minister
/ˈmɪnɪstə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈmɪnɪstə/
minister
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final r is pronounced in US English
mi - nis - ter -> minister
Myanmar meaning
(n) ဝန်ကြီး (n[pl]) ဝန်ကြီးများ
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၁။ (US secretary ) ဝန်ကြီး။ the Minister of Education ❍ the Greek Foreign Minister ❍ a minister for science. See also PRIME MINISTER
၂။ သံအမတ်ကဲ့သို့ နိုင်ငံကို ကိုယ်စားပြုသော်လည်း ယင်းအဆင့်အောက် ဖြစ်သော ရာထူးတစ်မျိုး။
၃။ (ခရစ်ယာန် အသင်းတော် အချို့ တွင်) ဘုန်းတော်ကြီး။ a minister of religion. Compare PRIEST ၁, VICAR
❏ Minister of State n (Brit ) အစိုးရအဖွဲ့ဝင် ဝန်ကြီးအောက် အဆင့် ဝန်ကြီး။
ပြုစုသည်။
❏ minister to sb/sth [PHRV ] (fml ) ပြုစုသည်။ nurses ministering to the sick and wounded.
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priest, cleric, preacher, vicar, rector, parson, reverend, nun, monk, holy man, holy woman, abbot, accommodate, administer, administrator, agent, aid, aide, ambassador, answer, archbishop, archdeacon, assistant, attend, be solicitous of, bishop, cabinet member, care, cater to, chaplain, clergy, clergyman, clergyperson, clergywoman, clerical, clerk, comfort, confessor, consul, curate, cure, deacon, dean, delegate, diocesan, diplomat, divine, do for, doctor, ecclesiastic, envoy, executive, foster, heal, help, lecturer, legate, liaison, lieutenant, look after, missionary, nurse, officeholder, official, pander, pander to, pastor, plenipotentiary, prelate, premier, prime minister, pulpiteer, remedy, secretary, serve, shepherd, succor, support, take care of, tend, treat, wait on, watch over
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