amirail
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Middle English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Anglo-Norman and Old French amirail etc., from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”).
Noun[edit]
amirail (plural amirails)
References[edit]
- “admiral, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
amirail oblique singular, m (oblique plural amirauz or amirailz, nominative singular amirauz or amirailz, nominative plural amirail)
- Alternative form of amiral
Descendants[edit]
- Middle English: amirail
References[edit]
- admiral in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022