admiralty

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French amirauté, for an older amiralté (“office of admiral”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  admiralitas. See admiral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæd.mɪ.ɹəl.ti/
• Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧ral‧ty

• Audio (US):

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Noun

admiralty (countable and uncountable, plural admiralties)

1. (military) The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
2. (military) The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.
3. (law) The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.
4. (law) The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts.
5. (military) The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business.

Derived terms

• Admiralty Islands

Translations

office or jurisdiction

• Armenian: ծովակալություն (hy) (covakalutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: адмиралтейство (admiraltejstvo)
• Catalan: almirallat m
• Dutch: admiraliteit (nl), admiraalschap (nl)
• Esperanto: admiralejo
• Finnish: amiraalinvirka (office); amiraalikunta (jurisdiction)
• French: amirauté (fr)
• Georgian: საადმირალო (saadmiralo)
• German: Admiralität (de), Seebehörde, Admiralsamt, Admiralswürde
• Greek: ναυαρχείο (el) n (navarcheío)
• Hebrew: אדמירליות (he)
• Ido: admiralaro
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• Indonesian: kelaksamanaan
• Irish: aimiréalacht f
• Italian: ammiragliato
• Norman: amithauté f
• Polish: admiralicja (pl) f
• Portuguese: almirantado
• Russian: адмиралте́йство (ru) n (admiraltéjstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian: адмиралитет m, admiralitet (sh) m
• Spanish: almirantazgo (es)
• Swedish: amiralitet (sv) c
• Turkish: amirallik (tr)

department or officers

• Finnish: merivoimien esikunta; amiraliteetti (department); amiraalikunta (officers)
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• Indonesian: kelaksamanaan

court

• Finnish: merioikeus
• Georgian: საზღვაო სასამართლო (sazɣvao sasamartlo), საადმირალო სასამართლო (saadmiralo sasamartlo)
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• Indonesian: kelaksamanaan

system of jurisdiction

• Finnish: merioikeus
• Georgian: საზღვაო სასამართლო (sazɣvao sasamartlo), საადმირალო სასამართლო (saadmiralo sasamartlo), საზღვაო საქმეების იურისდიქცია (sazɣvao sakmeebis iurisdikcia)
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• Indonesian: kelaksamanaan

building

• Finnish: amiraliteetti
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See also

• admiralty law

Anagrams

• dramality