Ministry

//ˈmɪnɪstɹi//

Synonyms for "ministry" (140 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Strong matches (42)

Noun(1 words)
ministryship

Related words (70)

Noun(1 words)
portfolio

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6 relation types

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1 entries

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11 entries

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1 entries

is a

5 entries

related to

14 entries

Translations

128 translations across 85 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • ministri noun (government department)

Arabic

1 entries
  • وِزَارَة noun (government department)

Armenian

1 entries
  • նախարարություն noun (government department)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • nazirlik noun (government department)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • министрлыҡ noun (government department)

Basque

1 entries
  • ministerioa noun (government department)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • міністэ́рства noun (government department)

Bengali

3 entries
  • ওজারত noun (government department)
  • মন্ত্রক noun (government department)
  • মোল্লাগিরি noun (practice and education of the minister of a particular religion)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • министе́рски съве́т noun (complete body of government ministers)
  • министе́рство noun (government department)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဝန်ကြီးဌာန noun (government department)

Buryat

1 entries
  • яаман noun (government department)

Catalan

1 entries
  • ministeri noun (government department)

Chichewa

2 entries
  • ubusa noun (practice and education of the minister of a particular religion)
  • unduna noun (government department)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 部 noun (government department)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 部 noun (government department)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • nazirlik noun (government department)

Czech

1 entries
  • ministerstvo noun (government department)

Danish

4 entries
  • kabinet noun (complete body of government ministers)
  • ministerium noun (government department)
  • præsteembede noun (practice and education of the minister of a particular religion)
  • regering noun (complete body of government ministers)

Dari

1 entries
  • وِزَارَت noun (government department)

Dutch

4 entries
  • bediening van de eredienst noun (practice and education of the minister of a particular religion)
  • departement noun (government department)
  • gouvernement noun (complete body of government ministers)
  • kabinet noun (complete body of government ministers)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • ministerio noun (government department)
  • ministrejo noun (government department)

Estonian

1 entries
  • ministeerium noun (government department)

Finnish

1 entries
  • ministeriö noun (government department)

French

3 entries
  • cabinet noun (complete body of government ministers)
  • ministère noun (government department)
  • ministère noun (complete body of government ministers)

Georgian

4 entries
  • კაბინეტი noun (complete body of government ministers)
  • მთავრობა noun (complete body of government ministers)
  • მინისტრთა კაბინეტი noun (complete body of government ministers)
  • სამინისტრო noun (government department)

German

1 entries
  • Ministerium noun (government department)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 noun (practice and education of the minister of a particular religion)

Greek

4 entries
  • ιερατείο noun (practice and education of the minister of a particular religion)
  • κυβέρνηση noun (complete body of government ministers)
  • υπουργείο noun (government department)
  • υπουργικό συμβούλιο noun (complete body of government ministers)

Hausa

1 entries
  • ma'aikataa noun (government department)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מִשְׂרָד noun (government department)

Hindi

2 entries
  • मंत्रालय noun (government department)
  • संसद noun (complete body of government ministers)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • minisztérium noun (government department)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • klerkdómur noun (government department)
  • ráðuneyti noun (government department)

Ido

2 entries
  • ministerio noun (government department)
  • ministraro noun (complete body of government ministers)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kementerian noun (government department)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • وِزارَت noun (government department)

Irish

2 entries
  • aireacht noun (government department)
  • ministreacht noun (practice and education of the minister of a particular religion)

Italian

1 entries
  • ministero noun (government department)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 省 noun (government department)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • министрлік noun (government department)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ក្រសួង noun (government department)

Korean

3 entries
  • 부 noun (government department)
  • 부처 noun (government department)
  • 성 noun (government department)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • министерство noun (government department)

Lao

1 entries
  • ກະຊວງ noun (government department)

Latin

1 entries
  • ministerium noun (government department)

Latvian

1 entries
  • ministrija noun (government department)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • ministerija noun (government department)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • министерство noun (government department)

Malay

1 entries
  • kementerian noun (government department)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • മന്ത്രാലയം noun (government department)

Marathi

1 entries
  • मंत्रालय noun (government department)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • санваартан noun (government department)
  • яам noun (government department)

Māori

3 entries
  • manatū noun (government department)
  • minitatanga noun (government department)
  • tari noun (government department)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • wizara noun (government department)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • wezaret noun (government department)
  • wezîrî noun (government department)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • kabinett noun (complete body of government ministers)
  • ministerium noun (government department)

Pashto

1 entries
  • وزارت noun (government department)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Aumt noun (government department)

Polish

1 entries
  • ministerstwo noun (government department)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • gabinete noun (complete body of government ministers)
  • ministério noun (government department)
  • ministério noun (complete body of government ministers)

Romanian

1 entries
  • minister noun (government department)

Russian

2 entries
  • министе́рство noun (government department)
  • министе́рство noun (complete body of government ministers)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • ministàrstvo noun (government department)
  • министа̀рство noun (government department)

Slovak

1 entries
  • ministerstvo noun (government department)

Slovene

1 entries
  • ministrstvo noun (government department)

Somali

1 entries
  • wasaarad noun (government department)

Spanish

2 entries
  • cartera noun (government department)
  • ministerio noun (government department)

Swahili

1 entries
  • wizara class IX noun (government department)

Swedish

2 entries
  • Ministär noun (complete body of government ministers)
  • ministär noun (government department)

Tajik

1 entries
  • вазорат noun (government department)

Tamil

1 entries
  • அமைச்சகம் noun (government department)

Tatar

1 entries
  • министрлык noun (government department)

Thai

1 entries
  • กระทรวง noun (government department)

Tumbuka

1 entries
  • unduna noun (government department)

Turkish

1 entries
  • bakanlık noun (government department)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • ministrlik noun (government department)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • міністе́рство noun (government department)

Urdu

1 entries
  • وِزارَت noun (government department)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • مىنىستىرلىك noun (government department)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • ministrlik noun (government department)
  • vazirlik noun (government department)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • bộ noun (government department)

Volapük

2 entries
  • minister noun (government department)
  • ministeranef noun (complete body of government ministers)

Welsh

1 entries
  • gweinidogaeth noun (government department)

Yakut

2 entries
  • министиэристибэ noun (government department)
  • министиэристибэ noun (complete body of government ministers)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • מיניסטעריום noun (government department)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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The ministry administers the internal affairs.

Source: tatoeba (46265)

That party was held under the auspices of the Foreign Ministry.

Source: tatoeba (49181)

The speech contest was held under the auspices of the Ministry of Education.

Source: tatoeba (51835)

The record was sent to the ministry.

Source: tatoeba (180283)

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