How to say “minister” in 30 different languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
- ministro/miˈnistɾo/ Spanish
- وزير/wa.ziːr/ Arabic
- 大臣/tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/ Chinese
- मंत्री/mən.t̪ɾiː/ Hindi
- মন্ত্রী/mont̪ɾi/ Bengali
- മന്ത്രി/mɐn̪t̪ri/ Malayalam
“minister” in Spanish: ministro · French: ministre · German: minister · Italian: ministro · Chinese: 大臣 · Arabic: وزير · Hindi: मंत्री
It is commonest in Telugu, where మంత్రి is the 764th most used word.
Minister in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans dominee/ˈduə̯məni(ə̯)/ pastor, minister #1,595
- Arabic وزير/wa.ziːr/ minister, cabinet minister #1,804
- Basque lehendakari/lehendakaɾi/ president, prime minister #533
- Bengali মন্ত্রী/mont̪ɾi/ #1,115
- Bulgarian министър[miˈnistɐr] minister, secretary #2,071
- Catalan ministre[miˈnis.tɾə] #1,510
- Chinese 大臣/tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/ minister; high-level official; secretary;… #1,011
- Esperanto ministro/miˈnistro/ #2,268
- Estonian minister/minˈister/ #2,092
- French ministre/mi.nistʁ/ #1,657
- Galician ministro/miˈnistɾo/ #1,420
- German minister/miˈnɪstɐ/ #2,409
- Hebrew כומר/ˈkomeʁ/ priest, minister, pastor, parson #1,490
- Hindi मंत्री/mən.t̪ɾiː/ #1,090
- Icelandic prestur[ˈpʰrɛstʏr] priest, minister #1,418
- Indonesian menteri/məntəˈri/ #1,183
- Italian ministro/miˈnis.tro/ #2,016
- Korean 목사님[mo̞ks͈a̠nim] pastor; minister #1,826
- Lithuanian ministras[mʲɪˈnʲɪstrɐs] #2,024
- Malay menteri/məntəˈri/ A minister #849
- Malayalam മന്ത്രി/mɐn̪t̪ri/ #788
- Norwegian prest/ˈprɛst/ a priest, minister #2,156
- Persian وزیر[væ.zíːɹ] #2,375
- Romanian ministru/miˈnistru/ #2,282
- Slovak premiér/premieːr/ prime minister #2,207
- Spanish ministro/miˈnistɾo/ #1,662
- Tamil பிரதமர்/pɾad̪amaɾ/ prime minister, premier #1,094
- Telugu మంత్రి/man̪t̪ɾi/ #764
- Ukrainian міністр[mʲiˈnʲistr] #2,499
- Urdu وزیر/ʋə.ziːɾ/ #2,415
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0) and Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.