Phrase guide

foreign minister

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The cabinet official in charge of relationships with foreign nations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: FM

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: minister, government minister

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noun

Meaning 2

a government minister for foreign relations

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: secretary of state

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: minister, government minister

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: وَزِير الْخَارِجِيَّة (wazīr al-ḵārijiyya) — cabinet official
  • Armenian: արտաքին գործերի նախարարություն (artakʻin gorceri naxararutʻyun) — cabinet official
  • Azerbaijani: xarici işlər naziri — cabinet official
  • Belarusian: міні́стр заме́жных спраў (minístr zamjéžnyx spraw) — cabinet official
  • Belarusian: міні́стар заме́жных спраў (minístar zamjéžnyx spraw) — cabinet official
  • Bengali: বিদেশমন্ত্রী (bideśmontri) — cabinet official
  • Bulgarian: мини́стър на въ́ншните ра́боти (minístǎr na vǎ́nšnite ráboti) — cabinet official
  • Chinese Mandarin: 外交部長 /外交部长 (wàijiāobùzhǎng) — cabinet official
  • Chinese Mandarin: 外長 /外长 (wàizhǎng) — cabinet official
  • Chinese Mandarin: 外相 (wàixiàng) — cabinet official
  • Czech: ministr zahraničí — cabinet official
  • Danish: udenrigsminister — cabinet official
  • Dutch: minister van Buitenlandse Zaken — cabinet official
  • Estonian: välisminister — cabinet official
  • Finnish: ulkoministeri — cabinet official
  • French: ministre des Affaires étrangères — cabinet official
  • Galician: ministro de exteriores — cabinet official
  • Georgian: საგარეო საქმეთა მინისტრი (sagareo sakmeta minisṭri) — cabinet official
  • German: Außenminister — cabinet official
  • German: Außenministerin — cabinet official
  • Hebrew: שַׂר חוּץ (sar khúts) — cabinet official
  • Hindi: विदेश मंत्री (videś mantrī) — cabinet official
  • Hungarian: külügyminiszter — cabinet official
  • Icelandic: utanríkisráðherra — cabinet official
  • Indonesian: menteri luar negeri — cabinet official
  • Italian: ministro degli esteri — cabinet official
  • Japanese: 外務大臣 (gaimu daijin) — cabinet official
  • Japanese: 外相 (gaishō) — cabinet official
  • Korean: 외교부 장관 (oegyobu janggwan) — cabinet official
  • Korean: 외상 (oesang) — cabinet official
  • Korean: 외무상 (oemusang) — cabinet official
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utenriksminister — cabinet official
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: utanriksminister — cabinet official
  • Persian: وَزیرِ اُمورِ خارِجه (vazir-e omur-e xâreje) — cabinet official
  • Polish: minister spraw zagranicznych — cabinet official
  • Portuguese: ministro do exterior — cabinet official
  • Romanian: ministru de externe — cabinet official
  • Romanian: ministru al Afacerilor Externe — cabinet official
  • Russian: мини́стр иностра́нных дел (minístr inostránnyx del) — cabinet official
  • Slovak: minister zahraničia — cabinet official
  • Slovene: minister za zunanje zadeve — cabinet official
  • Spanish: ministro extranjero — cabinet official
  • Swedish: utrikesminister — cabinet official
  • Tajik: вазири умури хориҷӣ (vazir-i umur-i xoriji) — cabinet official
  • Thai: รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศ — cabinet official
  • Turkish: dış işleri bakanı — cabinet official
  • Ukrainian: міні́стр закордо́нних справ (minístr zakordónnyx sprav) — cabinet official
  • Urdu: وَزِیرِ خَارِجَہ (vazīr-i xārija) — cabinet official
  • Vietnamese: bộ trưởng ngoại giao — cabinet official
  • Vietnamese: ngoại trưởng — cabinet official