Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

administrator

/ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tɚ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.07 in modern English

Syllables: ad-min-is-tra-tor
IPA: /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tɚ/

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.

noun

A person who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority

noun

One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network.

noun

The queen's representative in some Commonwealth territories, comparable to a Governor General.

British usage

Example Sentences

"Kraft Heinz said the new products will be available nationwide to all school administrators to procure and offer to students either for purchase in the lunchroom – though the company did not disclose the cost to schools – or for free through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)."
"Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of the US DOGE Service, the agency that houses the temporary Department of Government Efficiency, a White House official told CNN on Tuesday."
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:administrator."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *-néwti Proto-Indo-European *minéwti Proto-Italic *minuō? Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Italic *-(j)ōs? Proto-Italic *minōs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *minosteros Latin minister Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin ministrō Latin administrō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin administrātorbor. English administrator Borrowed from Latin administrātor (literally “he that is near to attend”). Doublet of administrador.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tɚ/
British English: /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tə/

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

administrators (plural) administratour (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

administratorial administratorship administratress coadministrator maladministrator nonadministrator subadministrator superadministrator sysadmin

Phrases

city administrator co-administrator database administrator system administrator

Frequently Paired Words

administer administration administrative

Synonyms

chief head head man controller comptroller duke foreman organizer overseer superintendent supervisor admin

Questions

How do you pronounce administrator?: The recorded pronunciation is /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tɚ/.
What does administrator mean?: One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
Where does administrator come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *-néwti Proto-Indo-European *minéwti Proto-Italic *minuō? Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Italic *-(j)ōs? Proto-Italic *minōs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *minosteros Latin minister Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin ministrō Latin administrō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin administrātorbor. English administrator Borrowed from Latin administrātor (literally “he that is near to attend”). Doublet of administrador.

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