ministre
Speech parts
1. ministre - Noun
2. ministre - Verb
Meaning
ministre (plural ministres)
Obsolete form of minister.
ministre (third-person singular simple present ministres, present participle ministring, simple past and past participle ministred)
Obsolete form of minister.
Anagrams
Examples
One of the most important was Necker, the "Prime Minister of Finances" (Premier ministre des finances).
However, because Canadian French does not have separate terms for the two positions, using premier ministre for both, the title prime minister is sometimes seen in reference to a provincial leader when a francophone is speaking or writing English.
Lionel Jospin 's female cabinet ministers were the first to be referred to as "Madame la ministre" instead of "Madame le ministre", whereas this had been common practice in Canada for decades.