admiral

See also: Admiral and admirál

English

Etymology

From Old French amirail, amiral (modern French amiral), from Arabic أَمِيرُ البَحْر‎ (ʾamīru l-baḥr, “commander of the fleet”). Later associated with admirable. Akin to amir, Amir and emir.

First recorded in English September, 1300, to refer to Gerard Allard of Winchelsea, referred to as “Admiral of the Fleet of the Cinque Ports”.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæd.mə.ɹəl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæd.mə.ɹəl/, /ˈæd.mɚl̩/
  • Audio (US)(file)

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 Europe and America, especially a red admiral or white admiral.

Derived terms

Translations

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References

  1. ↑ The Mastery of the Sea, by Cyril Field, page 234
  2. ↑ “admiral” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch admiraal

Noun

admiral m

  1. admiral

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)

(military, nautical) an admiral

References

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)

(military, nautical) an admiral

References

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

Tagalog

Noun

admiral

  1. (military) admiral

References

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