"administration, management" in seven languages
Meaningadministration, management
Spanish
administración
/administɾaˈθjon/
fem.learned
French
administration
/administʁasjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
amministrazione
/amministratˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
administração
/adʒiministɾaˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
administrație
/adminisˈtratsje/
fem.learned
Catalan
administració
/ədministɾəˈsjo/
fem.learned
English
administration
/ədˌmɪnɪˈstɹeɪʃən/
from Latin/French · Latin ADMINISTRĀTIŌ (partly via Old French)
English → Italianadministration, managementamministrazioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ADMINISTRĀTIŌNEM‘management, service (from MINISTER 'servant')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
From MINISTER 'servant': to administer was to serve. Italian assimilated dm to mm even in this learned word.
English relatives: administer, minister, ministry
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In a sentence
- esTrabaja en la administración de un hospital.
- frElle travaille dans l'administration d'un hôpital.
- itLavora nell'amministrazione di un ospedale.
- ptEla trabalha na administração de um hospital.
- roLucrează în administrația unui spital.
- caTreballa a l'administració d'un hospital.
- enShe works in the administration of a hospital.
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