admin

See also: admin. and Admin.

English

Alternative forms

• admin.
• Admin. (law)

Etymology

Clipping of administrator or administration.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ăd'mĭn", ədmĭn', IPA^(key): /ˈædˌmɪn/, /ədˈmɪn/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

admin (countable and uncountable, plural admins)

1. (uncountable, informal) Administration, or administrative work.

   Synonym: red tape

   There's a lot of admin involved in the birth of a child.

2. (countable, informal) An administration (a body that administers; the executive part of government).
   • 2020 August 17, Juliet Eilperin, “Trump finalizes drilling plan for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge”, in The Washington Post‎^[2]:

     Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) tweeted after the announcement, “I will not stop fighting to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and stop the Trump admin’s plan for drilling.”

3. (uncountable, informal) The administrative or managerial body of a company or other organization.
   • 2020, “Zoo”, in Still at the Rough Cusp of Renaissance, performed by Good Fuck:

     Barren dirt plots behind knee-high metal fences indicated admin must have cut the flower budget.

4. (countable, informal) An administrator (one who administers affairs).
   • 2020 December 28, Zach Montellaro, “Georgia election admins battle Covid and conspiracies ahead of Senate runoffs”, in Politico‎^[3]:

     Georgia’s election administrators are fighting bizarre conspiracy theories, ballooning costs and coronavirus-related staffing problems as they prepare for the state’s contentious, nationally watched Senate runoffs next week.

5. (countable, informal, computing) A systems administrator (one who maintains a computer system or network).

   Our admin has upgraded the server in our office, so we can exchange files faster.

6. (countable, informal, Internet) A user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges allowing them to control or restrict the activity of other users.

   The admin changed the forum settings to enable the use of emoticons.

Derived terms

• adminhood
• adminship
• admin vortex
• badmin
• life admin
• modmin
• superadmin
• wedmin

Translations

informal: administrative work

• German: Papierkram (de) m, Formalitäten (de) f pl
• Spanish: papeleo (es) m, trámites (es) m pl

systems administrator

• Amaimon: noroozi
• Finnish: ylläpitäjä (fi)
• Korean: 운영자 (unyeongja), 관리자 (ko) (gwallija), 어드민 (eodeumin)
• Persian: ادمین (admin)
• Polish: admin (pl) m
• Portuguese: admin m or f
• Russian: сисадми́н (ru) m (sisadmín)

user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges

• Armenian: ադմին (admin), կայքավար (kaykʻavar)
• Finnish: ylläpitäjä (fi)
• Korean: 어드민 (eodeumin)
• Persian: ادمین (admin)
• Portuguese: admin m or f

Verb

admin (third-person singular simple present admins, present participle admining or adminning, simple past and past participle admined or adminned)

1. (transitive, computing, informal) To serve as an administrator for or of.

Translations

to serve as admin

• Finnish: ylläpitää (fi)

Anagrams

• Damin, Mdina, Midan, Minda, amind, danim, mandi, manid

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English admin.

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /ˈɛd.mɪn/
• Hyphenation: ad‧min

Noun

admin m (plural admins)

1. (Internet) admin, administrator (user with special privileges)

Hungarian

Etymology

Clipping of adminisztrátor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒdmin]
• Hyphenation: ad‧min
• Rhymes: -in

Noun

admin (plural adminok)

1. administrator

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	admin	adminok
accusative	admint	adminokat
dative	adminnak	adminoknak
instrumental	adminnal	adminokkal
causal-final	adminért	adminokért
translative	adminná	adminokká
terminative	adminig	adminokig
essive-formal	adminként	adminokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	adminban	adminokban
superessive	adminon	adminokon
adessive	adminnál	adminoknál
illative	adminba	adminokba
sublative	adminra	adminokra
allative	adminhoz	adminokhoz
elative	adminból	adminokból
delative	adminról	adminokról
ablative	admintól	adminoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	adminé	adminoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	adminéi	adminokéi

Possessive forms of admin

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	adminom	adminjaim
2nd person sing.	adminod	adminjaid
3rd person sing.	adminja	adminjai
1st person plural	adminunk	adminjaink
2nd person plural	adminotok	adminjaitok
3rd person plural	adminjuk	adminjaik

Polish

Etymology

Clipping of administrator, probably under international influence. First attested in 1991.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈad.min/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -admin
• Syllabification: ad‧min

Noun

admin m pers (female equivalent adminka)

