administration
French, noun/ad.mi.nis.tʁa.sjɔ̃/
administration is spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N (14 letters) and appears 100 times per million words in written French, the 823rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Administration is a French feminine noun meaning “management (administration; the process or practice of managing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’administrer ; direction ou conduite des affaires publiques ou particulières”.
What does administration mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemanagement (administration; the process or practice of managing)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’administrer ; direction ou conduite des affaires publiques ou particulières. 2. Période de cette direction des affaires. 3. Corps des fonctionnaires chargés collectivement de quelque partie de l’administration publique. 4. Un de ces corps administratifs.
noun: 1. Ensemble des corps administratifs de l’État. 2. Administration française.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of administration
- administrations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce administration?
- /ad.mi.nis.tʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \ad.mi.nis.tʁa.sjɔ̃\
- [ad.mi.nis.tʁa.sjɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to administration
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is administration in French?
administration appears 100 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).