ministra

== Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [miˈnis.tɾə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [miˈnis.tɾa] Homophone: ministre === Noun === ministra f (plural ministres) female equivalent of ministre == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmɪnɪstra] Hyphenation: mi‧ni‧s‧t‧ra === Noun === ministra genitive/accusative singular of ministr == Italian == === Noun === ministra f (plural ministre) female equivalent of ministro ==== Usage notes ==== Formerly proscribed form. === References === == Latin == === Pronunciation === nominative- and vocative-singular noun (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɪˈnɪs.tra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [miˈnis.tra] ablative-singular noun and verb form (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɪˈnɪs.traː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [miˈnis.tra] === Etymology 1 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== ministra f (genitive ministrae, masculine minister); first declension female attendant or servant, maid, waitress female agent, female aide female accomplice ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -ābus). ===== Synonyms ===== ministrīx ===== Coordinate terms ===== magister minister m ===== Derived terms ===== praeministra ==== Further reading ==== “mĭnistra”, 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 R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “ministra”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[2], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC “ministra”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 978. ministra in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, columns 928 (under minister) and 929 (as lemma) Harm Pinkster, editor (2018), “ministra”, in Woordenboek Latijn/Nederlands‎[3], 7th revised edition, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== ministrā second-person singular present active imperative of ministrō == Latvian == === Noun === ministra m genitive singular of ministrs == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /miˈɲis.tra/ Rhymes: -istra Syllabification: mi‧nis‧tra === Etymology 1 === From minister + -a. ==== Noun ==== ministra f (male equivalent minister) (government, neologism) female equivalent of minister (“minister, ministress, ministrix”) (politician who heads a ministry) (government, neologism) female equivalent of minister (“high-ranking official in the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland”) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== ministra m pers genitive/accusative singular of minister == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: mi‧nis‧tra === Noun === ministra f (plural ministras) (Azores) bedside table female equivalent of ministro === Verb === ministra inflection of ministrar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “ministra”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “ministra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /miˈnistɾa/ [miˈnis.t̪ɾa] Rhymes: -istɾa Syllabification: mi‧nis‧tra === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== ministra f (plural ministras) female equivalent of ministro (rare) wife of a minister ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== ministra inflection of ministrar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “ministro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025