wiki/Ministerin#German" title="Ministerin">Ministerin</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ministerin" class="extiw" title="de:Ministerin">(de)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Greek: <a href="/wiki/%CF%85%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B3%CF%8C%CF%82#Greek" title="υπουργός">υπουργός</a> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%85%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B3%CF%8C%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:υπουργός">(el)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (ypourgós) <dl><dd>Ancient: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%BD%91%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B3%CF%8C%CF%82&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ὑπουργός (page does not exist)">ὑπουργός</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (hupourgós)</dd></dl></li> <li>Gujarati: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%A4%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%80&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="મંત્રી (page does not exist)">મંત્રી</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (mantrī)</li> <li>Hausa: <a href="/wiki/minista#Hausa" title="minista">minista</a> <a href="https://ha.wiktionary.org/wiki/minista" class="extiw" title="ha:minista">(ha)</a></li> <li>Hebrew: <a href="/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%A8#Hebrew" title="שר">שַׂר</a> <a href="https://he.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%A8" class="extiw" title="he:שר">(he)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (sar), <a href="/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%94#Hebrew" title="שרה">שָׂרָה</a> <a href="https://he.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%94" class="extiw" title="he:שרה">(he)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (sará)</li> <li>Hindi: <a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0#Hindi" title="वज़ीर">वज़ीर</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (vazīr), <a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80#Hindi" title="मंत्री">मंत्री</a> <a href="https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80" class="extiw" title="hi:मंत्री">(hi)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (mantrī)</li> <li>Hungarian: <a href="/wiki/miniszter#Hungarian" title="miniszter">miniszter</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/miniszter" class="extiw" title="hu:miniszter">(hu)</a></li> <li>Iban: <a href="/wiki/menteri#Iban" title="menteri">menteri</a></li> <li>Icelandic: <a href="/wiki/r%C3%A1%C3%B0herra#Icelandic" title="ráðherra">ráðherra</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Indonesian: <a href="/wiki/menteri#Indonesian" title="menteri">menteri</a> <a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/menteri" class="extiw" title="id:menteri">(id)</a></li> <li>Japanese: <a href="/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E8%87%A3#Japanese" title="大臣">大臣</a> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E8%87%A3" class="extiw" title="ja:大臣">(ja)</a> (だいじん, daijin), <a href="/wiki/%E9%95%B7%E5%AE%98#Japanese" title="長官">長官</a> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%95%B7%E5%AE%98" class="extiw" title="ja:長官">(ja)</a> (ちょうかん, chōkan)</li> <li>Javanese: <a href="/wiki/mantri#Javanese" title="mantri">mantri</a> <a href="https://jv.wiktionary.org/wiki/mantri" class="extiw" title="jv:mantri">(jv)</a></li> <li>Kannada: <a href="/wiki/%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF#Kannada" title="ಮಂತ್ರಿ">ಮಂತ್ರಿ</a> <a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF" class="extiw" title="kn:ಮಂತ್ರಿ">(kn)</a> (mantri)</li> <li>Kazakh: <a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80#Kazakh" title="министр">министр</a> (ministr), <a href="/wiki/%D1%83%D3%99%D0%B7%D1%96%D1%80#Kazakh" title="уәзір">уәзір</a> (uäzır)</li> <li>Khmer: <a href="/wiki/%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%8A%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%8B%E1%9E%98%E1%9E%93%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%8F%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%B8#Khmer" title="រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី">រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី</a> <a href="https://km.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%8A%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%8B%E1%9E%98%E1%9E%93%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%8F%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%B8" class="extiw" title="km:រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី">(km)</a> (rŏət mŭəntrəy), <a href="/wiki/%E1%9E%98%E1%9E%93%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%8F%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%B8#Khmer" title="មន្ត្រី">មន្ត្រី</a> <a href="https://km.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%9E%98%E1%9E%93%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%8F%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%B8" class="extiw" title="km:មន្ត្រី">(km)</a> (mŭəntrəy)</li> <li>Korean: <a href="/wiki/%EB%8C%80%EC%8B%A0#Korean" title="대신">대신(大臣)</a> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EB%8C%80%EC%8B%A0" class="extiw" title="ko:대신">(ko)</a> (daesin), <a href="/wiki/%EC%9E%A5%EA%B4%80#Korean" title="장관">장관(長官)</a> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EC%9E%A5%EA%B4%80" class="extiw" title="ko:장관">(ko)</a> (janggwan)</li> <li>Kurdish: <dl><dd>Northern Kurdish: <a href="/wiki/wez%C3%AEr#Northern_Kurdish" title="wezîr">wezîr</a> <a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/wez%C3%AEr" class="extiw" title="ku:wezîr">(ku)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Falyar#Northern_Kurdish" title="şalyar">şalyar</a> <a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%9Falyar" class="extiw" title="ku:şalyar">(ku)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></dd></dl></li> <li>Kyrgyz: <a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80#Kyrgyz" title="министр">министр</a> <a href="https://ky.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80" class="extiw" title="ky:министр">(ky)</a> (ministr), <a href="/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%80#Kyrgyz" title="вазир">вазир</a> <a href="https://ky.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%80" class="extiw" title="ky:вазир">(ky)</a> (vazir)</li> <li>Ladino: <a href="/wiki/bakan#Ladino" title="bakan">bakan</a>, <a href="/wiki/ag%C3%A1#Ladino" title="agá">agá</a>, <a href="/wiki/vezir#Ladino" title="vezir">vezir</a></li> <li>Lao: <a href="/wiki/%E0%BA%A5%E0%BA%B1%E0%BA%94%E0%BA%96%E0%BA%B0%E0%BA%A1%E0%BA%BB%E0%BA%99%E0%BA%95%E0%BA%B5#Lao" title="ລັດຖະມົນຕີ">ລັດຖະມົນຕີ</a> (lat tha mon tī)</li> <li>Latvian: <a href="/wiki/ministrs#Latvian" title="ministrs">ministrs</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/ministre#Latvian" title="ministre">ministre</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Lithuanian: <a href="/wiki/ministras#Lithuanian" title="ministras">ministras</a> <a href="https://lt.wiktionary.org/wiki/ministras" class="extiw" title="lt:ministras">(lt)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/ministr%C4%97#Lithuanian" title="ministrė">ministrė</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Macedonian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80#Macedonian" title="министер">министер</a> <a href="https://mk.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80" class="extiw" title="mk:министер">(mk)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (minister), <a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0#Macedonian" title="министерка">министерка</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (ministerka)</li> <li>Malay: <a href="/wiki/menteri#Malay" title="menteri">menteri</a> <a href="https://ms.wiktionary.org/wiki/menteri" class="extiw" title="ms:menteri">(ms)</a></li> <li>Malayalam: <a href="/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF#Malayalam" title="മന്ത്രി">മന്ത്രി</a> <a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF" class="extiw" title="ml:മന്ത്രി">(ml)</a> (mantri)</li> <li>Maori: <a href="/wiki/minita#Maori" title="minita">minita</a></li> <li>Marathi: <a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80#Marathi" title="मंत्री">मंत्री</a> <a href="https://mr.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80" class="extiw" title="mr:मंत्री">(mr)</a> (mantrī)</li> <li>Mongolian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <a href="/wiki/%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4#Mongolian" title="сайд">сайд</a> <a href="https://mn.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4" class="extiw" title="mn:сайд">(mn)</a> (sajd)</dd> <dd>Mongolian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%A0%B0%E1%A0%A0%E1%A0%B6%E1%A0%A2%E1%A0%B3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ᠰᠠᠶᠢᠳ (page does not exist)">ᠰᠠᠶᠢᠳ</a> (sayid)</dd></dl></li> <li>Nepali: <a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80#Nepali" title="मन्त्री">मन्त्री</a> <a href="https://ne.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80" class="extiw" title="ne:मन्त्री">(ne)</a> (mantrī)</li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Norwegian_Bokmål">minister</a> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" class="extiw" title="no:minister">(no)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></dd> <dd>Nynorsk: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Norwegian_Nynorsk">minister</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></dd></dl></li> <li>Occitan: <a href="/wiki/ministre#Occitan" title="ministre">ministre</a> <a href="https://oc.wiktionary.org/wiki/ministre" class="extiw" title="oc:ministre">(oc)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Odia: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%AC%AE%E0%AC%A8%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%A4%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%B0%E0%AD%80&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ (page does not exist)">ମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ</a> <a href="https://or.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AE%E0%AC%A8%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%A4%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%B0%E0%AD%80" class="extiw" title="or:ମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ">(or)</a> (mantri)</li> <li>Old English: <a href="/wiki/%C3%BEegen#Old_English" title="þegen">þeġen</a></li> <li>Pashto: <a href="/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1#Pashto" title="وزير">وزير</a> <a href="https://ps.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1" class="extiw" title="ps:وزير">(ps)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (wazīr)</li> <li>Persian: <dl><dd>Dari: <a href="/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1#Persian" title="وزیر">وَزِیر</a> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1" class="extiw" title="fa:وزیر">(fa)</a> (wazīr)</dd> <dd>Iranian Persian: <a href="/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1#Persian" title="وزیر">وَزیر</a> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1" class="extiw" title="fa:وزیر">(fa)</a> (vazir)</dd></dl></li> <li>Polish: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Polish">minister</a> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" class="extiw" title="pl:minister">(pl)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Portuguese: <a href="/wiki/ministro#Portuguese" title="ministro">ministro</a> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/ministro" class="extiw" title="pt:ministro">(pt)</a></li> <li>Romanian: <a href="/wiki/ministru#Romanian" title="ministru">ministru</a> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/ministru" class="extiw" title="ro:ministru">(ro)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/ministr%C4%83#Romanian" title="ministră">ministră</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Russian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80#Russian" title="министр">мини́стр</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80" class="extiw" title="ru:министр">(ru)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (minístr) (male or female)</li> <li>Sanskrit: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="मन्त्रि (page does not exist)">मन्त्रि</a> <a href="https://sa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF" class="extiw" title="sa:मन्त्रि">(sa)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (mantri), <a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D#Sanskrit" title="मन्त्रिन्">मन्त्रिन्</a> <a href="https://sa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D" class="extiw" title="sa:मन्त्रिन्">(sa)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (mantrin)</li> <li>Scottish Gaelic: <a href="/wiki/ministear#Scottish_Gaelic" title="ministear">ministear</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80#Serbo-Croatian" title="министар">мѝнистар</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="министрица (page does not exist)">мѝнистрица</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="министарка (page does not exist)">мѝниста̄рка</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></dd> <dd>Roman: <a href="/wiki/ministar#Serbo-Croatian" title="ministar">mìnistar</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/ministar" class="extiw" title="sh:ministar">(sh)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/ministrica#Serbo-Croatian" title="ministrica">mìnistrica</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/ministrica" class="extiw" title="sh:ministrica">(sh)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=ministarka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministarka (page does not exist)">mìnistārka</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/ministarka" class="extiw" title="sh:ministarka">(sh)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></dd></dl></li> <li>Slovak: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Slovak">minister</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=ministry%C5%88a&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministryňa (page does not exist)">ministryňa</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Slovene: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Slovene">minister</a> <a href="https://sl.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" class="extiw" title="sl:minister">(sl)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/ministrica#Slovene" title="ministrica">ministrica</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Sotho: <a href="/wiki/tona#Sotho" title="tona">tona</a> <a href="https://st.wiktionary.org/wiki/tona" class="extiw" title="st:tona">(st)</a></li> <li>Spanish: <a href="/wiki/ministro#Spanish" title="ministro">ministro</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/ministro" class="extiw" title="es:ministro">(es)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Swahili: <a href="/wiki/waziri#Swahili" title="waziri">waziri</a> <a href="https://sw.wiktionary.org/wiki/waziri" class="extiw" title="sw:waziri">(sw)</a></li> <li>Swedish: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Swedish">minister</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" class="extiw" title="sv:minister">(sv)</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></li> <li>Tajik: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%80#Tajik" title="вазир">вазир</a> (vazir)</li> <li>Tamil: <a href="/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D#Tamil" title="அமைச்சர்">அமைச்சர்</a> <a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D" class="extiw" title="ta:அமைச்சர்">(ta)</a> (amaiccar), <a href="/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF#Tamil" title="மந்திரி">மந்திரி</a> <a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF" class="extiw" title="ta:மந்திரி">(ta)</a> (mantiri) (dated)</li> <li>Tatar: <a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80#Tatar" title="министр">министр</a> (ministr), <a href="/wiki/%D0%B2%D3%99%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%80#Tatar" title="вәзир">вәзир</a> <a href="https://tt.