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English

Alternative forms

• administratour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin administr?tor (literally “he that is near to attend”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?m?n?st?e?t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?m?n?st?e?t?/

Noun

administrator (plural administrators)

1. One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager
2. (law) 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
3. (computing) One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network

Synonyms

• (one who administers affairs): chief, head, head man, controller, comptroller, foreman, organizer, overseer, superintendent, supervisor
• admin

Derived terms

• co-administrator

Related terms

• administer
• administration
• administrative

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin administr?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t.mi.ni?stra?.t?r/, /??t.mi.n?s?tra?.t?r/
• Hyphenation: ad?mi?nis?tra?tor
• Rhymes: -a?t?r

Noun

administrator m (plural administratoren)

1. administrator, manager (person in an administrative capacity)
2. (Roman Catholicism) ecclesiastical administrator, a steward of a bishop

Related terms

• administrateur
• administratie
• administratief
• administreren

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch administrator (“administrator”), from Latin administrator (“administrator”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at?min?strat?r/
• Hyphenation: ad?mi?nis?tra?tor

Noun

administrator (first-person possessive administratorku, second-person possessive administratormu, third-person possessive administratornya)

1. (government, management) administrator.

Alternative forms

• administratur (nonstandard)

Related terms

Further reading

• “administrator” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

From administr? (“attend upon, assist”), from ad- (“to”) +? ministr? (“attend, manage”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ad.mi.nis?tra?.tor/, [äd?m?n?s??t??ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ad.mi.nis?tra.tor/, [?d?minis?t????t??r]

Noun

administr?tor m (genitive administr?t?ris); third declension

1. manager, conductor, administrator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• administr?t?rius

Related terms

• administer
• administr?ti?
• administr?t?vus
• administr?

Descendants

• Catalan: administrador
• English: administrator
• Hungarian: adminisztrátor
• Portuguese: administrador
• Russian: ?????????????? m (administrátor)
• Spanish: administrador

References

• administrator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• administrator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• administrator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Latvian

Noun

administrator m

1. vocative singular form of administrators

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

administrator m (definite singular administratoren, indefinite plural administratorer, definite plural administratorene)

1. an administrator

References

• “administrator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

administrator m (definite singular administratoren, indefinite plural administratorar, definite plural administratorane)

1. an administrator

References

• “administrator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin administr?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.m?i.?i?stra.t?r/

Noun

administrator m pers (feminine administratorka)

1. administrator

Declension

Further reading

• administrator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French administrateur, Latin administr?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.mi.nis.tra?tor/

Noun

administrator m (plural administratori, feminine equivalent administratoare)

1. administrator

Declension

Synonyms

• intendent

Derived terms

• administrator delegat

Related terms

• administra
• administrabil
• administrare
• administrat
• administrativ
• administra?ie

References

• administrator in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /admin?stra?tor/
• Hyphenation: ad?mi?ni?stra?tor

Noun

adminìstr?tor m (Cyrillic spelling ??????????????)

1. administrator

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English capitain, capteyn, from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capit?neus, from Latin caput (“head”) (English cap). Doublet of chieftain, also from Old French.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kæp.t?n/, /-t?n/
• (US, General Australian) IPA^(key): /?kæp.t?n/
• (naval, informal) IPA^(key): /?kæp.?n/, [?kæpn?], [?kæpm?]

Noun

captain (plural captains)

1. A chief or leader.
   • 1526, The Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Matthew 2:

     For out of the shal come a captaine, whych shall govern my people israhel.

   • 1929, Rudyard Kipling, "The English Way":

     Stand up-stand up, Northumberland! / I bid you answer true, / If England's King has under his hand / A Captain as good as you?

2. The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.

3. An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.

   • "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there. […]."

4. A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
5. A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to an Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
7. One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
   • 2000, Gregory Allen Howard, Remember the Titans

     Captain's supposed to be the leader, right?
8. The leader of a group of workers.
9. The head boy of a school.
10. A maître d', a headwaiter.
    • 1977, Don Felder, Don Henley, and Glenn Frey, lyricists, "Hotel California",

      So I called up the Captain, "Please bring me my wine." / He said: "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969."

11. (Southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.

Synonyms

• (leader of a group of workers): supervisor, straw boss, foreman
• (commander of a vessel): skipper, master
• (pilot in command): pilot, pilot in command
• (military rank): CAPT, CAPT., Capt., Capt, CPT (abbreviation)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: kapten
• ? Irish: captaen

Translations

Verb

captain (third-person singular simple present captains, present participle captaining, simple past and past participle captained)

1. (intransitive) To act as captain
2. (transitive) To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• anti-cap, capitan, patican