ministry

English

Etymology

From Middle English mynisterie, borrowed from Old French menistere, in turn borrowed itself from Latin ministerium; equivalent to minister +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnɪstɹi/
Audio (Berkshire, UK)) (file)
Hyphenation: mi‧nis‧try

Noun

ministry (plural ministries)

Government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy, but also as a polity
She works for the ministry of finance.
He works for the ministry of defence.
I work for the ministry of education.
They work for the ministry of agriculture.
Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:government ministry
The complete body of government ministers (whether or not they are in cabinet) under the leadership of a head of government (such as a prime minister)
The premier offered his last ministry's resignation to the monarch, and is asked to form a new one in accordance with the election results.
A ministration
The active practice and education of the minister of a particular religion or faith.
(Christianity) The clergy of nonapostolic Protestant churches.
(Christianity) Work of a spiritual or charitable nature.
the present ministry of the Holy Spirit

Hyponyms

ministry of education

Derived terms

bus ministry
fivefold ministry
ministerial
prime ministry

Translations

government department

Albanian: ministri (sq) m
Arabic: وِزَارَة‎ f (wizāra)
Armenian: նախարարություն (hy) (naxararutʿyun)
Azerbaijani: nazirlik
Basque: ministerioa
Belarusian: міністэ́рства n (ministérstva)
Bengali: ওজারত (ozarot)
Bulgarian: министе́рство (bg) n (ministérstvo)
Burmese: ဝန်ကြီးဌာန (my) (wankri:htana.)
Catalan: ministeri (ca) m
Chichewa: unduna
Chinese:
Mandarin: 部 (zh) (bù)
Crimean Tatar: nazirlik
Czech: ministerstvo (cs) n
Danish: ministerium n
Dutch: ministerie (nl) n, departement (nl) n
Esperanto: ministerio, ministrejo
Estonian: ministeerium
Finnish: ministeriö (fi)
French: ministère (fr) m
Georgian: სამინისტრო (saminisṭro)
German: Ministerium (de) n
Greek: υπουργείο (el) n (ypourgeío)
Hausa: ma'aikataa
Hebrew: מִשְׂרָד‎ (he) m (misrád)
Hindi: मंत्रालय (hi) m (mantrālay)
Hungarian: minisztérium (hu)
Icelandic: klerkdómur n
Ido: ministerio (io)
Indonesian: kementerian (id)
Irish: aireacht f
Italian: ministero (it)
Japanese: 省 (ja) (しょう, shō)
Kazakh: министрлік (ministrlık)
Khmer: ក្រសួង (km) (krɑsuəng)
Korean: 부(部) (ko) (bu), 성(省) (ko) (seong)
Kyrgyz: министерство (ministerstvo)
Lao: ກະຊວງ (lo) (ka sūang)
Latin: ministerium n
Latvian: ministrija f
Lithuanian: ministerija f
Macedonian: министерство n (ministerstvo)
Malay: kementerian
Malayalam: മന്ത്രാലയം (ml) (mantrālayaṃ)
Maori: tari, minitatanga, manatū
Mongolian: санваартан (mn) (sanvaartan), яам (mn) (jaam)
Ngazidja Comorian: wizara class 11
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ministerium n
Pashto: وزارت‎ m (wezārát)
Persian: وزارت‎ (fa) (vezârat)
Plautdietsch: Aumt n
Polish: ministerstwo (pl) n
Portuguese: ministério (pt) m
Romanian: minister (ro) m
Russian: министе́рство (ru) n (ministérstvo)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: министа̀рство n
Roman: ministàrstvo (sh) n
Slovak: ministerstvo n
Slovene: ministrstvo (sl) n
Somali: wasaarad
Spanish: ministerio (es) m, cartera (es)
Swahili: wizara (sw)
Swedish: ministär (sv)
Tajik: вазорат (tg) (vazorat)
Thai: กระทรวง (th) (grà-suuang)
Turkish: bakanlık (tr)
Turkmen: ministrlik
Ukrainian: міністе́рство m (ministérstvo)
Urdu: وزارت‎ (ur) f (vizārat)
Uyghur: مىنىستىرلىك‎ (ministirlik)
Uzbek: vazirlik (uz), ministrlik (uz)
Vietnamese: bộ (vi) (部)
Welsh: gweinidogaeth (cy) m
Yakut: министиэристибэ (ministieristibe)

complete body of government ministers

Bulgarian: министерски съвет m (ministerski sǎvet)
Danish: regering (da) c, kabinet n
Dutch: ministerie (nl) n, kabinet (nl) n, regering (nl), gouvernement (nl) n
French: cabinet (fr) m, ministère (fr) m
Georgian: მინისტრთა კაბინეტი (minisṭrta ḳabineṭi), კაბინეტი (ḳabineṭi), მთავრობა (mtavroba), ხელისუფლება (xelisupleba)
Greek: υπουργικό συμβούλιο (el) n (ypourgikó symvoúlio), κυβέρνηση (el) f (kyvérnisi)
Ido: ministraro (io)
Irish: ^{(please verify)} aireacht f
Norwegian: Kabinett
Portuguese: gabinete (pt) m, ministério (pt) m
Russian: министе́рство (ru) n (ministérstvo)
Swedish: Ministär
Yakut: министиэристибэ (ministieristibe)

ministration — see ministration

practice and education of the minister of a particular religion

Bengali: মোল্লাগিরি (mollagiri)
Chichewa: ubusa
Danish: præsteembede n
Dutch: bediening van de eredienst
Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 n (andbahti)
Greek: ιερατείο (el) n (ierateío)
Irish: ministreacht f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} ministère (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} ministère du culte m, ^{(please verify)} cabinet (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} gouvernement (fr) m
Italian: ^{(please verify)} ministero (it) m
Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 部 (ja) (bu)

Anagrams

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