PRIMEMINISTERとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Calque of French premier ministre.

発音

• IPA: /ˌpɹaɪ(m) ˈmɪnɪstə(ɹ)/

名詞

prime minister (plural prime ministers)

1. The chief member of the cabinet and head of the government, especially in a parliamentary democracy; often the leader of the majority party.

   This is a list of all prime ministers since Churchill.

   Yesterday we had a visit from the Prime Minister / prime minister.

   (See usage notes below.)

   Hypernyms: see Thesaurus:government minister

使用する際の注意点

• When referring to a particular prime minister, prime minister is capitalised according to some style guides, but it should only be capitalised when used before a person's name according to others:

  A Our Prime Minister issued a public statement today.

  B The prime minister issued a statement today.

  B Prime Minister Johnson issued a statement today.

• When referring to a prime minister by title and name together, British usage is, e.g., “the Prime Minister, Tony Blair” or “Tony Blair, the Prime Minister”, while North American usage is “Prime Minister Tony Blair”.

同意語

• PM (initialism)
• premier

派生語

関連する語

• premiership

参考

• head of government