ministra

ministra

See also: ministrā

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /miˈnis.tɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /miˈnis.tɾa/
• Homophone: ministre

Noun

ministra f (plural ministres)

1. female equivalent of ministre

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Italian

Noun

ministra f (plural ministre)

1. 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."

Usage notes

• Formerly proscribed form.[1]

References

1. “La Crusca risponde: il ministro o la ministra?”, in Accademia della Crusca‎, 2013-12-05

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Latin

Verb

ministrā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ministrō

Noun

ministra f (genitive ministrae, masculine minister); first declension

1. 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.)

2. female agent, female aide
3. 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

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Latvian

Noun

ministra m

1. genitive singular form of ministrs

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Portuguese

Verb

ministra

1. inflection of ministrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈnistɾa/ [miˈnis.t̪ɾa]
• Rhymes: -istɾa
• Syllabification: mi‧nis‧tra

Noun

ministra f (plural ministras)

1. female equivalent of ministro
2. (rare) wife of a minister

Derived terms

• primera ministra

Verb

ministra

1. inflection of ministrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “ministro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014