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minister
English
Etymology
From Middle English ministre, from Old French ministre, from Latin minister (“an attendant, servant, assistant, a priest's assistant or other under official”), from minor (“less”) + -ter; see minor.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?m?n?st?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?m?n?st?/
Noun
minister (plural ministers)
- A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.
- A politician who heads a ministry (national or regional government department for public service).
- In diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador.
- A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
Usage notes
Not to be confused with minster.
Hypernyms
- (Chief minister in areas of Central Europe and Scandinavia): provost
Derived terms
- ministress
Related terms
- ministerial
- ministerium
- ministrix
- ministry
Translations
Verb
minister (third-person singular simple present ministers, present participle ministering, simple past and past participle ministered)
- (transitive) To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service.
- to function as a clergyman or as the officiant in church worship
- (transitive, archaic) To afford, to give, to supply.
- 1673, Jeremy Taylor, Heniaytos: A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year […]
- We minister to God reason to suspect us.
- 1673, Jeremy Taylor, Heniaytos: A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year […]
Translations
See also
- cleric
- father
- parson
- pastor
- priest
- vicar
Further reading
- minister in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- minister in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Tenriism, Terminis, interims, ministre, smirnite
Danish
Etymology
From Latin minister.
Noun
minister c (definite singular ministeren, indefinite plural ministre, definite plural ministrene)
- a minister (a politician who heads a ministry)
Descendants
- ? Greenlandic: ministeri
Further reading
- “minister” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi?n?st?r/
Noun
minister m (plural ministers, diminutive ministertje n)
- A minister, a person who is commissioned by the government for public service.
Inari Sami
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
minister
- minister (politician)
Inflection
Derived terms
- ruttâminister
Ladin
Noun
minister m (plural ministeres)
- minister
- ministry
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *minosteros. Equivalent to minus + comparative suffix *-tero-. Compare magister.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mi?nis.ter/, [m??n?s?t??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mi?nis.ter/, [mi?nist??r]
Noun
minister m (genitive ministr?, feminine ministra or ministr?x); second declension
- attendant, servant, waiter
- agent, aide
- accomplice
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Coordinate terms
- magister
- ministra f
- ministr?x f
Derived terms
- ministerium
- ministr?
Descendants
References
- minister in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- minister in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
minister
- Alternative form of ministre
Etymology 2
Verb
minister
- Alternative form of mynystren
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
minister m (definite singular ministeren, indefinite plural ministere or ministre or ministrer, definite plural ministerne or ministrene)
- (government) a minister (politician who heads a ministry)
Derived terms
References
- “minister” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
minister m (definite singular ministeren, indefinite plural ministrar, definite plural ministrane)
- (government) a minister (politician who heads a ministry)
Derived terms
References
- “minister” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From Latin minister.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?i??i.st?r/
Noun
minister m pers
- (politics) minister
Declension
Noun
minister f
- (politics) female minister
Declension
The feminine version is indeclinable.
Further reading
- minister in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- minister in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French ministère.
Noun
minister n (plural ministere)
- ministry
Related terms
- ministru
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
minister c
- a minister (member of government, cabinet)
- a minister (in the foreign affairs administration)
Declension
Derived terms
West Frisian
Etymology
Borrowed from French ministre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi?n?st?r/, /m??n?st?r/
Noun
minister c (plural ministers)
- minister (of a government)
Derived terms
- minister-presidint
Further reading
- “minister”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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aid
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /e?d/
- Rhymes: -e?d
- Homophone: aide
Etymology 1
From Middle English aide, eide, ayde, from Old French eide, aide, from aidier, from Latin adi?t?, adi?t?re (“to assist, help”). Cognates include Spanish ayuda, Portuguese ajuda and Italian aiuto.
Alternative forms
- aide
- ayde (obsolete)
Noun
aid (countable and uncountable, plural aids)
- (uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief.
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
- An unconstitutional method of obtaining aid.
- “[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons?! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
- (countable) A helper; an assistant.
- It is not good that man should bee alone, let vs make vnto him an aide like to himselfe.
- (countable) Something which helps; a material source of help.
- (countable, Britain) An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.
- (countable, Britain) An exchequer loan.
- (countable, law) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
- (countable) An aide-de-camp, so called by abbreviation.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English aiden, from Old French eider, aider, aidier, from Latin adiuto, frequentative of adiuv? (“"assist"”, verb).
Verb
aid (third-person singular simple present aids, present participle aiding, simple past and past participle aided)
- (transitive) To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist.
- (climbing) To climb with the use of aids such as pitons.
- 1979, American Alpine Journal (page 193)
- Rather than climb into a bottomless off-width crack, we aided an 80-foot A2 to A3 crack to the top of a pedestal. By very tenuous face climbing, we gained entry to the crack, which we followed to a tree beneath the big chimney.
- 1979, American Alpine Journal (page 193)
Synonyms
- assist
- befriend
- bestand
- cooperate
- help
- promote
- relieve
- succor
- support
- sustain
- See also Thesaurus:help or Thesaurus:serve
Derived terms
- aidable
- aidance
- aider
- unaided
Related terms
- aidant
- aide-de-camp
Translations
Anagrams
- -iad, Adi, DIA, Dai, Dia, I'd-a, I'da, IAD, Ida, Ida., dai, dia-
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Arabic ??????? (???id).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??id/
Postposition
aid + dative
- related to, relating to, having to do with
- concerning, about
Related terms
- aidiyy?t
References
- “aid” in Obastan.com.
Bau
Noun
aid
- woman
Further reading
- Hans van der Meer, Bau Organized Phonology Data
Ludian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *aita.
Noun
aid
- fence
Panim
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a??/
Noun
aid
- woman
Further reading
- Panim Talking Dictionary
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *aita.
Noun
aid
- fence
Inflection
Derived terms
- aidverai
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “?????, ????????, ??????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Võro
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *aita.
Noun
aid (genitive aia, partitive aida)
- garden
Inflection
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