administrative

English

Etymology

From administrate +‎ -ive

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ədˈmɪ.nəsˌtɹeɪ.ɾɪv/

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Adjective

administrative (comparative more administrative, superlative most administrative)

1. Of or relating to administering or administration.

Antonyms

• non-administrative, nonadministrative

Related terms

• administer
• administerial
• administrator
• administrivia
• minister

Translations

of or relating to administering or administration

• Asturian: alministrativu
• 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
• Georgian: ადმინისტრაციული (adminisṭraciuli)
• German: administrativ (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: διοικητικός (el) (dioikitikós)
• Interlingue:
• Italian: amministrativo (it)
• Occitan: administratiu (oc)
• Portuguese: administrativo (pt)
• Romanian: administrativ (ro)
• Russian: администрати́вный (ru) (administratívnyj)
• Scots: admeenistrative
• Serbo-Croatian: administrativni (sh)
• Spanish: administrativo (es)
• Swedish: administrativ (sv)
• Welsh: gweinyddol (cy)

See also

• bureaucratic

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French

Adjective

administrative

1. feminine singular of administratif

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German

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of administrativ
2. plural of administrativ

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of administrativ
2. plural of administrativ

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Swedish

Adjective

administrative

1. (deprecated template usage) definite natural masculine singular of administrativ