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B2%D3%99%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%80" class="extiw" title="tt:вәзир">(tt)</a> (wäzir)</li> <li>Telugu: <a href="/wiki/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF#Telugu" title="మంత్రి">మంత్రి</a> <a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF" class="extiw" title="te:మంత్రి">(te)</a> (mantri)</li> <li>Thai: <a href="/wiki/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%90%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5#Thai" title="รัฐมนตรี">รัฐมนตรี</a> <a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%90%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5" class="extiw" title="th:รัฐมนตรี">(th)</a> (rát-tà-mon-dtrii)</li> <li>Tibetan: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%BD%96%E0%BE%B3%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%94%E0%BD%BC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="བློན་པོ (page does not exist)">བློན་པོ</a> (blon po)</li> <li>Tocharian B: <a href="/wiki/%C4%81ma%C5%9B#Tocharian_B" title="āmaś">āmaś</a></li> <li>Tumbuka: <a href="/wiki/nduna#Tumbuka" title="nduna">nduna</a></li> <li>Turkish: <a href="/wiki/bakan#Turkish" title="bakan">bakan</a> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/bakan" class="extiw" title="tr:bakan">(tr)</a>, <a href="/wiki/vezir#Turkish" title="vezir">vezir</a> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/vezir" class="extiw" title="tr:vezir">(tr)</a></li> <li>Turkmen: <a href="/wiki/ministr#Turkmen" title="ministr">ministr</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=wezir&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="wezir (page does not exist)">wezir</a></li> <li>Ukrainian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80#Ukrainian" title="міністр">міні́стр</a> <a href="https://uk.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80" class="extiw" title="uk:міністр">(uk)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (minístr), <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BC%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="міністрка (page does not exist)">міні́стрка</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (minístrka)</li> <li>Urdu: <a href="/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1#Urdu" title="وزیر">وَزِیر</a> <a href="https://ur.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1" class="extiw" title="ur:وزیر">(ur)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (vazīr)</li> <li>Uyghur: <a href="/wiki/%DB%8B%DB%95%D8%B2%D9%89%D8%B1#Uyghur" title="ۋەزىر">ۋەزىر</a> (wezir)</li> <li>Uzbek: <a href="/wiki/vazir#Uzbek" title="vazir">vazir</a> <a href="https://uz.wiktionary.org/wiki/vazir" class="extiw" title="uz:vazir">(uz)</a>, <a href="/wiki/ministr#Uzbek" title="ministr">ministr</a> <a href="https://uz.wiktionary.org/wiki/ministr" class="extiw" title="uz:ministr">(uz)</a></li> <li>Vietnamese: <a href="/wiki/b%E1%BB%99_tr%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Fng#Vietnamese" title="bộ trưởng">bộ trưởng</a> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/b%E1%BB%99_tr%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Fng" class="extiw" title="vi:bộ trưởng">(vi)</a> (部長), <a href="/w/index.php?title=t%E1%BB%95ng_tr%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Fng&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tổng trưởng (page does not exist)">tổng trưởng</a> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/t%E1%BB%95ng_tr%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Fng" class="extiw" title="vi:tổng trưởng">(vi)</a> (總長), <a href="/wiki/%C4%91%E1%BA%A1i_th%E1%BA%A7n#Vietnamese" title="đại thần">đại thần</a> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%91%E1%BA%A1i_th%E1%BA%A7n" class="extiw" title="vi:đại thần">(vi)</a> (大臣)</li> <li>Volapük: <a href="/w/index.php?title=ninisteran&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ninisteran (page does not exist)">ninisteran</a></li> <li>Welsh: <a href="/wiki/gweinidog#Welsh" title="gweinidog">gweinidog</a> <a href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/gweinidog" class="extiw" title="cy:gweinidog">(cy)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Yiddish: <a href="/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A2%D7%A8#Yiddish" title="מיניסטער">מיניסטער</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (minister)</li> <li>Zazaki: <a href="/w/index.php?title=wez%C4%B1r&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="wezır (page does not exist)">wezır</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=weyner&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="weyner (page does not exist)">weyner</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-someone_who_serves_others"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">someone who serves others</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="someone who serves others"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Afrikaans: <a href="/wiki/dienaar#Afrikaans" title="dienaar">dienaar</a></li> <li>Dutch: <a href="/wiki/dienaar#Dutch" title="dienaar">dienaar</a> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/dienaar" class="extiw" title="nl:dienaar">(nl)</a></li> <li>Finnish: <a href="/wiki/palvelija#Finnish" title="palvelija">palvelija</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/palvelija" class="extiw" title="fi:palvelija">(fi)</a></li> <li>Gothic: <a href="/wiki/%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8C%BD%F0%90%8C%B3%F0%90%8C%B1%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8C%B7%F0%90%8D%84%F0%90%8D%83#Gothic" title="𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃">𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (<a href="/wiki/andbahts#Gothic" title="andbahts">andbahts</a>)</li> <li>Russian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C#Russian" title="исполнитель">исполни́тель</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:исполнитель">(ru)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (ispolnítelʹ)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="checktrans"> <dl><dd>The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Entry_layout#Translations" title="Wiktionary:Entry layout">Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations</a>.</dd></dl> </div> <div class="NavFrame"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">Translations to be checked</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="Translations to be checked"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Interlingua: (please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>) <a href="/wiki/ministro#Interlingua" title="ministro">ministro</a> <a href="https://ia.wiktionary.org/wiki/ministro" class="extiw" title="ia:ministro">(ia)</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="See_also">See also</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/cleric#English" title="cleric">cleric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/father#English" title="father">father</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/parson#English" title="parson">parson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/pastor#English" title="pastor">pastor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/priest#English" title="priest">priest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/vicar#English" title="vicar">vicar</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Etymology 2">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#inherited" title="Appendix:Glossary">Inherited</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a> <a href="/wiki/mynystren#Middle_English" title="mynystren">mynystren</a>, from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_French" class="extiw" title="w:Middle French">Middle French</a> <a href="/wiki/ministrer#Middle_French" title="ministrer">ministrer</a>, from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=menistrer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="menistrer (page does not exist)">menistrer</a>, <a href="/wiki/ministrer#Old_French" title="ministrer">ministrer</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a> <a href="/wiki/ministro#Latin" title="ministro">ministrō</a>, from <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Latin">minister</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verb">Verb</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Verb">edit</a>]</div> minister (third-person singular simple present <a href="/wiki/ministers#English" title="ministers">ministers</a>, present participle <a href="/wiki/ministering#English" title="ministering">ministering</a>, simple past and past participle <a href="/wiki/ministered#English" title="ministered">ministered</a>) <ol><li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a>) To <a href="/wiki/attend" title="attend">attend</a> to (the needs of); to <a href="/wiki/tend" title="tend">tend</a>; to <a href="/wiki/take_care" title="take care">take care</a> (of); to give <a href="/wiki/aid" title="aid">aid</a>; to give <a href="/wiki/service" title="service">service</a>.</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">intransitive</a>) To <a href="/wiki/function" title="function">function</a> as a <a href="/wiki/clergyman" title="clergyman">clergyman</a> or as the <a href="/wiki/officiant" title="officiant">officiant</a> in church <a href="/wiki/worship" title="worship">worship</a>.</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a>, <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#archaic" title="Appendix:Glossary">archaic</a>) To <a href="/wiki/afford" title="afford">afford</a>, to <a href="/wiki/give" title="give">give</a>, to <a href="/wiki/supply" title="supply">supply</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">1610–1611 (date written), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare" class="extiw" title="w:William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tempest" class="extiw" title="w:The Tempest">The Tempest</a>”, in <cite>Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […]</cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Folio" class="extiw" title="w:First Folio">First Folio</a>), London: […] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jaggard" class="extiw" title="w:William Jaggard">Isaac Iaggard</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Blount" class="extiw" title="w:Edward Blount">Ed[ward] Blount</a>, published 1623, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/606515358">→OCLC</a>, [Act II, scene i], <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/mrvvilliamshakes00shak/page/n30/mode/1up">page 7</a>, column 2:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">I do vvell beleeue your Highneſſe, and did it to miniſter occaſion to theſe Gentlemen, […]<dl><dd>(to give opportunity to these gentlemen)</dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole">1611, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible" class="extiw" title="w:Bible">The Holy Bible, [<span title="Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New. Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: & with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Reuised, by His Maiesties Speciall Comandement. Appointed to be Read in Churches.">…]</a></cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version" class="extiw" title="w:King James Version">King James Version</a>), London: […] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Barker_(printer)" class="extiw" title="w:Robert Barker (printer)">Robert Barker</a>, […], <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/964384981">→OCLC</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Epistle_to_the_Corinthians" class="extiw" title="w:Second Epistle to the Corinthians">2 Corinthians</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/Bible1611/page/n1421/mode/1up">9:10</a>, column 2:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">( […] Now he that miniſtreth ſeede to the ſower, both miniſter bread for your foode, and multiply your ſeede ſowen, and encreaſe the fruites of your righteouſneſſe)</div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole">1651–1653, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Taylor" class="extiw" title="w:Jeremy Taylor">Jer[emy] Taylor</a>, <cite><a href="/wiki/%E1%BC%90%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%84%CF%8C%CF%82#Ancient_Greek" title="ἐνιαυτός">ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ</a> [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. [<span title="Fitted to the Great Necessities, and for the Supplying the Wants of Preaching in Many Parts of this Nation. Together with a Discourse of the Divine Institution, Necessity, Sacredness, and Separation of the Office Ministerial. By Jer. Taylor D.D. The Second Edition Corrected.">…]</cite>, 2nd edition, London: […] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Royston" class="extiw" title="w:Richard Royston">Richard Royston</a> […], published 1655, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1051524189">→OCLC</a>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">We minister to God reason to suspect us.</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations_2">Translations</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Translations">edit</a>]</div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_attend_to;_to_tend"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to attend to; to tend</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to attend to; to tend"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <a href="/wiki/%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B0#Bulgarian" title="служа">служа</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="bg:служа">(bg)</a> (služa)</li> <li>German: sich <a href="/wiki/k%C3%BCmmern#German" title="kümmern">kümmern</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/k%C3%BCmmern" class="extiw" title="de:kümmern">(de)</a>, <a href="/wiki/sorgen#German" title="sorgen">sorgen</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/sorgen" class="extiw" title="de:sorgen">(de)</a></li> <li>Russian: <a href="/wiki/%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="служить">служи́ть</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:служить">(ru)</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr> (služítʹ), <a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="помогать">помога́ть</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:помогать">(ru)</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr> (pomogátʹ)</li> <li>Spanish: <a href="/wiki/ministrar#Spanish" title="ministrar">ministrar</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/ministrar" class="extiw" title="es:ministrar">(es)</a></li> <li>Swedish: <a href="/wiki/v%C3%A5rda#Swedish" title="vårda">vårda</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/v%C3%A5rda" class="extiw" title="sv:vårda">(sv)</a>, <a href="/wiki/ta_hand_om#Swedish" title="ta hand om">ta hand om</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/ta_hand_om" class="extiw" title="sv:ta hand om">(sv)</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Further reading">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.websters1913.com/words/Minister">minister</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Dictionary#Webster's_New_International_Dictionary_1909" class="extiw" title="w:Webster's Dictionary">Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary</a></cite>, Springfield, Mass.