administrator

See Wiktionary:Administrators for administrators within Wiktionary.

See also Administrator, administratör, and administrátor

English

Alternative forms

• administratour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin administrātor, literally "he that is near to attend".

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ədˈmɪnɪstɹeɪtə/, X-SAMPA: /@d"mInIstreIt@/
• (US) IPA: /ədˈmɪnɪstɹeɪtɚ/, X-SAMPA: /@d"mInIstreIt@`/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

administrator (plural administrators)

1. One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager
2. (law) A person who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority
3. (computing) One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network

Synonyms

• (one who administers affairs): chief, head, head man, controller, comptroller, foreman, organizer, overseer, superintendent, supervisor

Derived terms

• admin

Translations

one who administers affairs

• Basque: administratzaile (eu)
• Bulgarian: управител (bg) (upravitel), ръководител (bg) (rǎkovoditel)
• Catalan: administrador (ca) m, administradora (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 管理員 (cmn), 管理员 (cmn) (guǎnlǐyuán), 管理者 (cmn)

• Czech: správce (cs) m, administrátor (cs) m
• Dutch: beheerder (nl) m
• Esperanto: administranto (eo)
• Finnish: hallintovirkamies (fi) (in gov't), hallinnoija (fi)
• French: administrateur (fr) m
• German: Verwalter (de) m, Verwaltungsleiter (de) m, Sachbearbeiter (de) m, Administrator (de) m (Computer)
• Greek: διαχειριστής (el) (diacheiristís) m, διαχειρίστρια (el) (diacheirístria) f

• Haitian Creole: administratè
• Irish: riarthóir (ga) m
• Italian: amministratore (it) m
• Japanese: 管理者 (ja) (かんりしゃ, kanrisha)
• Jèrriais: adminnistrateu m
• Khmer: អ្នកអភិបាល (km) (neak apʰi baal)
• Navajo: hooʼááłígíí
• Polish: zarządca (pl) m, administrator (pl) m
• Romanian: administrator (ro) m
• Russian: администратор (ru) (administrátor) m, руководитель (ru) (rukovodítel') m, управляющий (ru) (upravljájuščij) m, распорядитель (ru) (rasporjadítel') m (dated)
• Scottish Gaelic: rianaire (gd) m
• Spanish: administrador (es) m
• Swedish: administratör (sv) c, handläggare (sv) c pl

law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed

• Bulgarian: опекун (bg) (opekun)
• Catalan: administrador (ca) m, administradora (ca) f
• Czech: správce (cs) m
• Finnish: uskottu mies (fi)
• German: Nachlassverwalter (de) m
• Greek: διαχειριστής (el) (diacheiristís) m

• Japanese: 遺産管理人 (ja) (isan kanrinin)
• Navajo: dahwéetʼaahígíí
• Polish: zarządca (pl) m
• Russian: опекун (ru) (op'ekún) m, душеприказчик (ru) (dušeprikázčik) m
• Spanish: administrador (es) m, albacea (es) m and f

computing: one who responsible for software and maintenance of a computer or network

• Bulgarian: администратор (bg) (administrator)
• Czech: správce (cs) m
• Finnish: ylläpitäjä (fi)
• French: administrateur (fr) m
• Greek: διαχειριστής (el) (diacheiristís) m
• Haitian Creole: administratè
• Hungarian: rendszergazda (hu)
• Irish: riarthóir (ga) m

• Japanese: 管理者 (ja) (kanrisha)
• Jèrriais: adminnistrateu m
• Khmer: អ្នកអភិបាល (km) (neak apʰi baal)
• Macedonian: администратор (mk) (administrator)
• Navajo: dahwéetʼaahígíí
• Polish: administrator (pl) m
• Swedish: administratör (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Afrikaans: administrateur (af)
• Korean: 행정관 (haengjeonggwan)
• Latin: praetor (la) m, procurator (la) m, administrator (la) m
• Macedonian: администратор (administrátor) m

• Norwegian: administrator (no) m
• Portuguese: administrador (pt) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: администратор (sh) m

  Roman: administrator (sh) m

Related terms

• administer
• administration
• administrative

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Latin

Etymology

From administrō (“attend upon, assist”), from ad (“to”) + ministrō (“attend, manage”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ad.mi.nisˈtraː.tor/

Noun

administrātor (genitive administrātōris); m, third declension

1. manager, conductor, administrator

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	administrātor	administrātōrēs
genitive	administrātōris	administrātōrum
dative	administrātōrī	administrātōribus
accusative	administrātōrem	administrātōrēs
ablative	administrātōre	administrātōribus
vocative	administrātor	administrātōrēs

Derived terms

• administrātōrius

Related terms

• administer
• administrātiō
• administrātīvus
• administrō

Descendants

• Catalan: administrador
• English: administrator
• Portuguese: administrador
• Russian: администра́тор (administrátor) m
• Spanish: administrador

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Norwegian

Noun

administrator m

1. administrator

Inflection

    Inflection of administrator

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	administrator	administratoren	administratorer	administratorene
Nynorsk m	administrator	administratoren	administratorar	administratorane

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Polish

Pronunciation

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Noun

administrator m

1. administrator

Declension

    declension of administrator

	singular	plural
nominative	administrator	administratorzy
genitive	administratora	administratorów
dative	administratorowi	administratorom
accusative	administratora	administratorów
instrumental	administratorem	administratorami
locative	administratorze	administratorach
vocative	administratorze	administratorzy

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /adminǐstraːtor/
• Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧ni‧stra‧tor

Noun

adminìstrātor m (Cyrillic spelling админѝстра̄тор)

1. administrator

Declension

    declension of administrator

	singular	plural
nominative	administrator	administratori
genitive	administratora	administratora
dative	administratoru	administratorima
accusative	administratora	administratore
vocative	administratoru	administratori
locative	administratoru	administratorima
instrumental	administratorom	administratorima