Meanings
nounforeign minister (plural foreign ministers)
plural foreign ministers
- The cabinet official in charge of relationships with foreign nations.
Synonyms: FM
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe cabinet official in charge of relationships with foreign nations.
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nouna government minister for foreign relations
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Translations
Arabic وَزِير الْخَارِجِيَّة
- وَزِير الْخَارِجِيَّة (wazīr al-ḵārijiyya)cabinet official
Bengali বিদেশমন্ত্রী
- বিদেশমন্ত্রী (bideśmontri)cabinet official
Bulgarian мини́стър на въ́ншните ра́боти
- мини́стър на въ́ншните ра́боти (minístăr na vắnšnite ráboti)cabinet official
Chinese Mandarin 外交部長 /外交部长, 外長 /外长
- 外交部長 /外交部长 (wàijiāobùzhǎng)cabinet official
- 外長 /外长 (wàizhǎng)cabinet official
- 外相 (wàixiàng)cabinet official
Czech ministr zahraničí
- ministr zahraničícabinet official
Danish udenrigsminister
- udenrigsministercabinet official
Dutch minister van Buitenlandse Zaken
- minister van Buitenlandse Zakencabinet official
Estonian välisminister
- välisministercabinet official
Finnish ulkoministeri
- ulkoministericabinet official
French ministre des Affaires étrangères
- ministre des Affaires étrangèrescabinet official
German Außenminister, Außenministerin
- Außenministercabinet official
- Außenministerincabinet official
Hebrew שַׂר חוּץ
- שַׂר חוּץ (sar khúts)cabinet official
Hindi विदेश मंत्री
- विदेश मंत्री (videś mantrī)cabinet official
Hungarian külügyminiszter
- külügyminisztercabinet official
Icelandic utanríkisráðherra
- utanríkisráðherracabinet official
Indonesian menteri luar negeri
- menteri luar negericabinet official
Italian ministro degli esteri
- ministro degli estericabinet official
Japanese 外務大臣, 外相
- 外務大臣 (gaimu daijin)cabinet official
- 外相 (gaishō)cabinet official
Korean 외교부 장관, 외상
- 외교부 장관 (oegyobu janggwan)cabinet official
- 외상 (oesang)cabinet official
- 외무상 (oemusang)cabinet official
Norwegian Bokmål utenriksminister
- utenriksministercabinet official
Persian وَزیرِ اُمورِ خارِجه
- وَزیرِ اُمورِ خارِجه (vazir-e omur-e xâreje)cabinet official
Polish minister spraw zagranicznych
- minister spraw zagranicznychcabinet official
Portuguese ministro do exterior
- ministro do exteriorcabinet official
Romanian ministru de externe, ministru al Afacerilor Externe
- ministru de externecabinet official
- ministru al Afacerilor Externecabinet official
Russian мини́стр иностра́нных дел
- мини́стр иностра́нных дел (minístr inostránnyx del)cabinet official
Slovak minister zahraničia
- minister zahraničiacabinet official
Spanish ministro extranjero
- ministro extranjerocabinet official
Swedish utrikesminister
- utrikesministercabinet official
Thai รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศ
- รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศcabinet official
Turkish dış işleri bakanı
- dış işleri bakanıcabinet official
Ukrainian міні́стр закордо́нних справ
- міні́стр закордо́нних справ (minístr zakordónnyx sprav)cabinet official
Urdu وَزِیرِ خَارِجَہ
- وَزِیرِ خَارِجَہ (vazīr-i xārija)cabinet official
Vietnamese bộ trưởng ngoại giao, ngoại trưởng
- bộ trưởng ngoại giaocabinet official
- ngoại trưởngcabinet official
Cite this entry
APA
foreign minister. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreign%20minister
MLA
“foreign minister.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreign%20minister. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foreign minister,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreign%20minister.
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