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merriam-Webster" class="extiw" title="w:Merriam-Webster">G. & C. Merriam</a>, 1913, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/800618302">→OCLC</a>.</li> <li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://triggs.djvu.org/century-dictionary.com/nph-chw.php?query=minister&type=dicts">minister</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Century Dictionary">The Century Dictionary […]</a></cite>, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_Company" class="extiw" title="w:The Century Company">The Century Co.</a>, 1911, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/867766587">→OCLC</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Anagrams">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tenriism#English" title="Tenriism">Tenriism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terminis#English" title="Terminis">Terminis</a>, <a href="/wiki/interims#English" title="interims">interims</a>, <a href="/wiki/ministre#English" title="ministre">ministre</a>, <a href="/wiki/smirnite#English" title="smirnite">smirnite</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Danish">Danish</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Danish">edit</a>]</div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">Danish <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/da:minister" class="extiw" title="w:da:minister">minister</a></div></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/da:minister" class="extiw" title="w:da:minister">Wikipedia da</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Etymology">edit</a>]</div> From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a> <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Latin">minister</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_2">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> minister <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr> (definite singular <a href="/wiki/ministeren#Danish" title="ministeren">ministeren</a>, indefinite plural <a href="/wiki/ministre#Danish" title="ministre">ministre</a>, definite plural <a href="/wiki/ministrene#Danish" title="ministrene">ministrene</a>) <ol><li>(<a href="/wiki/government" title="government">government</a>) <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English:_government">minister</a> (a politician who heads a <a href="/wiki/ministry" title="ministry">ministry</a>)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Descendants_2">Descendants</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Descendants">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>→ Greenlandic: <a href="/wiki/ministeri#Greenlandic" title="ministeri">ministeri</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading_2">Further reading</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Further reading">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=minister">minister</a>” in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/da:Den_Danske_Ordbog" class="extiw" title="w:da:Den Danske Ordbog">Den Danske Ordbog</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dutch">Dutch</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Dutch">edit</a>]</div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">Dutch <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nl:minister" class="extiw" title="w:nl:minister">minister</a></div></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nl:minister" class="extiw" title="w:nl:minister">Wikipedia nl</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Pronunciation">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio:</td><td class="audiofile"><audio id="mwe_player_2" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="Nl-minister.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Nl-minister.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/79/Nl-minister.ogg/Nl-minister.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:Nl-minister.ogg" title="File:Nl-minister.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Dutch_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Dutch pronunciation">key</a>): /miˈnɪstər/</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1_2">Etymology 1</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Etymology 1">edit</a>]</div> Borrowed from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" class="extiw" title="w:French language">French</a> <a href="/wiki/ministre#French" title="ministre">ministre</a>. Used in political contexts since the 16th century. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_3">Noun</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> minister <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (plural <a href="/wiki/ministers#Dutch" title="ministers">ministers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#diminutive" title="Appendix:Glossary">diminutive</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=ministertje&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministertje (page does not exist)">ministertje</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr>) <ol><li>(<a href="/wiki/government" title="government">government</a>) <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English:_government">minister</a> (a politician who heads a <a href="/wiki/ministry" title="ministry">ministry</a>)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2_2">Etymology 2</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Etymology 2">edit</a>]</div> From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a> <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Latin">minister</a>. Used in this sense since at least 1269. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_4">Noun</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> minister <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (plural <a href="/wiki/ministers#Dutch" title="ministers">ministers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#diminutive" title="Appendix:Glossary">diminutive</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=ministertje&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministertje (page does not exist)">ministertje</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr>) <ol><li>(<a href="/wiki/religion" title="religion">religion</a>) a servant of a <a href="/wiki/monastery" title="monastery">monastery</a>, or assistant of a priest</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Descendants_3">Descendants</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Descendants">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>→ Papiamentu: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Papiamentu">minister</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>→ Saramaccan: <a href="/w/index.php?title=min%C3%ADs%C3%ADti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="minísíti (page does not exist)">minísíti</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="References">References</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/minister">"minister" at etymologiebank.nl</a></li> <li>Woordenboek der Nederlandsche taal door M. de Vries & L.A. te Winkel. 43 banden. 's-Gravenhage, Nijhoff, 1864-2001</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Estonian">Estonian</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Estonian">edit</a>]</div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">Estonian <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/et:minister" class="extiw" title="w:et:minister">minister</a></div></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/et:minister" class="extiw" title="w:et:minister">Wikipedia et</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_3">Pronunciation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Pronunciation">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Estonian phonology">key</a>): /minˈister/</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r82267123"><div class="noprint request-box"> <table> <tbody><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Headset_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Headset_icon.svg/20px-Headset_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Headset_icon.svg/30px-Headset_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Headset_icon.svg/40px-Headset_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="119" data-file-height="136" /></a> </td> <td>This entry needs an <a href="/wiki/Category:Requests_for_audio_pronunciation_in_Estonian_entries" title="Category:Requests for audio pronunciation in Estonian entries">audio pronunciation</a>. 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The recorded pronunciation <a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lingua_Libre_pronunciation-est?from=minister">will appear here</a> when it's ready. </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_5">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> minister (genitive <a href="/wiki/ministri#Estonian" title="ministri">ministri</a>, partitive <a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrit (page does not exist)">ministrit</a>) <ol><li>(<a href="/wiki/government" title="government">government</a>) <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English:_government">minister</a> (a politician who heads a <a href="/wiki/ministry" title="ministry">ministry</a>)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Declension">Declension</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Declension">edit</a>]</div> <table class="inflection-table vsSwitcher" data-toggle-category="declension" style="border: solid 1px var(--wikt-palette-blue-2,#ccccff); text-align:left;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"> <tbody><tr> <th class="vsToggleElement" colspan="4" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-2,#ccccff);">Declension of minister (ÕS type <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Estonian_nominal_inflection#õpik" class="mw-redirect" title="Appendix:Estonian nominal inflection">2/õpik</a>, no gradation) </th></tr> <tr class="vsHide"> <th style="min-width: 11em; background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-2,#ccccff);" colspan="2"> </th> <th style="min-width: 10em; background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-2,#ccccff);">singular </th> <th style="min-width: 10em; background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-2,#ccccff);">plural </th></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-0,#f2ffff)"> <th colspan="2" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-2,#ccccff);">nominative </th> <td rowspan="2">minister </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrid (page does not exist)">ministrid</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-0,#f2ffff)"> <th rowspan="2" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-2,#ccccff);">accusative </th> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-1,#e0ffe0);">nom. </th></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-0,#f2ffff)"> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-1,#e0ffe0);">gen. </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/ministri#Estonian" title="ministri">ministri</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-0,#f2ffff)"> <th colspan="2" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-2,#ccccff);">genitive </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrite&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrite (page does not exist)">ministrite</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-0,#f2ffff)"> <th colspan="2" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-2,#ccccff);">partitive </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrit (page does not exist)">ministrit</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministreid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministreid (page does not exist)">ministreid</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-0,#f2ffff)"> <th colspan="2" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-2,#ccccff);">illative </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrisse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrisse (page does not exist)">ministrisse</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministritesse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministritesse (page does not exist)">ministritesse</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=ministreisse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministreisse (page does not exist)">ministreisse</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-0,#f2ffff)"> <th colspan="2" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-2,#ccccff);">inessive </th> <td><a href="/wiki/ministris#Estonian" title="ministris">ministris</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrites&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrites (page does not exist)">ministrites</a> <a href="/wiki/ministreis#Estonian" title="ministreis">ministreis</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-0,#f2ffff)"> <th colspan="2" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-2,#ccccff);">elative </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrist&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrist (page does not exist)">ministrist</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministritest&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministritest (page does not exist)">ministritest</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=ministreist&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministreist (page does not exist)">ministreist</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-0,#f2ffff)"> <th colspan="2" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-2,#ccccff);">allative </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrile&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrile (page does not exist)">ministrile</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministritele&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministritele (page does not exist)">ministritele</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=ministreile&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministreile (page does not exist)">ministreile</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-0,#f2ffff)"> <th colspan="2" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-2,#ccccff);">adessive </th> <td><a href="/wiki/ministril#Estonian" title="ministril">ministril</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministritel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministritel (page does not exist)">ministritel</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=ministreil&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministreil (page does not exist)">ministreil</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-0,#f2ffff)"> <th colspan="2" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-2,#ccccff);">ablative </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrilt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrilt (page does not exist)">ministrilt</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministritelt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministritelt (page does not exist)">ministritelt</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=ministreilt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministreilt (page does not exist)">ministreilt</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-0,#f2ffff)"> <th