admin

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English

Alternative forms

• admin.
• Admin. (law)

Etymology

Clipping of administrator or administration.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ăd'mĭn", ədmĭn', IPA^(key): /ˈædˌmɪn/, /ədˈmɪn/

Noun

admin (countable and uncountable, plural admins)

1. (uncountable, informal) Administration, or administrative work.

   Synonym: red tape

2. (countable, informal) An administration (a body that administers; the executive part of government).
3. (uncountable, informal) The administrative or managerial body of a company or other organization.
4. (countable, informal) An administrator (one who administers affairs).
5. (countable, informal, computing) A systems administrator (one who maintains a computer system or network).

6. (countable, informal, Internet) A user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges allowing them to control or restrict the activity of other users.

Derived terms

• admin vortex
• adminhood
• adminship
• badmin
• life admin
• modmin
• superadmin
• wedmin

Translations

Verb

admin (third-person singular simple present admins, present participle admining or adminning, simple past and past participle admined or adminned)

1. (transitive, computing, informal) To serve as an administrator for or of.

Translations

Anagrams

• Damin, Mdina, Midan, Minda, amind, danim, mandi, manid

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English admin.

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /ˈɛd.mɪn/
• Hyphenation: ad‧min

Noun

admin m (plural admins)

1. (Internet) admin, administrator (user with special privileges)

Hungarian

Etymology

Clipping of adminisztrátor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒdmin]
• Hyphenation: ad‧min
• Rhymes: -in

Noun

admin (plural adminok)

1. administrator

Declension

Polish

Etymology

Clipping of administrator, probably under international influence. First attested in 1991.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈad.min/
• Rhymes: -admin
• Syllabification: ad‧min

Noun

admin m pers (female equivalent adminka)

1. (technology) admin

   Synonym: administrator

   nadgorliwy admin ― a hot-headed admin

   rozsądny admin ― a reasonable admin

   dowolny admin ― any admin

   inny admin ― another admin

   admin forum ― a forum admin

   admin serwera ― a server admin

   admin sieci ― a network admin

   admin strony ― a webpage admin

   pisać/napisać do admina ― to write to admin

   zwracać się/zwrócić się do admina ― to turn/appeal to an admin

   zgłaszać się/zgłosić się do/na admina ― to report to an admin

   głosowanie na admina ― an admin vote

Declension

Related terms

Related terms

Collocations

References

Further reading

• admin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• admin in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• admin at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ĩ

Noun

admin m or f by sense (plural admins)

1. (computing) admin

   Synonym: administrador

Spanish

Noun

admin m or f by sense (plural admins)

1. (Internet) admin (A user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges)

Swedish

Noun

admin c

1. (computing, informal) an admin

Usage notes

Usually treated as a proper noun or adjective. Uninflected except for a plural admins.