administrer

French

Etymology

From Old French administrer

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.mi.nis.tʁe/

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Verb

administrer

1. to administer

Conjugation

  Conjugation of administrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		administrer			avoir administré
gerund		en administrant			en ayant administré
present participle		administrant /ad.mi.nis.tʁɑ̃/
past participle		administré /ad.mi.nis.tʁe/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	administre /ad.mi.nistʁ/	administres /ad.mi.nistʁ/	administre /ad.mi.nistʁ/	administrons /ad.mi.nis.tʁɔ̃/	administrez /ad.mi.nis.tʁe/	administrent /ad.mi.nistʁ/
	imperfect	administrais /ad.mi.nis.tʁɛ/	administrais /ad.mi.nis.tʁɛ/	administrait /ad.mi.nis.tʁɛ/	administrions /ad.mi.nis.tʁi.jɔ̃/	administriez /ad.mi.nis.tʁi.je/	administraient /ad.mi.nis.tʁɛ/
	past historic1	administrai /ad.mi.nis.tʁe/	administras /ad.mi.nis.tʁa/	administra /ad.mi.nis.tʁa/	administrâmes /ad.mi.nis.tʁam/	administrâtes /ad.mi.nis.tʁat/	administrèrent /ad.mi.nis.tʁɛʁ/
	future	administrerai /ad.mi.nis.tʁə.ʁe/	administreras /ad.mi.nis.tʁə.ʁa/	administrera /ad.mi.nis.tʁə.ʁa/	administrerons /ad.mi.nis.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/	administrerez /ad.mi.nis.tʁə.ʁe/	administreront /ad.mi.nis.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	administrerais /ad.mi.nis.tʁə.ʁɛ/	administrerais /ad.mi.nis.tʁə.ʁɛ/	administrerait /ad.mi.nis.tʁə.ʁɛ/	administrerions /ad.mi.nis.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	administreriez /ad.mi.nis.tʁə.ʁje/	administreraient /ad.mi.nis.tʁə.ʁɛ/
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	administre /ad.mi.nistʁ/	administres /ad.mi.nistʁ/	administre /ad.mi.nistʁ/	administrions /ad.mi.nis.tʁi.jɔ̃/	administriez /ad.mi.nis.tʁi.je/	administrent /ad.mi.nistʁ/
	imperfect1	administrasse /ad.mi.nis.tʁas/	administrasses /ad.mi.nis.tʁas/	administrât /ad.mi.nis.tʁa/	administrassions /ad.mi.nis.tʁa.sjɔ̃/	administrassiez /ad.mi.nis.tʁa.sje/	administrassent /ad.mi.nis.tʁas/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	administre /ad.mi.nistʁ/	—	administrons /ad.mi.nis.tʁɔ̃/	administrez /ad.mi.nis.tʁe/	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• administrateur
• administration

Further reading

• “administrer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Latin

Verb

administrer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of administrō

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

administrer

1. imperative of administrere

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin administrare

Verb

administrer

1. to administer

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of administrer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		administrer			avoir administré
gerund		en administrant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		administrant
past participle		administré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	administre	administres	administre	administrons	administrez	administrent
	imperfect	administroie, administreie, administroe, administreve	administroies, administreies, administroes, administreves	administroit, administreit, administrot, administreve	administriiens, administriens	administriiez, administriez	administroient, administreient, administroent, administrevent
	preterite	administrai	administras	administra	administrames	administrastes	administrerent
	future	administrerai	administreras	administrera	administrerons	administreroiz, administrereiz, administrerez	administreront
	conditional	administreroie, administrereie	administreroies, administrereies	administreroit, administrereit	administreriiens, administreriens	administreriiez, administreriez	administreroient, administrereient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	administre	administres	administre	administrons	administrez	administrent
	imperfect	administrasse	administrasses	administrast	administrissons, administrissiens	administrissoiz, administrissez, administrissiez	administrassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	administre	—	administrons	administrez	—