administrative

English

Etymology

From Latin administrātīvus.

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

Adjective

administrative (comparative more administrative, superlative most administrative)

1. Of or relating to administering or administration.

   administrative costs

   administrative delays

   administrative error

   administrative issue

   administrative factors

   administrative work

   administrative worker

   He took on an administrative role within the university.

   The decision was delayed due to administrative issues.

   She worked as an administrative assistant for the department.

   The reform simplified the administrative process of applying for benefits.

Antonyms

• non-administrative, nonadministrative

Derived terms

• adminisphere
• administrative court
• administrative kingship
• administrative law
• administrative lead time
• administrative leave
• administrative loading
• administratively
• administrativeness
• administrative region
• administrative segregation
• administrativia
• local administrative unit
• medicoadministrative
• politico-administrative
• subadministrative

Related terms

• administer
• administerial
• administrator
• administrivia
• minister

Translations

of or relating to administering or administration

• Albanian: administrativ (sq)
• Armenian: վարչական (hy) (varčʻakan)
• Asturian: alministrativu
• Belarusian: адміністрацы́йны (administracýjny), адміністраты́ўны (administratýwny)
• Bengali: প্রশাসনিক (bn) (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)
• Hindi: प्रशासनिक (praśāsnik)
• Hungarian: (of public administration) közigazgatási (hu), (more broadly) hivatali (hu), ügyviteli (hu), ügyintézési, adminisztratív (hu), adminisztrációs (hu)
• Italian: amministrativo (it)
• Kazakh: әкімшілік (äkımşılık)
• Latin: administrātīvus
• Occitan: administratiu (oc)
• Polish: administracyjny (pl)
• Portuguese: administrativo (pt)
• Romanian: administrativ (ro)
• Russian: администрати́вный (ru) (administratívnyj)
• Scots: admeenistrative
• Serbo-Croatian: administrativni (sh)
• Slovak: administratívny (sk), správny
• 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 (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Adjective

administrative

1. feminine singular of administratif

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (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