different between administrative vs authentic

English

Etymology

From administrate +? -ive

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?m?.n?s?t?e?.??v/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?m?.n?s.t???t?v/, [?d?m?.n?s.t????????t??v]

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

See also

• bureaucratic

French

Adjective

administrative

1. feminine singular of administratif

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

administrative

1. definite singular of administrativ
2. plural of administrativ

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

administrative

1. definite singular of administrativ
2. plural of administrativ

Swedish

Adjective

administrative

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of administrativ.

English

Alternative forms

• authentical, authentick, authenticke, authentique (all archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English authentik, from Old French autentique, from Latin authenticus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (authentikós, “principal, genuine”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (authént?s, “lord, master”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?.???n.t?k/, /?.???n.t?k/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?.???n.t?k/

Adjective

authentic (comparative more authentic, superlative most authentic)

1. Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.

   The experts confirmed it was an authentic signature.

2. Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.

   The report was completely authentic.

   an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information

3. (music, of a Gregorian mode) Having the final as the lowest note of the mode.
4. (obsolete) authoritative
   • 1641, John Milton, Of Prelatical Episcopacy.

Synonyms

• (of the claimed origin): genuine, real, bonafide, bona fide, unfaked
• (conforming to fact): reliable, trustworthy, credible, unfaked

Antonyms

• (not of the claimed origin): phony, fake; ingenuine, inauthentic, unauthentic

Derived terms

Translations

References

• authentic at OneLook Dictionary Search
• authentic in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• authentic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.