colspan="2" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-2,#ccccff);">translative </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministriks&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministriks (page does not exist)">ministriks</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministriteks&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministriteks (page does not exist)">ministriteks</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=ministreiks&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministreiks (page does not exist)">ministreiks</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-0,#f2ffff)"> <th colspan="2" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-2,#ccccff);">terminative </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrini&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrini (page does not exist)">ministrini</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministriteni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministriteni (page does not exist)">ministriteni</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-0,#f2ffff)"> <th colspan="2" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-2,#ccccff);">essive </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrina (page does not exist)">ministrina</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministritena&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministritena (page does not exist)">ministritena</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-0,#f2ffff)"> <th colspan="2" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-2,#ccccff);">abessive </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrita&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrita (page does not exist)">ministrita</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministriteta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministriteta (page does not exist)">ministriteta</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-0,#f2ffff)"> <th colspan="2" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-blue-2,#ccccff);">comitative </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministriga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministriga (page does not exist)">ministriga</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministritega&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministritega (page does not exist)">ministritega</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_2">Derived terms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Derived terms">edit</a>]</div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=justiitsminister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="justiitsminister (page does not exist)">justiitsminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/kaitseminister#Estonian" title="kaitseminister">kaitseminister</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=keskkonnaminister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="keskkonnaminister (page does not exist)">keskkonnaminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/peaminister#Estonian" title="peaminister">peaminister</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=tervishoiuminister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tervishoiuminister (page does not exist)">tervishoiuminister</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=v%C3%A4lisminister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="välisminister (page does not exist)">välisminister</a></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading_3">Further reading</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Further reading">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.eki.ee/dict/ekss/index.cgi?Q=minister">minister</a>”, in <cite>[EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat</cite> [<cite>Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language</cite>] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009</li> <li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.eki.ee/dict/qs/index.cgi?Q=minister">minister</a>”, in <cite>[ÕS] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/et:Eesti_%C3%B5igekeelsuss%C3%B5naraamat" class="extiw" title="w:et:Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat">Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018</a></cite> [<cite>Estonian Spelling Dictionary</cite>] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-9949-604-73-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-9949-604-73-9">→ISBN</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sonaveeb.ee/search/unif/dlall/dsall/minister">minister</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/et:S%C3%B5naveeb" class="extiw" title="w:et:Sõnaveeb">Sõnaveeb</a> (Eesti Keele Instituut)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Inari_Sami">Inari Sami</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Inari Sami">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3">Etymology</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Etymology">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r82267123">(This <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Etymology" title="Wiktionary:Etymology">etymology</a> is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Etymology_scriptorium" title="Wiktionary:Etymology scriptorium">Etymology scriptorium</a>.) <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_6">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> minister <ol><li>(<a href="/wiki/government" title="government">government</a>) <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English:_government">minister</a> (a politician who heads a <a href="/wiki/ministry" title="ministry">ministry</a>)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Inflection">Inflection</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Inflection">edit</a>]</div> <table class="inflection-table vsSwitcher" data-toggle-category="inflection" style="border: solid 1px #CCCCFF;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"> <tbody><tr style="background: #E2F6E2; text-align: left;"> <th class="vsToggleElement" colspan="3">Odd inflection </th></tr> <tr class="vsHide"> <th style="width: 10em; background:#c0e4c0"> </th> <th style="width: 15em; background:#c0e4c0">singular </th> <th style="width: 15em; background:#c0e4c0">plural </th></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background: #F2F2FF;"> <th style="background: #E2F6E2;">Nominative </th> <td>minister </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministereh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministereh (page does not exist)">ministereh</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background: #F2F2FF;"> <th style="background: #E2F6E2;">Accusative </th> <td>minister </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministerijd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministerijd (page does not exist)">ministerijd</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background: #F2F2FF;"> <th style="background: #E2F6E2;">Genitive </th> <td>minister </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministerij&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministerij (page does not exist)">ministerij</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background: #F2F2FF;"> <th style="background: #E2F6E2;">Illative </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=minister%C3%A2n&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministerân (page does not exist)">ministerân</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=minister%C3%A1id&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministeráid (page does not exist)">ministeráid</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background: #F2F2FF;"> <th style="background: #E2F6E2;">Locative </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministerist&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministerist (page does not exist)">ministerist</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministerijn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministerijn (page does not exist)">ministerijn</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background: #F2F2FF;"> <th style="background: #E2F6E2;">Comitative </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=minister%C3%A1in&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministeráin (page does not exist)">ministeráin</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministerijguin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministerijguin (page does not exist)">ministerijguin</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background: #F2F2FF;"> <th style="background: #E2F6E2;">Abessive </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministertt%C3%A1%C3%A1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministerttáá (page does not exist)">ministerttáá</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministerijtt%C3%A1%C3%A1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministerijttáá (page does not exist)">ministerijttáá</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background: #F2F2FF;"> <th style="background: #E2F6E2;">Essive </th> <td><a href="/wiki/ministerin#Inari_Sami" title="ministerin">ministerin</a> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background: #F2F2FF;"> <th style="background: #E2F6E2;">Partitive </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministerid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministerid (page does not exist)">ministerid</a> </td> <td>— </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_3">Derived terms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Derived terms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/rutt%C3%A2minister#Inari_Sami" title="ruttâminister">ruttâminister</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Kashubian">Kashubian</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Kashubian">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Alternative forms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/minyster#Kashubian" title="minyster">minyster</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_4">Etymology</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Etymology">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#loanword" title="Appendix:Glossary">Borrowed</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" class="extiw" title="w:German language">German</a> <a href="/wiki/Minister#German" title="Minister">Minister</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_4">Pronunciation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Pronunciation">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashubian_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Kashubian phonology">key</a>): /miˈɲis.tɛr/</li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymes:Kashubian/ist%C9%9Br&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rhymes:Kashubian/istɛr (page does not exist)">-istɛr</a></li> <li>Syllabification: mi‧nis‧ter</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_7">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> minister <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> <abbr title="personal">pers</abbr> (related adjective <a href="/w/index.php?title=ministr%C3%B3w&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrów (page does not exist)">ministrów</a> or <a href="/w/index.php?title=ministersczi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministersczi (page does not exist)">ministersczi</a> or <a href="/w/index.php?title=ministerialny&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministerialny (page does not exist)">ministerialny</a>) <ol><li>(<a href="/wiki/government" title="government">government</a>) <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English:_government">minister</a> (a politician who heads a <a href="/wiki/ministry" title="ministry">ministry</a>)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Declension_2">Declension</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Declension">edit</a>]</div> <div class="NavFrame" style="display: block;max-width:36em"> <div class="NavHead" style="background:#eff7ff">Declension of minister</div> <div class="NavContent"> <table style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;min-width:36em" class="inflection-table"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:33%;background:#d9ebff"> </th> <th style="background:#d9ebff">singular </th> <th style="background:#d9ebff">plural </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#eff7ff">nominative </th> <td>minister </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrowie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrowie (page does not exist)">ministrowie</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#eff7ff">genitive </th> <td><a href="/wiki/ministra#Kashubian" title="ministra">ministra</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministr%C3%B3w&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrów (page does not exist)">ministrów</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#eff7ff">dative </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrowi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrowi (page does not exist)">ministrowi</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministr%C3%B3m&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministróm (page does not exist)">ministróm</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#eff7ff">accusative </th> <td><a href="/wiki/ministra#Kashubian" title="ministra">ministra</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministr%C3%B3w&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrów (page does not exist)">ministrów</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#eff7ff">instrumental </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministr%C3%A3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrã (page does not exist)">ministrã</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrama (page does not exist)">ministrama</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#eff7ff">locative </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrze&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrze (page does not exist)">ministrze</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrach&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrach (page does not exist)">ministrach</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#eff7ff">vocative </th> <td>minister/<a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrze&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrze (page does not exist)">ministrze</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrowie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrowie (page does not exist)">ministrowie</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_4">Derived terms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Derived terms">edit</a>]</div> <div class="term-list-header">noun</div><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="1"><ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministerstw%C3%B2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministerstwò (page does not exist)">ministerstwò</a></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading_4">Further reading</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Further reading">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Ramu%C5%82t" class="extiw" title="w:Stefan Ramułt">Stefan Ramułt</a> (1893) “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://polona2.pl/item/slownik-jezyka-pomorskiego-czyli-kaszubskiego,ODk3NjM5NTQ/154/#info:metadata">mińister</a>”, in <cite>Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego</cite> (in