almirante
Portuguese
Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”), in particular أَمِير الْبَحْر (ʔamīr al-baḥr, “commander of the fleet”), interpreted as a present participle with the suffix -ante and influenced by the Arabic article ال (al-). Compare Spanish almirante, French amiral.
Noun
almirante m (plural almirantes)
- admiral (all senses)
- flag officer
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish amirate (interpreted as a present participle with the suffix -ante and influenced by the Arabic article ال (al-)), from Medieval Latin amiratus, from Byzantine Greek ἀμιράς, ἀμιράδος (amirás, amirádos), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”), in particular أَمِير الْبَحْر (ʔamīr al-baḥr, “commander of the fleet”).
Pronunciation
Noun
almirante m (plural almirantes)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “almirante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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