ministère
French, noun/mi.nis.tɛʁ/
ministère is spelled M-I-N-I-S-T-È-R-E (9 letters) and appears 81 times per million words in written French, the 1,026th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ministère is a French masculine noun meaning “ministry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Emploi ou charge qu’on exerce”.
What does ministère mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineministry
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Emploi ou charge qu’on exerce. 2. Fonction d’un huissier. 3. Fonctions dans l’Église, notamment d’un prêtre (sacerdoce). 4. Entremise de quelqu’un dans une affaire, le service qu’on rend à une autre personne dans quelque emploi, dans quelque fonction.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ministère
- ministères plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ministère?
- /mi.nis.tɛʁ/
- \mi.nis.tɛʁ\
- [mi.nis.tɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ministère
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ministère in French?
ministère appears 81 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).