Kashubian), page 101</li> <li>Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “minister”, in <cite>Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi</cite>‎<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://skarbnicakaszubska.pl/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Slownik_1-1.pdf">[1]</a></li> <li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sloworz.org/word/3551/">minister</a>”, in <cite>Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka</cite> [<cite>Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language</cite>], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ladin">Ladin</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Ladin">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_8">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> minister <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (plural <a href="/wiki/ministeres#Ladin" title="ministeres">ministeres</a>) <ol><li><a href="#English">minister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ministry" title="ministry">ministry</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Latin">Latin</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Latin">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_5">Etymology</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: Etymology">edit</a>]</div> From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Italic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Italic language">Proto-Italic</a> <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/minosteros" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/minosteros">*minosteros</a>. Equivalent to <a href="/wiki/minus#Latin" title="minus">minus</a> + comparative suffix <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-teros" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-teros">*-teros</a>. Compare <a href="/wiki/magister#Latin" title="magister">magister</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_5">Pronunciation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: Pronunciation">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Classical Latin">Classical Latin</a>) <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Latin_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Latin pronunciation">key</a>): /miˈnis.ter/, [mɪˈnɪs̠t̪ɛr]</li> <li>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_phonology_and_orthography#Ecclesiastical_pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Latin phonology and orthography">modern Italianate Ecclesiastical</a>) <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Latin_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Latin pronunciation">key</a>): /miˈnis.ter/, [miˈnist̪er]</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_9">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> minister <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (genitive <a href="/wiki/ministri#Latin" title="ministri">ministrī</a>, feminine <a href="/wiki/ministra#Latin" title="ministra">ministra</a> or <a href="/wiki/ministrix#Latin" title="ministrix">ministrīx</a>); <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Latin_second_declension" title="Appendix:Latin second declension">second declension</a> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/attendant" title="attendant">attendant</a>, <a href="/wiki/servant" title="servant">servant</a>, <a href="/wiki/slave" title="slave">slave</a>, <a href="/wiki/waiter" title="waiter">waiter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/agent" title="agent">agent</a>, <a href="/wiki/aide" title="aide">aide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/accomplice" title="accomplice">accomplice</a> <dl><dd>Synonym: <a href="/wiki/conscius#Latin" title="conscius">cōnscius</a></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Declension_3">Declension</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: Declension">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Latin_second_declension" title="Appendix:Latin second declension">Second-declension</a> noun (nominative singular in -er).<div class="inflection-table-wrapper inflection-table-narrow inflection-table-cyan inflection-table-no-title" style="width: fit-content" data-toggle-category="inflection"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r82739966">.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-wrapper{padding:3px;margin:0.5em 0;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue);border:1px solid var(--wikt-palette-grey)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-wrapper.inflection-table-narrow{}.mw-parser-output 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href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: Coordinate terms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/magister#Latin" title="magister">magister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ministra#Latin" title="ministra">ministra</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ministrix#Latin" title="ministrix">ministrīx</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_5">Derived terms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: Derived terms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ministerium#Latin" title="ministerium">ministerium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ministro#Latin" title="ministro">ministrō</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Descendants_4">Descendants</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=57" title="Edit section: Descendants">edit</a>]</div> <div class="derivedterms ul-column-count" data-column-count="2"> <ul><li>Catalan: <a href="/wiki/ministre#Catalan" title="ministre">ministre</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>→ Danish: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Danish">minister</a><ul><li>→ Greenlandic: <a href="/wiki/ministeri#Greenlandic" title="ministeri">ministeri</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li></ul></li> <li>→ Galician: <a href="/wiki/ministro#Galician" title="ministro">ministro</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>German: <a href="/wiki/Minister#German" title="Minister">Minister</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Hungarian: <a href="/wiki/miniszter#Hungarian" title="miniszter">miniszter</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Italian: <a href="/wiki/ministro#Italian" title="ministro">ministro</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Occitan: <a href="/wiki/ministre#Occitan" title="ministre">ministre</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>→ Old French: <a href="/wiki/ministre#Old_French" title="ministre">ministre</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"> <ul><li>French: <a href="/wiki/ministre#French" title="ministre">ministre</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Middle English: <a href="/wiki/ministre#Middle_English" title="ministre">ministre</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"> <ul><li>English: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">minister</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>→ Old Polish: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Old_Polish">minister</a> (learned)<ul><li>Polish: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Polish">minister</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li><li>Silesian: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Silesian">minister</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li></ul></li> <li>→ Portuguese: <a href="/wiki/ministro#Portuguese" title="ministro">ministro</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Romanian: <a href="/wiki/ministru#Romanian" title="ministru">ministru</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Russian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80#Russian" title="министр">мини́стр</a> (minístr)<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <a href="/wiki/ministar#Serbo-Croatian" title="ministar">ministar</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Sicilian: <a href="/wiki/ministru#Sicilian" title="ministru">ministru</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Spanish: <a href="/wiki/ministro#Spanish" title="ministro">ministro</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_2">References</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=58" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059:entry=minister">minister</a>”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Latin_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:A Latin Dictionary">A Latin Dictionary</a></cite>, Oxford: Clarendon Press</li> <li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0060:entry=minister">minister</a>”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) <cite>An Elementary Latin Dictionary</cite>, New York: Harper & Brothers</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Middle_English">Middle English</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=59" title="Edit section: Middle English">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1_3">Etymology 1</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=60" title="Edit section: Etymology 1">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_10">Noun</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=61" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> minister <ol><li>Alternative form of <a href="/wiki/ministre#Middle_English" title="ministre">ministre</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2_3">Etymology 2</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=62" title="Edit section: Etymology 2">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verb_2">Verb</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=63" title="Edit section: Verb">edit</a>]</div> minister <ol><li>Alternative form of <a href="/wiki/mynystren#Middle_English" title="mynystren">mynystren</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Norwegian_Bokmål">Norwegian Bokmål</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=64" title="Edit section: Norwegian Bokmål">edit</a>]</div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">Norwegian <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/no:minister" class="extiw" title="w:no:minister">minister</a></div></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/no:minister" class="extiw" title="w:no:minister">Wikipedia no</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_11">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=65" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> minister <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (definite singular <a href="/wiki/ministeren#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="ministeren">ministeren</a>, indefinite plural <a href="/wiki/ministere#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="ministere">ministere</a> or <a href="/wiki/ministre#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="ministre">ministre</a> or <a href="/wiki/ministrer#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="ministrer">ministrer</a>, definite plural <a href="/wiki/ministerne#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="ministerne">ministerne</a> or <a href="/wiki/ministrene#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="ministrene">ministrene</a>) <ol><li>(<a href="/wiki/government" title="government">government</a>) <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English:_government">minister</a> (a politician who heads a <a href="/wiki/ministry" title="ministry">ministry</a>)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_6">Derived terms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=66" title="Edit section: Derived terms">edit</a>]</div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/finansminister#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="finansminister">finansminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/f%C3%B8rsteminister#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="førsteminister">førsteminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/justisminister#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="justisminister">justisminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/milj%C3%B8minister#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="miljøminister">miljøminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/samferdselsminister#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="samferdselsminister">samferdselsminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/statsminister#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="statsminister">statsminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/utenriksminister#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="utenriksminister">utenriksminister</a></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_3">References</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=67" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ordbokene.no/bm/search?q=minister">“minister”</a> in The Bokmål Dictionary.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Norwegian_Nynorsk">Norwegian Nynorsk</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=68" title="Edit section: Norwegian Nynorsk">edit</a>]</div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">Norwegian Nynorsk <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nn:minister" class="extiw" title="w:nn:minister">minister</a></div></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nn:minister" class="extiw" title="w:nn:minister">Wikipedia nn</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_12">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=69" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> minister <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (definite singular <a href="/wiki/ministeren#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="ministeren">ministeren</a>, indefinite plural <a href="/wiki/ministrar#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="ministrar">ministrar</a>, definite plural <a href="/wiki/ministrane#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="ministrane">ministrane</a>) <ol><li>(<a href="/wiki/government" title="government">government</a>) <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English:_government">minister</a> (a politician who heads a <a href="/wiki/ministry" title="ministry">ministry</a>)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_7">Derived terms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=70" title="Edit section: Derived terms">edit</a>]</div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/finansminister#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="finansminister">finansminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/f%C3%B8rsteminister#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="førsteminister">førsteminister</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=fyrsteminister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="fyrsteminister (page does not exist)">fyrsteminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/justisminister#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="justisminister">justisminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/milj%C3%B8minister#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="miljøminister">miljøminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/samferdselsminister#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="samferdselsminister">samferdselsminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/statsminister#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="statsminister">statsminister</a></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_4">References</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=71" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ordbokene.no/nn/search?q=minister">“minister”</a> in The Nynorsk Dictionary.