administrative

administrative

English

Etymology

From administrate +‎ -ive

Pronunciation

• (US) 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 (prôśasnik) 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) Greek: διοικητικός (el) m (dioikitikós) Italian: amministrativo (it) Portuguese: administrativo (pt) Romanian: administrativ (ro) Russian: администрати́вный (ru) (administratívnyj) Scots: admeenistrative Serbo-Croatian: administrativni (sh) m, administrativna (sh) f, administrativno (sh) n 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. inflected form of administrativ

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

administrative

1. definite singular of administrativ
2. plural form of administrativ

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

administrative

1. definite singular of administrativ
2. plural form of administrativ

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Swedish

Adjective

administrative

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of administrativ.