commodore

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Etymology

From Dutch kommandeur, from French commandeur, from Old French comandeor "commander".

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Noun

commodore (plural commodores)

1. (military, nautical) A naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral.
2. (nautical) A (temporary) commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral.
3. (nautical) The president of a yacht club
4. (US, military, nautical) A commodore admiral
5. (US, military, nautical) A rear admiral (lower half)

Synonyms

• (non-flag naval rank): senior captain , fleet captain
• (flag naval rank): CDRE , COMO (abbreviation)
• (naval rank): Cmdre , Cmdre. (abbreviation)

Usage notes

The equivalent army rank is brigadier, senior colonel, brigadier general, or lowest ranking general officer grade.

Coordinate terms

• brigadier

Translations

A naval officer

• Czech: komodor (cs) m
• Finnish: lippueamiraali (fi)
• French: commodore (fr)
• German: Kommodore / Flottillenadmiral

• Greek: αρχιπλοίαρχος (el) (archiploíarchos) m 
• Italian: commodoro (it) m
• Malay: komodor (ms)
• Manx: ard-chaptan (gv) m

A commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral

• Finnish: kommodori (fi)
• German: Kommodore / Flottekapitän

• Italian: commodoro (it) m

President of a yacht club

• Finnish: kommodori (fi)

• Italian: commodoro (it) m

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔ.mɔ.dɔʁ/

Noun

commodore m and f (plural commodores)

1. (military, nautical) commodore, a naval military rank between captain (capitaine de vaisseau or capitaine de croiseur) and rear admiral (contre-amiral)

Synonyms

• cmdre, cmdre. (abbreviation)