different between knave vs administrator

English

Etymology

From Middle English knave, knafe, from Old English cnafa (“child, boy, youth; servant”), from Proto-West Germanic *knab?.

Pronunciation

• enPR: n?v, IPA^(key): /ne?v/
• Rhymes: -e?v
• Homophone: nave

Noun

knave (plural knaves)

1. (archaic) A boy; especially, a boy servant.
2. (archaic) Any male servant; a menial.

   • Many a duteous and knee-crooking knave that, doting on his own obsequious bondage, wears out his time, much like his master's ass, For naught but provender, and when he's old – cashier'd! Whip me such honest knaves.

3. A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person.

   Synonyms: rogue, villain

   • I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.
4. (card games) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:villain

Derived terms

• knavery
• knavish

Translations

Anagrams

• Kevan, Vanek

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cnave, knafe, cnafe, knaffe, knaue, knawe, knaf, knaw

Etymology

From Old English cnafa, from Proto-Germanic *knabô. Compare knape.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kna?v(?)/

Noun

knave (plural knaves or knaven)

1. son, male child (offspring)
2. boy, lad, male child or baby
3. guy, bloke, man
4. servant, hireling, menial
5. peasant, lowly individual
6. infantryman, soldier
7. knave, caitiff, despicable individual

Related terms

• knave child

Descendants

• English: knave
• Scots: knave, knafe, knaif

References

• “kn?ve, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.

See Wiktionary:Administrators for administrators within Wiktionary.

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