admiral
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French amirail, amiral (modern French amiral), from Arabic أَمِيرُ البَحْر (ʾamīru l-baḥr, “commander of the fleet”). Akin to amir, Amir, and emir. The -d- is probably from the influence of the otherwise unconnected admirable (Latin admirabilis).
First recorded in English in September 1300, in a decription of Gerard Allard of Winchelsea as “Admiral of the Fleet of the Cinque Ports”.[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
admiral (plural admirals)
- A naval officer of the highest rank; the commander of a country's naval forces.
- A naval officer of high rank, immediately below Admiral of the Fleet; the commander of a fleet or squadron.
- 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.
- The ship which carries the admiral, the flagship; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet.
- (obsolete) A prince or Saracen leader under the Sultan.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of Europe and America, especially a red admiral or white admiral.
Derived terms[edit]
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Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English admiral, from Old French amirail, amiral (modern French amiral), from Arabic أَمِيرُ البَحْر (ʾamīru l-baḥr, “commander of the fleet”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧ral
Noun[edit]
admiral
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
admiral m
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic أَمِير الْبَحْر (ʾamīr al-baḥr, “commander of the fleet”), via French amiral
Noun[edit]
admiral m (definite singular admiralen, indefinite plural admiraler, definite plural admiralene)
(military, nautical) an admiral
References[edit]
- “admiral” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic أَمِير الْبَحْر (ʾamīr al-baḥr, “commander of the fleet”), via French amiral
Noun[edit]
admiral m (definite singular admiralen, indefinite plural admiralar, definite plural admiralane)
(military, nautical) an admiral
References[edit]
- “admiral” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic اَمِير (amīr, “commander”) + -al.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
admìrāl m (Cyrillic spelling адмѝра̄л)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
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nominative | admìrāl | admirali |
genitive | admirála | admirala |
dative | admiralu | admiralima |
accusative | admirala | admirale |
vocative | admirale | admirali |
locative | admiralu | admiralima |
instrumental | admiralom | admiralima |
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English admiral.
Noun[edit]
ádmirál
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- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with obsolete senses
- en:Military ranks
- en:Nymphalid butterflies
- en:People
- Cebuano terms derived from English
- Cebuano terms derived from Old French
- Cebuano terms derived from Arabic
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- ceb:Military
- ceb:People
- ceb:Military ranks
- Indonesian terms derived from Dutch
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Arabic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from French
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- nb:Military
- nb:Nautical
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Arabic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from French
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- nn:Military
- nn:Nautical
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Arabic
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- Tagalog terms borrowed from English
- Tagalog terms derived from English
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- tl:Military