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Old_Polish">Old Polish</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=72" title="Edit section: Old Polish">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_6">Etymology</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=73" title="Edit section: Etymology">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing" title="Appendix:Glossary">Learned borrowing</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a> <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Latin">minister</a>.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> First attested in 1484. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_6">Pronunciation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=74" title="Edit section: Pronunciation">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Polish_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Old Polish phonology">key</a>): (10th–15th CE) /miɲistɛr/</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Polish_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Old Polish phonology">key</a>): (15th CE) /miɲistɛr/</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_13">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=75" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> minister <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> <abbr title="personal">pers</abbr> (related adjective <a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrowski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrowski (page does not exist)">ministrowski</a>) <ol><li>(<a href="/wiki/religion" title="religion">religion</a>, attested in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_Poland" class="extiw" title="w:Lesser Poland">Lesser Poland</a>) <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English:_servant">minister</a> (senior member of the tertiary fraternity, assistant and deputy of the monk who takes care of the fraternity) <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">1892 [1484], Hieronim Łopaciński, editor, <cite>Reguła trzeciego zakonu św. Franciszka i drobniejsze zabytki języka polskiego z końca w. XV i początku XVI</cite>‎<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://polona.pl/item/regula-trzeciego-zakonu-sw-franciszka-i-drobniejsze-zabytki-jezyka-polskiego-z-konca,MTg2NDU4/4/#info:metadata">[2]</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakow" class="extiw" title="w:Krakow">Krakow</a>, page 716:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">Ministrovye albo prelaczy thego braczthva (ministri loci) mayą sye o tho vczyecz do bysskupow<dl><dd>[Ministrowie albo prełaci tego bractwa (ministri loci) mają sie o to uciec do biskupow]</dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Descendants_5">Descendants</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=76" title="Edit section: Descendants">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Polish: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Polish">minister</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Silesian: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Silesian">minister</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_5">References</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=77" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r79053813">.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-lower-alpha ol{list-style:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-upper-alpha ol{list-style:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-lower-roman ol{list-style:lower-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-upper-roman ol{list-style:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-lower-greek ol{list-style:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-disc ol{list-style:disc}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-square ol{list-style:square}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-none ol{list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .reflist.nobacklinks .mw-cite-backlink,.mw-parser-output .reflist.nobacklinks li>a{display:none}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-xx-small ol{font-size:xx-small}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-x-small ol{font-size:x-small}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-smaller ol{font-size:smaller}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-small ol{font-size:small}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-medium ol{font-size:medium}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-large ol{font-size:large}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-larger ol{font-size:larger}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-x-large ol{font-size:x-large}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-xx-large ol{font-size:xx-large}.mw-parser-output .reflist[data-column-count="2"] .mw-references-wrap{column-count:2}.mw-parser-output .reflist[data-column-count="3"] .mw-references-wrap{column-count:3}.mw-parser-output .reflist[data-column-count="4"] .mw-references-wrap{column-count:4}.mw-parser-output .reflist[data-column-count="5"] .mw-references-wrap{column-count:5}</style><div class="reflist"><div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1"> ^ </a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pl:Miros%C5%82aw_Ba%C5%84ko" class="extiw" title="w:pl:Mirosław Bańko">Mirosław Bańko</a>, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “minister”, in <cite>Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych</cite>, <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-83-01-14455-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-83-01-14455-5">→ISBN</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2"> ^ </a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pl:Andrzej_Ba%C5%84kowski" class="extiw" title="w:pl:Andrzej Bańkowski">Bańkowski, Andrzej</a> (2000) “minister”, in <cite>Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego</cite> [<cite>Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language</cite>] (in Polish) </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><a href="#cite_ref-3"> ^ </a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pl:Witold_Doroszewski" class="extiw" title="w:pl:Witold Doroszewski">Witold Doroszewski</a>, editor (1958–1969), “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sjpd.pwn.pl/haslo/minister/">minister</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pl:S%C5%82ownik_j%C4%99zyka_polskiego_(Witold_Doroszewski)" class="extiw" title="w:pl:Słownik języka polskiego (Witold Doroszewski)">Słownik języka polskiego</a></cite> (in Polish), Warszawa: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Scientific_Publishers_PWN" class="extiw" title="w:Polish Scientific Publishers PWN">PWN</a> </li> </ol></div></div> <dl><dd><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pl:Bo%C5%BCena_Sieradzka-Baziur" class="extiw" title="w:pl:Bożena Sieradzka-Baziur">B. Sieradzka-Baziur</a>, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://spjs.ijp.pan.pl/szukaj/index?btnSzukaj=Szukaj&fraza=minister">minister</a>”, in <cite><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://spjs.ijp.pan.pl/spjs/strona/opisProjektu">Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego</a></cite> [<cite>Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish</cite>] (in Polish), Kraków: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pl:Instytut_J%C4%99zyka_Polskiego_Polskiej_Akademii_Nauk" class="extiw" title="w:pl:Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk">IJP PAN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-83-64007-23-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-83-64007-23-1">→ISBN</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Polish">Polish</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=78" title="Edit section: Polish">edit</a>]</div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">Polish <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pl:minister" class="extiw" title="w:pl:minister">minister</a></div></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pl:minister" class="extiw" title="w:pl:minister">Wikipedia pl</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_7">Etymology</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=79" title="Edit section: Etymology">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#inherited" title="Appendix:Glossary">Inherited</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Polish" class="extiw" title="w:Old Polish">Old Polish</a> <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Old_Polish">minister</a>. <a href="#Polish:_government">Sense 1</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#semantic_loan" title="Appendix:Glossary">semantic loan</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" class="extiw" title="w:French language">French</a> <a href="/wiki/ministre#French" title="ministre">ministre</a>.<a href="#cite_note-4">[1]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_7">Pronunciation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=80" title="Edit section: Pronunciation">edit</a>]</div> <div class="vsSwitcher" data-toggle-category="pronunciations" style="width: 29em; max-width:100%;">  <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Polish_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Polish pronunciation">key</a>): /miˈɲis.tɛr/</li></ul> <div class="vsHide"> <ul><li>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Polish" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Polish">Middle Polish</a>) <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Polish_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Polish pronunciation">key</a>): /miˈɲis.tɛr/</li></ul> </div></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio:</td><td class="audiofile"><audio id="mwe_player_3" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="LL-Q809_(pol)-Poemat-minister.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/ba/LL-Q809_%28pol%29-Poemat-minister.wav/LL-Q809_%28pol%29-Poemat-minister.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/ba/LL-Q809_%28pol%29-Poemat-minister.wav/LL-Q809_%28pol%29-Poemat-minister.wav.mp3" 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title="ministerka (page does not exist)">ministerka</a>, abbreviation <a href="/wiki/min.#Polish" title="min.">min.</a>) <ol><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="Polish:_government"> (<a href="/wiki/government" title="government">government</a>) <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English:_government">minister</a> (politician who heads a ministry)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/government" title="government">government</a>) <a href="/wiki/high-ranking" title="high-ranking">high-ranking</a> <a href="/wiki/official" title="official">official</a> in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chancellery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chancellery (page does not exist)">Chancellery</a> of the <a href="/wiki/President" title="President">President</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Poland" title="Republic of Poland">Republic of Poland</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a>, <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestantism</a>) <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English:_cleric">minister</a> (a person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford <a href="/wiki/pastoral" title="pastoral">pastoral</a> care at a <a href="/wiki/Protestant" title="Protestant">Protestant</a> <a href="/wiki/church" title="church">church</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a>, <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestantism</a>) <a href="/wiki/Protestant" title="Protestant">Protestant</a> <a href="/wiki/evangelist" title="evangelist">evangelist</a>, Protestant <a href="/wiki/preacher" title="preacher">preacher</a> <dl><dd>Synonym: <a href="/wiki/predykant#Polish" title="predykant">predykant</a></dd> <dd>Hypernyms: <a href="/w/index.php?title=homiletyk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="homiletyk (page does not exist)">homiletyk</a>, <a href="/wiki/kaznodzieja#Polish" title="kaznodzieja">kaznodzieja</a></dd></dl></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism" title="Roman Catholicism">Roman Catholicism</a>) <a href="/wiki/abbot" title="abbot">abbot</a>, <a href="/wiki/prior" title="prior">prior</a> (high-ranking member of a monastery) <dl><dd>Synonyms: <a href="/wiki/opat#Polish" title="opat">opat</a>, <a href="/wiki/przeor#Polish" title="przeor">przeor</a></dd></dl></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism" title="Roman Catholicism">Roman Catholicism</a>) <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English:_servant">minister</a> (assistant in a Jesuit cloister)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism" title="Roman Catholicism">Roman Catholicism</a>) <a href="/wiki/head" title="head">head</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Franciscan" title="Franciscan">Franciscan</a> <a href="/wiki/cloister" title="cloister">cloister</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/government" title="government">government</a>, <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a>) <a href="/wiki/official" title="official">official</a> (person who works in government) <dl><dd>Synonym: <a href="/wiki/oficjalista#Polish" title="oficjalista">oficjalista</a></dd></dl></li> <li>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Polish" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Polish">Middle Polish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">biblical</a>, <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#expressive" title="Appendix:Glossary">expressive</a>, <a href="/wiki/paganism" title="paganism">paganism</a>) <a href="/wiki/priest" title="priest">priest</a> of <a href="/wiki/pagan" title="pagan">pagan</a> <a href="/wiki/cult" title="cult">cults</a></li> <li>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Polish" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Polish">Middle Polish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism" title="Roman Catholicism">Roman Catholicism</a>, <a href="/wiki/derogatory" title="derogatory">derogatory</a>, <a href="/wiki/irony" title="irony">ironic</a>) <a href="/wiki/heretical" title="heretical">heretical</a> <a href="/wiki/priest" title="priest">priest</a>; <a href="/wiki/supporter" title="supporter">supporter</a> of <a href="/wiki/heresy" title="heresy">heresy</a></li> <li>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Polish" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Polish">Middle Polish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism" title="Roman Catholicism">Roman Catholicism</a>) <a href="/wiki/Catholic" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/preacher" title="preacher">preacher</a></li> <li>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Polish" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Polish">Middle Polish</a>) <a href="/wiki/steward" title="steward">steward</a> (chief administrator of a medieval manor) <dl><dd>Synonyms: <a href="/wiki/klucznik#Polish" title="klucznik">klucznik</a>, <a href="/wiki/szafarz#Polish" title="szafarz">szafarz</a>, <a href="/wiki/w%C5%82odarz#Polish" title="włodarz">włodarz</a></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Declension_4">Declension</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=82" title="Edit section: Declension">edit</a>]</div> <div class="NavFrame" data-toggle-category="declension" style="display: block; max-width: 61em;"> <div class="NavHead" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lighterblue, #ebf4ff)">Declension of minister</div> <div class="NavContent"> <table style="text-align:center; width: 100%; margin: 0;" class="inflection-table inflection"> <tbody><tr class="rowgroup"> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightblue, #d9ebff); width: 8em;"> </th> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightblue, #d9ebff);" scope="col">singular </th> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightblue, #d9ebff);" scope="col">plural </th></tr> <tr> <th title="mianownik (kto? co?)" