admin
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of administrator or administration.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
admin (countable and uncountable, plural admins)
- (uncountable, informal) Administration, or administrative work.
- There's a lot of admin involved in the birth of a child.
- (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.”
- (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.
- (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.
- (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 edit
Translations edit
systems administrator
user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges
Verb edit
admin (third-person singular simple present admins, present participle admining or adminning, simple past and past participle admined or adminned)
- (transitive, computing, informal) To serve as an administrator for or of.
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˈɛd.mɪn/
- Hyphenation: ad‧min
Noun edit
admin m (plural admins)
- (Internet) admin, administrator (user with special privileges)
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
admin (plural adminok)
Declension edit
| 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 edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of administrator, probably under international influence. First attested in 1991.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
admin m pers (female equivalent adminka)
- (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 edit
Declension of admin
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adjectives
adverb
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- administrować impf, (rare) przeadministrować pf, (rare) wyadministrować pf, (rare) zadministrować pf, zaadministrować pf
- współadministrować impf
Collocations edit
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
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
admin m or f by sense (plural admins)
- (computing) administrator (computing: one who responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network)
- Synonym: administrador
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Noun edit
admin m or f by sense (plural admins)
Swedish edit
Noun edit
admin c
- (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 edit
Usually treated as a proper noun or adjective. Uninflected except for a plural admins.