ministra
See also: ministrā
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /miˈnis.tɾə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /miˈnis.tɾa/
- Homophone: ministre
Noun
ministra f (plural ministres)
- female equivalent of ministre
Italian
Noun
ministra f (plural ministre)
- female equivalent of ministro
- 2019 January 8, Silvia Morosi, “Gilet gialli, Di Maio risponde alla ministra francese: «Macron ci paragonava alla lebbra. Ipocrita»”, in Corriere della Sera:
- Il vicepremier risponde alla ministra per gli Affari europei Nathalie Loiseau cha aveva dichiarato: «Salvini e il capo dei 5 Stelle imparino a fare pulizia in casa loro». La replica di Parigi: «Serve rispetto, Roma pensi al benessere degli italiani, Parlerò con Moavero»
- The vice-president answers minister of European Affairs Nathalie Loiseau, who declared: "Salvini and the head of the Five Stars better learn to clean their own mess." The reply from Paris: "There needs to be respect. Rome should think about the well-being of Italians. I will speak with Moavero."
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Usage notes
- Formerly proscribed form.[1]
References
- “La Crusca risponde: il ministro o la ministra?”, in Accademia della Crusca, 2013-12-05
Latin
Verb
ministrā
- second-person singular present active imperative of ministrō
Noun
ministra f (genitive ministrae, masculine minister); first declension
- female attendant or servant, maid, waitress
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.283:
- cūr sit virginibus, quaeris, dea culta ministrīs?
- Why, you ask, is the goddess worshiped by virgin attendants?
(See Vesta (mythology); Vestalia.)
- Why, you ask, is the goddess worshiped by virgin attendants?
- cūr sit virginibus, quaeris, dea culta ministrīs?
- female agent, female aide
- female accomplice
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ministra | ministrae |
Genitive | ministrae | ministrārum |
Dative | ministrae | ministrīs |
Accusative | ministram | ministrās |
Ablative | ministrā | ministrīs |
Vocative | ministra | ministrae |
Synonyms
- ministrīx
Coordinate terms
- magister
- minister m
References
- “ministra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ministra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ministra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Latvian
Noun
ministra m
- genitive singular form of ministrs
Portuguese
Verb
ministra
- inflection of ministrar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miˈnistɾa/ [miˈnis.t̪ɾa]
- Rhymes: -istɾa
- Syllabification: mi‧nis‧tra
Noun
ministra f (plural ministras)
- female equivalent of ministro
- (rare) wife of a minister
Derived terms
- primera ministra
Verb
ministra
- inflection of ministrar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “ministro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014