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lighterblue, #ebf4ff);" scope="row">nominative </th> <td>minister </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrowie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrowie (page does not exist)">ministrowie</a>/<a href="/wiki/ministry#Polish" title="ministry">ministry</a> (deprecative) </td></tr> <tr> <th title="dopełniacz (kogo? czego?)" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lighterblue, #ebf4ff);" scope="row">genitive </th> <td><a href="/wiki/ministra#Polish" title="ministra">ministra</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministr%C3%B3w&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrów (page does not exist)">ministrów</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th title="celownik (komu? czemu?)" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lighterblue, #ebf4ff);" scope="row">dative </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrowi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrowi (page does not exist)">ministrowi</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrom (page does not exist)">ministrom</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th title="biernik (kogo? co?)" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lighterblue, #ebf4ff);" scope="row">accusative </th> <td><a href="/wiki/ministra#Polish" title="ministra">ministra</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministr%C3%B3w&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrów (page does not exist)">ministrów</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th title="narzędnik (kim? czym?)" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lighterblue, #ebf4ff);" scope="row">instrumental </th> <td><a href="/wiki/ministrem#Polish" title="ministrem">ministrem</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrami&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrami (page does not exist)">ministrami</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th title="miejscownik (o kim? o czym?)" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lighterblue, #ebf4ff);" scope="row">locative </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrze&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrze (page does not exist)">ministrze</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrach&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrach (page does not exist)">ministrach</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th title="wołacz (o!)" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lighterblue, #ebf4ff);" scope="row">vocative </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrze&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrze (page does not exist)">ministrze</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministrowie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministrowie (page does not exist)">ministrowie</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_15">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=83" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> minister <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#indeclinable" title="Appendix:Glossary">indeclinable</a>) <ol><li>(<a href="/wiki/government" title="government">government</a>) female equivalent of minister (“<a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English:_government">minister</a>”)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_8">Derived terms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=84" title="Edit section: Derived terms">edit</a>]</div> <div class="term-list-header">adjective</div><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="1"><ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministerialny&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministerialny (page does not exist)">ministerialny</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministerski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministerski (page does not exist)">ministerski</a></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="term-list-header">nouns</div><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="2"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/minister_bez_teki#Polish" title="minister bez teki">minister bez teki</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/ministerstwo#Polish" title="ministerstwo">ministerstwo</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/prezes_Rady_Ministr%C3%B3w#Polish" title="prezes Rady Ministrów">prezes Rady Ministrów</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Rada_Ministr%C3%B3w#Polish" title="Rada Ministrów">Rada Ministrów</a></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms_2">Related terms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=85" title="Edit section: Related terms">edit</a>]</div> <div class="term-list-header">adverb</div><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="1"><ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministerialnie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministerialnie (page does not exist)">ministerialnie</a></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="term-list-header">noun</div><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="1"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/ministerium#Polish" title="ministerium">ministerium</a></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trivia">Trivia</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=86" title="Edit section: Trivia">edit</a>]</div> According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), minister is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 6 times in scientific texts, 213 times in news, 30 times in essays, 2 times in fiction, and 9 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 260 times, making it the 201st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.<a href="#cite_note-5">[2]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_6">References</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=87" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r79053813"><div class="reflist"><div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-4"><a href="#cite_ref-4"> ^ </a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pl:Andrzej_Ba%C5%84kowski" class="extiw" title="w:pl:Andrzej Bańkowski">Bańkowski, Andrzej</a> (2000) “minister”, in <cite>Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego</cite> [<cite>Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language</cite>] (in Polish) </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><a href="#cite_ref-5"> ^ </a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pl:Ida_Kurcz" class="extiw" title="w:pl:Ida Kurcz">Ida Kurcz</a> (1990) “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rcin.org.pl//dlibra/metadatasearch?action=AdvancedSearchAction&type=-3&val1=Creator:%22Kurcz%2C+Ida+%5C(1930%E2%80%93+%5C)%22">minister</a>”, in <cite>Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej</cite> [<cite>Frequency dictionary of the Polish language</cite>] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 149 </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading_5">Further reading</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=88" title="Edit section: Further reading">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wsjp.pl/haslo/podglad/3163">minister</a> in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sjp.pwn.pl/szukaj/minister.html">minister</a> in Polish dictionaries at PWN</li> <li>Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://spxvi.edu.pl/indeks/haslo/66805">minister</a>”, in <cite>Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku</cite> [<cite>A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish</cite>]</li> <li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sxvii.pl/drukuj.php?strona=haslo&id_hasla=479&forma=MINISTER">MINISTER</a>”, in <cite>Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku</cite> [<cite>Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century</cite>], 06.03.2013</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Linde" class="extiw" title="w:Samuel Linde">Samuel Bogumił Linde</a> (1807–1814) “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://kpbc.umk.pl/dlibra/publication/8173?language=pl#structure">minister</a>”, in <cite>Słownik języka polskiego</cite></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pl:Aleksander_Zdanowicz_(historyk)" class="extiw" title="w:pl:Aleksander Zdanowicz (historyk)">Aleksander Zdanowicz</a> (1861) “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eswil.ijp.pan.pl/index.php">minister</a>”, in <cite>Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861</cite></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pl:Jan_Aleksander_Kar%C5%82owicz" class="extiw" title="w:pl:Jan Aleksander Karłowicz">J. Karłowicz</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pl:Adam_Kry%C5%84ski" class="extiw" title="w:pl:Adam Kryński">A. Kryński</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pl:W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Nied%C5%BAwiedzki" class="extiw" title="w:pl:Władysław Niedźwiedzki">W. Niedźwiedzki</a>, editors (1902), “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://crispa.uw.edu.pl/object/files/2654/display/JPEG?pageNumber=1003">minister</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pl:S%C5%82ownik_j%C4%99zyka_polskiego#Słownik_warszawski" class="extiw" title="w:pl:Słownik języka polskiego">Słownik języka polskiego</a></cite> (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 990</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Romanian">Romanian</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=89" title="Edit section: Romanian">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_8">Etymology</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=90" title="Edit section: Etymology">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#loanword" title="Appendix:Glossary">Borrowed</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" class="extiw" title="w:French language">French</a> <a href="/wiki/minist%C3%A8re#French" title="ministère">ministère</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_8">Pronunciation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=91" title="Edit section: Pronunciation">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio:</td><td class="audiofile"><audio id="mwe_player_4" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="LL-Q7913_(ron)-Andreea_Teodoraa-minister.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5e/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-minister.wav/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-minister.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5e/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-minister.wav/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-minister.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-minister.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q7913_(ron)-Andreea_Teodoraa-minister.wav" title="File:LL-Q7913 (ron)-Andreea Teodoraa-minister.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_16">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=92" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> minister <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr> (plural <a href="/wiki/ministere#Romanian" title="ministere">ministere</a>) <ol><li><a href="/wiki/ministry" title="ministry">ministry</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms_3">Related terms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=93" title="Edit section: Related terms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ministru#Romanian" title="ministru">ministru</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Silesian">Silesian</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=94" title="Edit section: Silesian">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_9">Etymology</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=95" title="Edit section: Etymology">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#inherited" title="Appendix:Glossary">Inherited</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Polish" class="extiw" title="w:Old Polish">Old Polish</a> <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Old_Polish">minister</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_9">Pronunciation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=96" title="Edit section: Pronunciation">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Silesian_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Silesian pronunciation">key</a>): /miˈɲis.tɛr/</li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymes:Silesian/ist%C9%9Br&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rhymes:Silesian/istɛr (page does not exist)">-istɛr</a></li> <li>Syllabification: mi‧nis‧ter</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_17">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=97" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> minister <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> <abbr title="personal">pers</abbr> (related adjective <a href="/w/index.php?title=ministeryjalny&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministeryjalny (page does not exist)">ministeryjalny</a>) <ol><li>(<a href="/wiki/government" title="government">government</a>) <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English:_government">minister</a> (a politician who heads a <a href="/wiki/ministry" title="ministry">ministry</a>)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms_4">Related terms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=98" title="Edit section: Related terms">edit</a>]</div> <div class="term-list-header">noun</div><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="1"><ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministeryj%C5%8F&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministeryjŏ (page does not exist)">ministeryjŏ</a></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading_6">Further reading</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=99" title="Edit section: Further reading">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://silling.org/slownik/minister">minister</a> in silling.org</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Swedish">Swedish</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=100" title="Edit section: Swedish">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_10">Pronunciation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=101" title="Edit section: Pronunciation">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio:</td><td class="audiofile"><audio id="mwe_player_5" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="Sv-minister.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Sv-minister.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/61/Sv-minister.ogg/Sv-minister.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:Sv-minister.ogg" title="File:Sv-minister.