1. (technology) admin

   Synonym: administrator

   nadgorliwy admin ― a hot-headed admin

   rozsądny admin ― a reasonable admin

   dowolny admin ― any admin

   inny admin ― another admin

   admin forum ― a forum admin

   admin serwera ― a server admin

   admin sieci ― a network admin

   admin strony ― a webpage admin

   pisać/napisać do admina ― to write to admin

   zwracać się/zwrócić się do admina ― to turn/appeal to an admin

   zgłaszać się/zgłosić się do/na admina ― to report to an admin

   głosowanie na admina ― an admin vote

Declension

Declension of admin

	singular	plural
nominative	admin	admini/adminy (deprecative)
genitive	admina	adminów
dative	adminowi	adminom
accusative	admina	adminów
instrumental	adminem	adminami
locative	adminie	adminach
vocative	adminie	admini

Related terms

adjectives

• administracyjny
• administratorski

adverb

• administracyjnie

nouns

• administracja
• administrator
• administratorka
• administratorstwo
• administratura
• administratywista

verbs

• administrować
• zaadministrować

Related terms

adjectives

• administracyjny
• administratorski

adverb

• administracyjnie

nouns

• administracja
• administracyjność
• administrator
• (Middle Polish) administratoria
• administratorka
• administratorstwo
• administratura
• administratywista

verbs

• administrować impf, (rare) przeadministrować pf, (rare) wyadministrować pf, (rare) zadministrować pf, zaadministrować pf
• współadministrować impf

Collocations

Collocations

• wyrozumiały admin ― understanding admin
• nadgorliwy admin ― overzealous admin
• anonimowy admin ― anonymous admin
• techniczny admin ― technical admin
• aktywny admin ― active admin
• dobry admin ― good admin
• zły admin ― bad admin
• doświadczony admin ― experienced admin
• odpowiedzialny admin ― responsible admin
• obecny admin ― current admin
• zwykły admin ― regular admin
• panel admina ― admin panel
• uprawnienia admina ― admin permissions
• przyciski admina ― admin buttons
• status admina ― admin status
• flaga admina ― admin flag
• narzędzia admina ― admin tools
• ingerencja admina ― admin intervention
• odwołanie admina ― admin appeal
• interwencja admina ― admin intervention
• funkcja admina ― admin function
• zgoda admina ― admin consent
• grono adminów ― group of admins
• konto admina ― admin account
• działania admina ― admin actions
• decyzja admina ― admin decision
• reakcja admina ― admin reaction
• zachowanie admina ― admin behavior
• strona admina ― admin page
• prawa admina ― admin rights
• lista admina ― admin list
• umiejętności admina ― admin skills
• obowiązki admina ― admin duties
• zadanie admina ― admin task
• pomoc admina ― admin help
• wypowiedź admina ― admin's statement
• pogląd admina ― admin view
• pozycja admina ― admin position
• stanowisko admina ― admin position
• grupa adminów ― group of admins
• wola admina ― admin's will
• zdanie admina ― admin opinion
• odpowiedź admina ― admin reply
• uwaga admina ― admin's note
• admin serwera ― server admin
• admin forum ― forum admin
• admin portalu ― admin of a webportal
• admin serwisu ― site admin
• admin strony ― page admin
• admin usuwa/usunęli ― an admin removes/deletes/removed/deleted
• admin kasuje/skasowali ― admin removes/deletes/removed/deleted
• admin blokuje/zablokował ― admin blocks/blocked
• admin odciął kogoś/coś ― admin cut off someone/something
• admin decyduje/zdecydował ― admin decides/decided
• admin zareagował ― admin reacted
• admin sprawdza ― admin checks
• admin wyciął ― admin cut out
• admin pisze ― admin writes
• admin sądzi ― admin thinks
• admin zajął się czymś ― admin took care of something
• prosić/poprosić admina ― to ask/request of an admin
• powiadomić admina ― to notify an admin
• zgłaszać/zgłosić adminowi ― to report to an admin
• szukać admina ― to look for an admin
• pytać/zapytać admina ― to ask admin
• czekać na admina ― to wait for an admin
• poinformować admina ― to inform an admin
• potrzebować admina ― to need an admin

Further reading

• admin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• admin in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• admin at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒiˈmĩ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aˈdmin/ [aˈðmin]

• Rhymes: -ĩ

Noun

admin m or f by sense (plural admins)

1. (computing) admin

   Synonym: administrador

Spanish

Noun

admin m or f by sense (plural admins)

1. (Internet) admin (A user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges)

Swedish

Noun

admin c

1. (computing, informal) an admin

   Jag tror du måste kontakta admin

   I think you'll have to contact the admin

   Är du admin?

   Are you an/the admin?

Usage notes

Usually treated as a proper noun or adjective. Uninflected except for a plural admins.