ministerio

From Latin ministerium; compare Italian mestiere, French ministère, Spanish ministerio, German Ministerium, Polish ministerstwo, Russian министерство (ministerstvo), Yiddish מיניסטעריום (ministeryum). Related to metio (“craft, trade”).

• IPA^(key): [ministeˈrio]

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• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: mi‧nis‧te‧ri‧o

ministerio (accusative singular ministerion, plural ministerioj, accusative plural ministeriojn)

1. ministry

ministeriō

1. dative/ablative singular of ministerium

Borrowed from Latin ministerium. Doublet of menester.

• IPA^(key): /minisˈteɾjo/ [mi.nisˈt̪e.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -eɾjo
• Syllabification: mi‧nis‧te‧rio

ministerio m (plural ministerios)

1. ministry

• “ministerio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16