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)

present participle		administrant /ad.mi.nis.tʁɑ̃/
past participle		administré /ad.mi.nis.tʁe/
infinitive
simple		administrer
compound		avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple		administrant /ad.mi.nis.tʁɑ̃/
compound		ayant + past participle
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ils, elles
(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 historic2	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	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(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/
	imperfect2	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	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	administre /ad.mi.nistʁ/	—	administrons /ad.mi.nis.tʁɔ̃/	administrez /ad.mi.nis.tʁe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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	—