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_18">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=102" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> minister <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr> <ol><li>(<a href="/wiki/government" title="government">government</a>) <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English:_government">minister</a> (a politician who heads a <a href="/wiki/ministry" title="ministry">ministry</a>)</li> <li>a <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">minister</a> (in the foreign affairs administration)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Declension_5">Declension</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=103" title="Edit section: Declension">edit</a>]</div> <div class="NavFrame" style="max-width:50em" data-toggle-category="inflection"> <div class="NavHead">Declension of minister </div> <div class="NavContent"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2"> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/nominative" title="nominative">nominative</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/genitive" title="genitive">genitive</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/singular" title="singular">singular</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/indefinite" title="indefinite">indefinite</a> </th> <td>minister </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ministers#Swedish" title="ministers">ministers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/definite" title="definite">definite</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/ministern#Swedish" title="ministern">ministern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ministerns#Swedish" title="ministerns">ministerns</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/plural" title="plural">plural</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/indefinite" title="indefinite">indefinite</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/ministrar#Swedish" title="ministrar">ministrar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ministrars#Swedish" title="ministrars">ministrars</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/definite" title="definite">definite</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/ministrarna#Swedish" title="ministrarna">ministrarna</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ministrarnas#Swedish" title="ministrarnas">ministrarnas</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_9">Derived terms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=104" title="Edit section: Derived terms">edit</a>]</div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/arbetsmarknadsminister#Swedish" title="arbetsmarknadsminister">arbetsmarknadsminister</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=barnminister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="barnminister (page does not exist)">barnminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/bist%C3%A5ndsminister#Swedish" title="biståndsminister">biståndsminister</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=bostadsminister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="bostadsminister (page does not exist)">bostadsminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/civilminister#Swedish" title="civilminister">civilminister</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=demokratiminister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="demokratiminister (page does not exist)">demokratiminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/energiminister#Swedish" title="energiminister">energiminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/EU-minister#Swedish" title="EU-minister">EU-minister</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=fackminister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="fackminister (page does not exist)">fackminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/finansmarknadsminister#Swedish" title="finansmarknadsminister">finansmarknadsminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/finansminister#Swedish" title="finansminister">finansminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/folkh%C3%A4lsominister#Swedish" title="folkhälsominister">folkhälsominister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/f%C3%B6rsvarsminister#Swedish" title="försvarsminister">försvarsminister</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=gymnasieminister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="gymnasieminister (page does not exist)">gymnasieminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/handelsminister#Swedish" title="handelsminister">handelsminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/idrottsminister#Swedish" title="idrottsminister">idrottsminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/infrastrukturminister#Swedish" title="infrastrukturminister">infrastrukturminister</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=innovationsminister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="innovationsminister (page does not exist)">innovationsminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/inrikesminister#Swedish" title="inrikesminister">inrikesminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/integrationsminister#Swedish" title="integrationsminister">integrationsminister</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=it-minister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="it-minister (page does not exist)">it-minister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/jordbruksminister#Swedish" title="jordbruksminister">jordbruksminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/justitieminister#Swedish" title="justitieminister">justitieminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/j%C3%A4mst%C3%A4lldhetsminister#Swedish" title="jämställdhetsminister">jämställdhetsminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/klimatminister#Swedish" title="klimatminister">klimatminister</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=konsumentminister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="konsumentminister (page does not exist)">konsumentminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/kulturminister#Swedish" title="kulturminister">kulturminister</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=kunskapslyftsminister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="kunskapslyftsminister (page does not exist)">kunskapslyftsminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/landsbygdsminister#Swedish" title="landsbygdsminister">landsbygdsminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/migrationsminister#Swedish" title="migrationsminister">migrationsminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/milj%C3%B6minister#Swedish" title="miljöminister">miljöminister</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministerlista&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministerlista (page does not exist)">ministerlista</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministerm%C3%B6te&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministermöte (page does not exist)">ministermöte</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministerportf%C3%B6lj&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministerportfölj (page does not exist)">ministerportfölj</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministerpost&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministerpost (page does not exist)">ministerpost</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministerpresident&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministerpresident (page does not exist)">ministerpresident</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/ministerr%C3%A5d#Swedish" title="ministerråd">ministerråd</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/ministerstyre#Swedish" title="ministerstyre">ministerstyre</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ministertaburett&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ministertaburett (page does not exist)">ministertaburett</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/n%C3%A4ringsminister#Swedish" title="näringsminister">näringsminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/premi%C3%A4rminister#Swedish" title="premiärminister">premiärminister</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=rolighetsminister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="rolighetsminister (page does not exist)">rolighetsminister</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=samarbetsminister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="samarbetsminister (page does not exist)">samarbetsminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/sjukv%C3%A5rdsminister#Swedish" title="sjukvårdsminister">sjukvårdsminister</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=skuggminister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="skuggminister (page does not exist)">skuggminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/socialf%C3%B6rs%C3%A4kringsminister#Swedish" title="socialförsäkringsminister">socialförsäkringsminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/socialminister#Swedish" title="socialminister">socialminister</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=stadsutvecklingsminister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="stadsutvecklingsminister (page does not exist)">stadsutvecklingsminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/statsminister#Swedish" title="statsminister">statsminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/utbildningsminister#Swedish" title="utbildningsminister">utbildningsminister</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/utrikesminister#Swedish" title="utrikesminister">utrikesminister</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%A4ldreminister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="äldreminister (page does not exist)">äldreminister</a></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms_5">Related terms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=105" title="Edit section: Related terms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ministeriell#Swedish" title="ministeriell">ministeriell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ministerium#Swedish" title="ministerium">ministerium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/minist%C3%A4r#Swedish" title="ministär">ministär</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading_7">Further reading</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=106" title="Edit section: Further reading">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://svenska.se/tre/?sok=minister">minister</a> in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://svenska.se/">Svenska Akademiens ordböcker</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://runeberg.org/svetym/0561.html">minister</a> in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://government.se/information-material/2024/04/utrikes-namnbok/">Utrikes namnbok</a> (12th ed., 2024)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="West_Frisian">West Frisian</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=107" title="Edit section: West Frisian">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_10">Etymology</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=108" title="Edit section: Etymology">edit</a>]</div> Borrowed from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" class="extiw" title="w:French language">French</a> <a href="/wiki/ministre#French" title="ministre">ministre</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_11">Pronunciation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=109" title="Edit section: Pronunciation">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:West_Frisian_pronunciation" title="Appendix:West Frisian pronunciation">key</a>): /miˈnɪstər/, /məˈnɪstər/</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_19">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=110" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> minister <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr> (plural <a href="/wiki/ministers#West_Frisian" title="ministers">ministers</a>) <ol><li>(<a href="/wiki/government" title="government">government</a>) <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English:_government">minister</a> (a politician who heads a <a href="/wiki/ministry" title="ministry">ministry</a>)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_10">Derived terms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=111" title="Edit section: Derived terms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/minister-presidint#West_Frisian" title="minister-presidint">minister-presidint</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Further_reading_8">Further reading</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=minister&action=edit&section=112" title="Edit section: Further reading">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://gtb.inl.nl/iWDB/search?wdb=WFT&actie=article&id=63198">minister</a>”, in <cite>Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal</cite> (in Dutch), 2011</li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=minister&oldid=82153177">https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=minister&oldid=82153177</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_3-syllable_words" title="Category:English 3-syllable words">English 3-syllable words</a></li><li><a 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data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ido</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Jawa</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target">ಕನ್ನಡ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Қазақша</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kiswahili</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kurdî</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target">ລາວ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Limburgs</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target">Malagasy</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target">മലയാളം</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target">မြန်မာဘာသာ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Norwegian" lang="no" hreflang="no" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Norsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oromoo</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target">ភាសាខ្មែរ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sm mw-list-item"><a href="https://sm.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Samoan" lang="sm" hreflang="sm" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Gagana Samoa" data-language-local-name="Samoan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gagana Samoa</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sg mw-list-item"><a href="https://sg.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Sango" lang="sg" hreflang="sg" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Sängö" data-language-local-name="Sango" class="interlanguage-link-target">Sängö</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenščina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target">தமிழ்</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target">తెలుగు</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target">ไทย</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Türkçe</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target">اردو</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Tiếng Việt</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" title="minister – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="minister" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" 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