admiral

See also: Admiral, admirál, and admirał

English

Etymology

From Middle English amiral, from Old French amirail, amiral (modern French amiral), from a shortening of Arabic أَمِير اَلبَحْر‎ (ʾamīr al-baḥr, “commander of the fleet”, literally “sea commander”). Akin to amir, Amir, and emir. The -d- is probably from the influence of the otherwise unconnected admirable (Latin admīrābilis).

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈæd.mə.ɹəl/

• Audio (US)

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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. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Kaniska and Vanessa, especially a red admiral or white admiral.

Derived terms

• admiralcy
• Admiral of the Fleet
• admiralship
• admiralty
• Lord High Admiral
• rear admiral
• vice admiral

 

Translations

naval officer of the highest rank

• Albanian: admiral (sq)
• Arabic: أَمِيرُ البَحْر‎ m (ʾamīru l-baḥr), أَدْمِيرَال‎ m (ʾadmīrāl)
• Armenian: ծովակալ (hy) (covakal)
• Azerbaijani: admiral (az)
• Belarusian: адміра́л m (admirál)
• Bulgarian: адмирал (bg) (admiral)
• Catalan: almirall (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海軍上將, 海军上将 (hǎijūn shàngjiàng)

• Czech: admirál (cs) m
• Danish: admiral c
• Dutch: admiraal (nl) m
• Esperanto: admiralo, ŝiparestro
• Estonian: admiral (et)
• Faroese: admirálur m
• Finnish: amiraali (fi), suuramiraali (fi), laivastoamiraali (fi)
• French: amiral (fr) m
• Georgian: ადმირალი (admirali)
• German: Admiral (de) m
• Greek: ναύαρχος (el) m (návarchos)

  Ancient: ναύαρχος m (naúarkhos)

• Hebrew: אַדְמִירָל‎ (he) m (admirál)
• Hindi: ऐडमिरल (hi) m (aiḍmiral)
• Hungarian: tengernagy (hu), admirális (hu)
• Icelandic: aðmíráll m
• Interlingue: amirale
• Irish: aimiréal m
• Italian: ammiraglio (it)
• Japanese: 海軍大将 (かいぐんたいしょう, kaigun taishō), 提督 (ja) (ていとく, teitoku)
• Kazakh: адмирал (admïral)
• Korean: 제독 (ko) (jedok) (提督 (ko))
• Kyrgyz: адмирал (ky) (admiral)
• Latvian: admirālis m
• Lithuanian: admirolas (lt) m

• Macedonian: адмирал m (admiral)
• Malay: laksamana
• Manx: ard-marragh m
• Maori: ātamira
• Norman: amitha m
• Northern Sami: admirála
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: admiral (no) m

  Nynorsk: admiral m

• Persian: دریابد‎ (daryâbod)
• Polish: admirał (pl) m
• Portuguese: almirante (pt) m
• Romanian: amiral (ro) m
• Russian: адмира́л (ru) m (admirál)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: адмѝра̄л m

  Roman: admìrāl (sh) m

• Sicilian: ammiragghiu m
• Slovak: admirál m
• Slovene: admiral m
• Spanish: almirante (es) m
• Swedish: amiral (sv) c
• Tagalog: laksamana
• Tajik: адмирал (tg) (admiral)
• Thai: พลเรือเอก (th) (pon-rʉʉa-èek)
• Turkish: oramiral (tr)
• Turkmen: admiral (tk)
• Ukrainian: адміра́л (uk) m (admirál)
• Urdu: امیر البحر‎ m (amīr al-bahr), ایڈمرل‎ m (aiḍmiral)
• Uyghur: ئادمىرال‎ (admiral)
• Uzbek: admiral (uz)
• Vietnamese: đô đốc
• Welsh: llyngesydd m

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

• Albanian: admiral (sq)
• Armenian: ծովակալ (hy) (covakal)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海軍上將, 海军上将 (hǎijūn shàngjiàng)

• Czech: admirál (cs) m
• Danish: admiral c
• Finnish: amiraali (fi)
• French: amiral (fr) m
• Greek: ναύαρχος (el) (návarchos)
• Hungarian: tengernagy (hu), admirális (hu)
• Irish: aimiréal m

• Japanese: 海軍大将 (kaigun taishō)
• Manx: ard-marragh m
• Northern Sami: admirála
• Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: دریاسالار‎ (fa) (daryâsâlâr)
• Portuguese: almirante (pt) m
• Russian: адмира́л (ru) m (admirál)
• Spanish: almirante (es) m
• Swedish: amiral (sv) c
• Turkish: amiral (tr)
• Urdu: امیر البحر‎ m

the ship which carries the admiral, the flagship

• Bulgarian: флагман (flagman)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: flagskib n
• Finnish: lippulaiva (fi)

• Greek: ναυαρχίδα (el) f (navarchída)
• Latvian: admirāļa kuģis m
• Russian: фла́гман (ru) m (flágman)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

prince or Saracen leader under the Sultan

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: amiraali (fi)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

butterfly

• Bulgarian: адмирал (bg) (admiral)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: babočka admirál (cs) f or m
• Danish: admiral c

• Finnish: amiraali (fi)
• Irish: aimiréal m
• Portuguese: almirante (pt) m
• Russian: адмира́л (ru) m (admirál)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: amiral (sv) c

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 Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} admirolas (lt) m (1, 3); ^{(please verify)} flagmanas (lt) m (2)

Further reading

• admiral on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• amildar

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English admiral, from Old French amirail, amiral (modern French amiral), from Arabic أَمِيرُ البَحْر‎ (ʾamīru l-baḥr, “commander of the fleet”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧ral

Noun

admiral

1. (military) an admiral

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch admiraal

Noun

admiral

1. admiral

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Arabic أَمِير الْبَحْر‎ (ʾamīr al-baḥr, “commander of the fleet”), via French amiral

Noun

admiral m (definite singular admiralen, indefinite plural admiraler, definite plural admiralene)

1. (military, nautical) an admiral

References

• “admiral” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Arabic أَمِير الْبَحْر‎ (ʾamīr al-baḥr, “commander of the fleet”), via French amiral

Noun

admiral m (definite singular admiralen, indefinite plural admiralar, definite plural admiralane)

1. (military, nautical) an admiral

References

• “admiral” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English admiral.

Noun

ádmirál

1. (military) admiral

Synonyms

• almirante
• laksamana

References

• The Tagalog Pinoy Dictionary