ministerie

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Afrikaans

[edit]
Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia af

Etymology

[edit]

From Dutch ministerie, from French ministère and influenced by Latin ministerium.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /ˌmə̯.nəsˈtɪə̯.ri/

Noun

[edit]

ministerie (plural ministeries)

  1. ministry (government department under the authority of a minister)
[edit]

Dutch

[edit]
Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from French ministère and influenced by Latin ministerium.[1]

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /ˌmi.nɪsˈteː.ri/, /ˌmi.niˈsteː.ri/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: mi‧nis‧te‧rie
  • Rhymes: -eːri

Noun

[edit]

ministerie n (plural ministeries, diminutive ministerietje n)

  1. ministry (government department under the authority of a minister) [from 18th c.]
    Dat blijkt uit onderzoek in opdracht van het ministerie van Economische Zaken en branche-organisatie Aedes, dat vandaag openbaar wordt. — That becomes clear from research commissioned by the ministry of Economic Affairs and branch-organization Aedes, which today becomes public. (Algemeen Dagblad, 12/19/2006)
  2. (archaic) service, ministry [from 17th c.]

Synonyms

[edit]
[edit]

Descendants

[edit]
  • Afrikaans: ministerie
  • → West Frisian: ministearje

References

[edit]
  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=ministerie&oldid=80007920"