ministry

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• /ˈmɪnɪstɹi/
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• CMU ARPABET: M IH1 N AH0 S T R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English mynisterie, borrowed from Old French menistere, in turn borrowed itself from Latin ministerium; equivalent to minister + -y.

130 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ministri — government department
• Antigua and Barbuda Creole English: ruuka — government department
• Arabic: وِزَارَة (wizāra) — government department
• Armenian: նախարարություն (naxararutʻyun) — government department
• Azerbaijani: nazirlik — government department
• Bashkir: министрлыҡ (ministrlıq) — government department
• Basque: ministerioa — government department
• Belarusian: міністэ́рства (ministérstva) — government department
• Bengali: মন্ত্রক (montrok) — government department
• Bengali: ওজারত (ōjarot) — government department
• Bulgarian: министе́рство (ministérstvo) — government department
• Burmese: ဝန်ကြီးဌာန (wankri:htana.) — government department
• Buryat: яаман (jaaman) — government department
• Catalan: ministeri — government department
• Chichewa: unduna — government department
• Chinese Cantonese: 部 (bou6) — government department
• Chinese Mandarin: 部 (bù) — government department
• Ngazidja Comorian: wizara — government department
• Crimean Tatar: nazirlik — government department
• Czech: ministerstvo — government department
• Danish: ministerium — government department
• Dutch: ministerie — government department
• Dutch: departement — government department
• Esperanto: ministerio — government department
• Esperanto: ministrejo — government department
• Estonian: ministeerium — government department
• Finnish: ministeriö — government department
• French: ministère — government department
• Georgian: სამინისტრო (saminisṭro) — government department
• German: Ministerium — government department
• Greek: υπουργείο (ypourgeío) — government department
• Hausa: ma'aikataa — government department
• Hebrew: מִשְׂרָד (misrád) — government department
• Hebrew: מיניסטריון (ministeryón) — government department
• Hindi: मंत्रालय (mantrālay) — government department
• Hungarian: minisztérium — government department
• Icelandic: ráðuneyti — government department
• Icelandic: klerkdómur — government department
• Ido: ministerio — government department
• Indonesian: kementerian — government department
• Irish: aireacht — government department
• Italian: ministero — government department
• Japanese: 省 (shō) — government department
• Kazakh: министрлік (ministrlık) — government department
• Khmer: ក្រសួង (krɑɑsuəng) — government department
• Korean: 부 (bu) — government department
• Korean: 성 (seong) — government department
• Korean: 부처 (bucheo) — government department
• Northern Kurdish: wezaret — government department
• Northern Kurdish: wezîrî — government department
• Kyrgyz: министерство (ministerstvo) — government department
• Lao: ກະຊວງ (ka sūang) — government department
• Latin: ministerium — government department
• Latvian: ministrija — government department
• Lithuanian: ministerija — government department
• Macedonian: министерство (ministerstvo) — government department
• Malay: kementerian — government department
• Malayalam: മന്ത്രാലയം (mantrālayaṁ) — government department
• Māori: tari — government department
• Māori: minitatanga — government department
• Māori: manatū — government department
• Marathi: मंत्रालय (mantrālay) — government department
• Mongolian: санваартан (sanvaartan) — government department
• Mongolian: яам (jaam) — government department
• Norwegian Bokmål: ministerium — government department
• Pashto: وزارت (wezārat) — government department
• Dari: وِزَارَت (wizārat) — government department
• Iranian Persian: وِزارَت (vezârat) — government department
• Plautdietsch: Aumt — government department
• Polish: ministerstwo — government department
• Portuguese: ministério — government department
• Romanian: minister — government department
• Russian: министе́рство (ministérstvo) — government department
• Serbo-Croatian: министа̀рство — government department
• Serbo-Croatian: ministàrstvo — government department
• Slovak: ministerstvo — government department
• Slovene: ministrstvo — government department
• Somali: wasaarad — government department
• Spanish: ministerio — government department
• Spanish: cartera — government department
• Swahili: wizara — government department
• Swedish: ministär — government department
• Tajik: вазорат (vazorat) — government department
• Tamil: அமைச்சகம் (amaiccakam) — government department
• Tatar: министрлык (ministrlıq) — government department
• Thai: กระทรวง (grà-suuang) — government department
• Tumbuka: unduna — government department
• Turkish: bakanlık — government department
• Turkmen: ministrlik — government department
• Ukrainian: міністе́рство (ministérstvo) — government department
• Urdu: وِزارَت (vizārat) — government department
• Uyghur: مىنىستىرلىك (ministirlik) — government department
• Uzbek: vazirlik — government department
• Uzbek: ministrlik — government department
• Vietnamese: bộ — government department
• Volapük: minister — government department
• Welsh: gweinidogaeth — government department
• Yakut: министиэристибэ (ministieristibe) — government department
• Yiddish: מיניסטעריום (ministeryum) — government department
• Bulgarian: министе́рски съве́т (ministérski sǎvét) — complete body of government ministers
• Danish: regering — complete body of government ministers
• Danish: kabinet — complete body of government ministers
• Dutch: ministerie — complete body of government ministers
• Dutch: kabinet — complete body of government ministers
• Dutch: regering — complete body of government ministers
• Dutch: gouvernement — complete body of government ministers
• French: cabinet — complete body of government ministers
• French: ministère — complete body of government ministers
• Georgian: მინისტრთა კაბინეტი (minisṭrta ḳabineṭi) — complete body of government ministers
• Georgian: კაბინეტი (ḳabineṭi) — complete body of government ministers
• Georgian: მთავრობა (mtavroba) — complete body of government ministers
• Georgian: ხელისუფლება (xelisupleba) — complete body of government ministers
• Greek: υπουργικό συμβούλιο (ypourgikó symvoúlio) — complete body of government ministers
• Greek: κυβέρνηση (kyvérnisi) — complete body of government ministers
• Hindi: संसद (sansad) — complete body of government ministers
• Ido: ministraro — complete body of government ministers
• Norwegian Bokmål: kabinett — complete body of government ministers
• Portuguese: gabinete — complete body of government ministers
• Portuguese: ministério — complete body of government ministers
• Russian: министе́рство (ministérstvo) — complete body of government ministers
• Swedish: Ministär — complete body of government ministers
• Volapük: ministeranef — complete body of government ministers
• Yakut: министиэристибэ (ministieristibe) — complete body of government ministers
• Bengali: মোল্লাগিরি (mōllagiri) — practice and education of the minister of a particular religion
• Chichewa: ubusa — practice and education of the minister of a particular religion
• Danish: præsteembede — practice and education of the minister of a particular religion
• Dutch: bediening van de eredienst — practice and education of the minister of a particular religion
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 (andbahti) — practice and education of the minister of a particular religion
• Greek: ιερατείο (ierateío) — practice and education of the minister of a particular religion
• Irish: ministreacht — practice and education of the minister of a particular religion