admiral
English
Etymology
From Old French amirail, amiral (modern French amiral), from a shortening of Arabic أَمِير اَلبَحْر (ʔamīr 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 admirabilis).
First recorded in English in September 1300, in a description of Gerard Allard of Winchelsea as “Admiral of the Fleet of the Cinque Ports”.[1][2]
Pronunciation
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Noun
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 the genera Kaniska and Vanessa, especially a red admiral or white admiral.
Derived terms
Translations
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References
- ^ The Mastery of the Sea, by Cyril Field, page 234
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “admiral”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
From English admiral, from Old French amirail, amiral (modern French amiral), from Arabic أَمِيرُ البَحْر (ʔamīru l-baḥr, “commander of the fleet”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧ral
Noun
admiral
- (military) an admiral
Indonesian
Etymology
Noun
admiral m
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Arabic أَمِير الْبَحْر (ʔamīr al-baḥr, “commander of the fleet”), via French amiral
Noun
admiral m (definite singular admiralen, indefinite plural admiraler, definite plural admiralene)
References
- “admiral” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Arabic أَمِير الْبَحْر (ʔamīr al-baḥr, “commander of the fleet”), via French amiral
Noun
admiral m (definite singular admiralen, indefinite plural admiralar, definite plural admiralane)
References
- “admiral” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Arabic اَمِير (amīr, “commander”) + -al.
Pronunciation
Noun
admìrāl m (Cyrillic spelling адмѝра̄л)
Declension
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
Etymology
Borrowed from English admiral.
Noun
ádmirál
Synonyms
References
- 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
- Indonesian masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Arabic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from French
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Military
- nb:Nautical
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Arabic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from French
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine 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