amministrative

Amministrative is the feminine plural form of the Italian adjective amministrativo, meaning related to administration, governance, or the administration’s processes. In Italian grammar, it agrees with feminine plural nouns, as in procedure amministrative (administrative procedures) or spese amministrative (administrative costs).

Etymology and meaning: The term derives from the Latin administrativus, itself from administrare, to manage or to administer. In Italian usage, amministrativo and its inflected forms describe things connected with administration, public or private sector management, and bureaucratic activities.

Usage and contexts: Amministrative appears in legal, governmental, corporate, and organizational language. Common phrases include procedure amministrative, conti amministrativi (administrative accounts), and responsabilità amministrative (administrative responsibilities). It is closely related to, but distinct from, terms like amministrazione (administration) and diritto amministrativo (administrative law). In bilingual or Italian-language contexts, English-speaking readers may encounter the Italian adjective in documents discussing Italian procedures or institutions.

Grammar notes: The Italian adjective has gender and number concord. Masculine singular is amministrativo; feminine singular is amministrativa; masculine plural is amministrativi; feminine plural is amministrative. This flexibility means the form amministrative appears most often when the noun it modifies is feminine and plural, as in procedure amministrative or spese amministrative.

See also: amministrazione, amministrativo, amministrativo law in Italian contexts, amministrazione pubblica.