amiral
French
Etymology
From Old French amirail, amiral, from Arabic أَمِير اَلْبَحْر (ʔamīr al-baḥr, “commander of the fleet”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
amiral (feminine amirale, masculine plural amiraux, feminine plural amirales)
- (relational) of an admiral
Noun
amiral m (plural amiraux, feminine amirale)
- admiral (military officer)
- 1759, Voltaire, Candide[1], page 160:
- Mais dans ce pays-ci il est bon de tuer de tems en tems un Amiral pour encourager les autres.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Norwegian Bokmål: admiral
Further reading
- “amiral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French amiral.
Pronunciation
Noun
amiral (plural amirales)
Descendants
- English: admiral
References
- “amirāl, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French
Alternative forms
- admirail, admiraill, admiral, admirall, admiralle, amirail, amiraill, amirant, amiraunt, amirau, amiraud, amiraude, ammiraille, amerail, ameraille, ameral, amerale, amerall, ameralle, amerayll, amerelle
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَمِير اَلْبَحْر (ʔamīr al-baḥr, “commander of the fleet”).
Noun
amiral oblique singular, m (oblique plural amiraus or amirax or amirals, nominative singular amiraus or amirax or amirals, nominative plural amiral)
- admiral (military officer)
- (Anglo-Norman, law) naval officer with jurisdiction over maritime legal proceedings
- (Anglo-Norman) emir; commander
Descendants
References
- admiral in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
amiral m (plural amirali)
Declension
Declension of amiral
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) amiral | amiralul | (niște) amirali | amiralii |
genitive/dative | (unui) amiral | amiralului | (unor) amirali | amiralilor |
vocative | amiralule | amiralilor |
Swedish
Noun
amiral c
Declension
Declension of amiral | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | amiral | amiralen | amiraler | amiralerna |
Genitive | amirals | amiralens | amiralers | amiralernas |
Descendants
- → Finnish: amiraali
References
- ^ Utrikes namnbok (7th ed., 2007) →ISBN
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish آمیرال, from French amiral, from Arabic أَمِير اَلْبَحْر (ʔamīr al-baḥr, “commander of the fleet”).
Pronunciation
Noun
amiral (definite accusative amirali, plural amiraller)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “amiral”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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