ministre
Middle English
/ˈministər/
noun
Definitions
- A hireling or secretary; one who serves and assists another:
- A member of the Christian clergy:
- A civil servant or member of government; an administrative official:
- (rare) A member of a non-Christian religion's clergy.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French ministre derived from Latin minister (servant, assistant, an attendant, a priest's assistant other subordinate official, attendant, a priest's assistant other under official).
Origin
Latin
minister
Gloss
servant, assistant, an attendant, a priest's assistant other subordinate official, attendant, a priest's assistant other under official
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- minister English
- minister-president English
- ministerest English
- ministereth English
- ministerless English
- ministerlike English
- ministerly English
- ministership English
- ministration English
- ministry English
- subminister English
- superminister English
- underminister English
- unministerlike English
- minister Latin
- ministerium Latin
- miniszter Hungarian
- ministro Italian
- ministre French
- *mey- Proto-Indo-European
- minister Swedish
- minister Polish
- minister Middle English
- ministracion Middle English
- mynisterie Middle English
- mynystir Middle English
- mynystre Middle English
- mynystren Middle English
- mynystryng Middle English
- minister Danish
- menistere Old French
- ministracïon Old French
- ministre Old French
- ministrer Old French
- ministre Catalan, Valencian
- ministrs Latvian
- ard-vinishter Manx
- ministre Occitan
- *minosteros Proto-Italic
- minista Hausa
- minista Pijin