# admin
## English
### Alternative forms

* admin.
* Admin. (law)

### Etymology

Clipping of administrator or administration.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: ăd'mĭn", ədmĭn', IPA: /ˈædˌmɪn/, /ədˈmɪn/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

admin (countable and uncountable, plural admins)
* (uncountable, informal) Administration, or administrative work.
    Synonym: red tape
    There's a lot of admin involved in the birth of a child.
* (countable, informal) An administration (a body that administers; the executive part of government).
** 2020 August 17, Juliet Eilperin, “Trump finalizes drilling plan for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge”, in The Washington Post‎:Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) tweeted after the announcement, “I will not stop fighting to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and stop the Trump admin’s plan for drilling.”
* (uncountable, informal) The administrative or managerial body of a company or other organization.
** 2020, “Zoo”, in Still at the Rough Cusp of Renaissance, performed by Good Fuck:Barren dirt plots behind knee-high metal fences indicated admin must have cut the flower budget.
* (countable, informal) An administrator (one who administers affairs).
** 2020 December 28, Zach Montellaro, “Georgia election admins battle Covid and conspiracies ahead of Senate runoffs”, in Politico‎:Georgia’s election administrators are fighting bizarre conspiracy theories, ballooning costs and coronavirus-related staffing problems as they prepare for the state’s contentious, nationally watched Senate runoffs next week.
* (countable, informal, computing) A systems administrator (one who maintains a computer system or network).
    Our admin has upgraded the server in our office, so we can exchange files faster.
* (countable, informal, Internet) A user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges allowing them to control or restrict the activity of other users.
    The admin changed the forum settings to enable the use of emoticons.

#### 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)
* (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: /ˈɛd.mɪn/
* Hyphenation: ad‧min

### Noun

admin m (plural admins)
* (Internet) admin, administrator (user with special privileges)

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Clipping of adminisztrátor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɒdmin]
* Hyphenation: ad‧min
* Rhymes: -in

### Noun

admin (plural adminok)
* administrator

#### Declension
## Polish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈad.min/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -admin
* Syllabification: ad‧min

### Noun

admin m pers (female equivalent adminka)
* (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

#### Related terms

* administracyjny
* administratorski
* administracyjnie
* administracja
* administrator
* administratorka
* administratorstwo
* administratura
* administratywista
* administrować
* zaadministrować

#### Related terms

* administracyjny
* administratorski
* administracyjnie
* administracja
* administracyjność
* administrator
* (Middle Polish) administratoria
* administratorka
* administratorstwo
* administratura
* administratywista
* administrować impf, (rare) przeadministrować pf, (rare) wyadministrować pf, (rare) zadministrować pf, zaadministrować pf
* współadministrować impf

#### Collocations

* wyrozumiały admin ― understanding admin
* nadgorliwy admin ― overzealous admin
* anonimowy admin ― anonymous admin
* techniczny admin ― technical admin
* aktywny admin ― active admin
* dobry admin ― good admin
* zły admin ― bad admin
* doświadczony admin ― experienced admin
* odpowiedzialny admin ― responsible admin
* obecny admin ― current admin
* zwykły admin ― regular admin
* panel admina ― admin panel
* uprawnienia admina ― admin permissions
* przyciski admina ― admin buttons
* status admina ― admin status
* flaga admina ― admin flag
* narzędzia admina ― admin tools
* ingerencja admina ― admin intervention
* odwołanie admina ― admin appeal
* interwencja admina ― admin intervention
* funkcja admina ― admin function
* zgoda admina ― admin consent
* grono adminów ― group of admins
* konto admina ― admin account
* działania admina ― admin actions
* decyzja admina ― admin decision
* reakcja admina ― admin reaction
* zachowanie admina ― admin behavior
* strona admina ― admin page
* prawa admina ― admin rights
* lista admina ― admin list
* umiejętności admina ― admin skills
* obowiązki admina ― admin duties
* zadanie admina ― admin task
* pomoc admina ― admin help
* wypowiedź admina ― admin's statement
* pogląd admina ― admin view
* pozycja admina ― admin position
* stanowisko admina ― admin position
* grupa adminów ― group of admins
* wola admina ― admin's will
* zdanie admina ― admin opinion
* odpowiedź admina ― admin reply
* uwaga admina ― admin's note
* admin serwera ― server admin
* admin forum ― forum admin
* admin portalu ― admin of a webportal
* admin serwisu ― site admin
* admin strony ― page admin
* admin usuwa/usunęli ― an admin removes/deletes/removed/deleted
* admin kasuje/skasowali ― admin removes/deletes/removed/deleted
* admin blokuje/zablokował ― admin blocks/blocked
* admin odciął kogoś/coś ― admin cut off someone/something
* admin decyduje/zdecydował ― admin decides/decided
* admin zareagował ― admin reacted
* admin sprawdza ― admin checks
* admin wyciął ― admin cut out
* admin pisze ― admin writes
* admin sądzi ― admin thinks
* admin zajął się czymś ― admin took care of something
* prosić/poprosić admina ― to ask/request of an admin
* powiadomić admina ― to notify an admin
* zgłaszać/zgłosić adminowi ― to report to an admin
* szukać admina ― to look for an admin
* pytać/zapytać admina ― to ask admin
* czekać na admina ― to wait for an admin
* poinformować admina ― to inform an admin
* potrzebować admina ― to need an admin

### References

* ↑ Pęzik, Piotr, Przepiórkowski, A., Bańko, M., Górski, R., Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine]‎, Wydawnictwo PWN

### 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

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.d͡ʒiˈmĩ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /aˈdmin/ [aˈðmin]
* Rhymes: -ĩ

### Noun

admin m or f by sense (plural admins)
* (computing) admin
    Synonym: administrador

## Spanish
### Noun

admin m or f by sense (plural admins)
* (Internet) admin (A user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges)

## Swedish
### Noun

admin c
* (computing, informal) an admin
    Jag tror du måste kontakta adminI think you'll have to contact the admin
    Är du admin?Are you an/the admin?

#### Usage notes

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