administrative

English

Etymology

From Latin administrātīvus.

Pronunciation

• (UK, Philippine) IPA^(key): /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹə.tɪv/, [ədˈmɪn.ɪ.st̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷə.tʰɪv]
• (US) IPA^(key): /ədˈmɪn.əˌstɹeɪ.tɪv/, [ədˈmɪn.əˌstɹeɪ.ɾɪv]

  • Audio (US)

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Adjective

administrative (comparative more administrative, superlative most administrative)

1. Of or relating to administering or administration.

Antonyms

• non-administrative, nonadministrative

Derived terms

• administrative kingship
• administrative law
• administrative leave
• administrative loading
• administrative region
• local administrative unit
• politico-administrative

 

Related terms

• administer
• administerial
• administrator
• administrivia
• minister

 

Translations

of or relating to administering or administration

• Armenian: վարչական (hy) (varčʿakan)
• Asturian: alministrativu
• Belarusian: адміністрацы́йны (administracýjny), адміністраты́ўны (administratýŭny)
• Bengali: প্রশাসনিক (prośaśonik)
• Bulgarian: административен (bg) (administrativen), управителен (bg) (upravitelen)
• Catalan: administratiu (ca)
• Czech: správní (cs), administrativní (cs)
• Dutch: bestuurlijk (nl), administratief (nl)
• Esperanto: administra
• Finnish: hallinnollinen (fi)
• French: administratif (fr)
• Galician: administrativo (gl)
• Georgian: ადმინისტრაციული (adminisṭraciuli)
• German: administrativ (de)
• Greek: διοικητικός (el) (dioikitikós), διαχειριστικός (el) (diacheiristikós)
• Hungarian: (of public administration) közigazgatási (hu), (more broadly) hivatali (hu), ügyviteli (hu), ügyintézési, adminisztratív (hu), adminisztrációs (hu)
• Italian: amministrativo (it)
• Kazakh: әкімшілік (äkımşılık)
• Occitan: administratiu (oc)
• Polish: administracyjny (pl)
• Portuguese: administrativo (pt)
• Romanian: administrativ (ro)
• Russian: администрати́вный (ru) (administratívnyj)
• Scots: admeenistrative
• Serbo-Croatian: administrativni (sh)
• Spanish: administrativo (es)
• Swedish: administrativ (sv)
• Turkish: yönetimsel (tr)
• Ukrainian: адміністрати́вний (uk) (administratývnyj)
• Welsh: gweinyddol (cy)
• Yiddish: אַדמיניסטראַטיוו‎ (administrativ)

See also

• bureaucratic

Albanian

Adjective

administrative f

1. feminine singular of administrativ

   njësi administrative

   an administrative unit

2. feminine plural of administrativ

   njësitë administrative

   the administrative units

French

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

administrative

1. feminine singular of administratif

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

administrative

1. inflection of administrativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

administrative

1. definite singular of administrativ
2. plural of administrativ

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

administrative

1. definite singular of administrativ
2. plural of administrativ

Swedish

Adjective

administrative

1. definite natural masculine singular of administrativ