admiral

See also Admiral, admirál, and admirał

English

Etymology

From Old French admiral, amiral (modern amiral), from Arabic amir-ar-rahl (commander of the fleet), امير (amīr, “commander”) + -al. Later associated with admirable. Cognate to amir, emir.

First recorded in English September, 1300, to refer to Gerard Allard of Winchelsea, referred to as “Admiral of the Fleet of the Cinque Ports”.

c. 1205 (?).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈædmərəl/
• (US) IPA: /ˈæd.mɚ.l̩/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

admiral (plural admirals)

1. A naval officer of the highest rank; the commander of a country's naval forces.
2. A naval officer of high rank, immediately below Admiral of the Fleet; the commander of a fleet or squadron.
3. A flag officer in the United States Navy or Coast Guard of a grade superior to vice admiral and junior to admiral of the fleet (when that grade is used). An admiral is equal in grade or rank to a four star general.
4. The ship which carries the admiral, the flagship; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet.
5. (obsolete) A prince or Saracen leader under the Sultan.
6. (zoological) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of Europe and America, especially a red admiral or white admiral.

Translations

a naval officer of the highest rank

Albanian: admiral (sq) Armenian: ծովակալ (hy) (çovakal) Bulgarian: адмирал (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 海軍上將 (cmn), 海军上将 (cmn) (hǎijūn shàngjiāng) Czech: admirál (cs) m. Danish: admiral (da) c. Estonian: admiral (et) Faroese: admirálur (fo) m.

French: admiral (fr) m. German: Admiral (de) m. Hungarian: tengernagy (hu), admirális (hu) Japanese: 海軍大将 (ja) (かいぐんたいしょう, kaigun taishō), 提督 (ja) (ていとく, teitoku) Manx: ard-marragh (gv) m. Portuguese: almirante (pt) m. Russian: адмирал (ru) (admirál) m. Spanish: almirante (es) m. Turkish: oramiral (tr)

a naval officer of high rank, immediately below Admiral of the Fleet

Albanian: admiral (sq) Armenian: ծովակալ (hy) (çovakal) Chinese: Mandarin: 海軍上將 (cmn), 海军上将 (cmn) (hǎijūn shàngjiāng) Czech: admirál (cs) m. Hungarian: tengernagy (hu), admirális (hu) Japanese: 海軍大将 (kaigun taishō)

Manx: ard-marragh (gv) m. Portuguese: almirante (pt) m. Russian: адмирал (ru) (admirál) m. Spanish: almirante (es) m. Turkish: amiral (tr) Urdu: امیر البحر m.

the ship which carries the admiral, the flagship

Bulgarian: флагман (bg)

Russian: флагман (ru) (flágman) m.

a prince or Saracen leader under the Sultan

nymphalid butterflies of Europe and America

Bulgarian: адмирал (bg) Portuguese: almirante (pt) m.

Russian: адмирал (ru) (admirál) m.

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

Lithuanian: admirolas m. (1, 3); flagmanas m. (2)

Derived terms

• Admiral of the Fleet
• admiralcy
• admiralty
• rear admiral
• vice admiral

---

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch admiraal

Noun

admiral m.

1. admiral

---

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Arabic امير (amīr, “commander”) + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /admǐraːl/
• Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧ral

Noun

admìrāl m. (Cyrillic spelling адмѝра̄л)

1. admiral

Declension

    declension of admiral

	singular	plural
nominative	admìrāl	admirali
genitive	admirála	admirala
dative	admiralu	admiralima
accusative	admirala	admirale
vocative	admirale	admirali
locative	admiralu	admiralima
instrumental	admiralom	admiralima