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ministru
minister (government official) /miˈnistru/
noun#1794 most common
Also: cabinet minister, secretary (as in a government department head)
Example sentences
Tatăl meu este ministru.
My father is a minister.
Ministrul a vorbit la televizor aseară.
The minister spoke on TV last night.
Noul ministru al educației a anunțat reforme importante.
The new minister of education announced important reforms.
Miniștrii s-au întâlnit pentru a discuta bugetul de stat.
The ministers met to discuss the state budget.
Declarațiile ministrului de externe au stârnit controverse în presa internațională.
The foreign minister's statements sparked controversy in the international press.
Deși fusese numit ministru cu doar câteva luni în urmă, reușise deja să impună reforme structurale în minister.
Although he had been appointed minister only a few months earlier, he had already managed to push through structural reforms in the ministry.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ministru | miniștri |
| Genitive | ministrului | miniștrilor |
| Accusative | ministru | miniștri |
| Vocative | ministrule | miniștrilor |
Word family
ministerministry (government department)
ministerialministerial
prim-ministruprime minister
interministerialbetween ministries
Etymology
Ministru entered Romanian in the nineteenth century as part of a wave of French and Latin borrowings that modernized Romanian political vocabulary. It traces to Latin minister, meaning servant or attendant, a word built on minus, less. The sense shifted over the centuries from a lowly attendant to a high state official who formally serves the ruler or the state.
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