admiral

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• Australian, UK: /ˈædməɹəl/
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• Australian, UK: /ˈædmɹəl/
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• Australian, UK: /ˈædməɹl/
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• Canada, US: /ˈædməɹəl/
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• Canada, US: /ˈædmɚəl/
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• Canada, US: [æd.mɹəl]
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Etymology tree Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr) Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Medieval Latin -ālis ▲ Latin admīrorinflu. Medieval Latin admirālisder. Old French admiralder. Middle English admiral English admiral From Middle English admiral etc., from Anglo-Norman and Old French admiral etc., from Medieval Latin admiralis, admirallus, and admiralius, from irregular modification of amiralis etc. under the influence of the prefix ad- and particularly admiror (“to admire, respect”), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”). The ending is frequently but mistakenly folk etymologized to derive from the article ال (al-), particularly in Arabic أَمِير اَلبَحْر (ʔamīr al-baḥr, “commander of the sea”), first attested as a Fatimid office, or in Arabic أَمِير الْمُؤْمِنِين (ʔamīr al-muʔminīn, “Commander of the Believers, caliph”). It seems instead to have been borrowed from modification of only the first term in Arabic أَمِير الْأُمَرَاء (ʔamīr al-ʔumarāʔ, “emir of emirs, commander-in-chief”) as used as a title for important commanders in Norman Sicily in the mid-12th century. First attested as an English rank in reference to Gervase Alard of Winchelsea as "admiral of the fleet of the Cinque Ports". Doublet of emir, amir, Amir, and amira.

122 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: admiraal — appointed commander of a navy
• Albanian: admiral — appointed commander of a navy
• Arabic: أَمِيرُ البَحْر (ʔamīru l-baḥr) — appointed commander of a navy
• Arabic: أَدْمِيرَال (ʔadmīrāl) — appointed commander of a navy
• Armenian: ծովակալ (covakal) — appointed commander of a navy
• Azerbaijani: admiral — appointed commander of a navy
• Belarusian: адміра́л (admirál) — appointed commander of a navy
• Bulgarian: адмирал (admiral) — appointed commander of a navy
• Catalan: almirall — appointed commander of a navy
• Chinese Mandarin: 海軍上將 /海军上将 (hǎijūn shàngjiàng) — appointed commander of a navy
• Chinook Jargon: iləp ship-man — appointed commander of a navy
• Czech: admirál — appointed commander of a navy
• Danish: admiral — appointed commander of a navy
• Dutch: admiraal — appointed commander of a navy
• Esperanto: admiralo — appointed commander of a navy
• Esperanto: ŝiparestro — appointed commander of a navy
• Estonian: admiral — appointed commander of a navy
• Faroese: admirálur — appointed commander of a navy
• Finnish: amiraali — appointed commander of a navy
• Finnish: suuramiraali — appointed commander of a navy
• Finnish: laivastoamiraali — appointed commander of a navy
• French: amiral — appointed commander of a navy
• Galician: almiral — appointed commander of a navy
• Galician: almirante — appointed commander of a navy
• Georgian: ადმირალი (admirali) — appointed commander of a navy
• German: Admiral — appointed commander of a navy
• Greek: ναύαρχος (návarchos) — appointed commander of a navy
• Ancient Greek: ναύαρχος (naúarkhos) — appointed commander of a navy
• Hebrew: אַדְמִירָל (admirál) — appointed commander of a navy
• Hindi: नौसेनापति (nausenāpti) — appointed commander of a navy
• Hindi: एडमिरल (eḍmiral) — appointed commander of a navy
• Hindi: ऐडमिरल (aiḍmiral) — appointed commander of a navy
• Hindi: नावाधिपति (nāvādhipti) — appointed commander of a navy
• Hindi: जलसेनापति (jalsenāpti) — appointed commander of a navy
• Hungarian: tengernagy — appointed commander of a navy
• Hungarian: admirális — appointed commander of a navy
• Icelandic: aðmíráll — appointed commander of a navy
• Indonesian: laksamana — appointed commander of a navy
• Interlingua: admiral — appointed commander of a navy
• Irish: aimiréal — appointed commander of a navy
• Italian: ammiraglio — appointed commander of a navy
• Japanese: 海軍大将 (kaigun taishō) — appointed commander of a navy
• Japanese: 提督 (teitoku) — appointed commander of a navy
• Kazakh: адмирал (admiral) — appointed commander of a navy
• Korean: 제독 (jedok) — appointed commander of a navy
• Kyrgyz: адмирал (admiral) — appointed commander of a navy
• Latin: nāvarchus — appointed commander of a navy
• Latvian: admirālis — appointed commander of a navy
• Lithuanian: admirolas — appointed commander of a navy
• Macedonian: адмирал (admiral) — appointed commander of a navy
• Malay: laksamana — appointed commander of a navy
• Manx: ard-marragh — appointed commander of a navy
• Māori: ātamira — appointed commander of a navy
• Norman: amitha — appointed commander of a navy
• Norwegian Bokmål: admiral — appointed commander of a navy
• Norwegian Nynorsk: admiral — appointed commander of a navy
• Persian: دریابد (daryâbod) — appointed commander of a navy
• Polish: admirał — appointed commander of a navy
• Portuguese: almirante — appointed commander of a navy
• Romanian: amiral — appointed commander of a navy
• Russian: адмира́л (admirál) — appointed commander of a navy
• Northern Sami: admirála — appointed commander of a navy
• Serbo-Croatian: адмѝра̄л — appointed commander of a navy
• Serbo-Croatian: admìrāl — appointed commander of a navy
• Sicilian: ammiragghiu — appointed commander of a navy
• Slovak: admirál — appointed commander of a navy
• Slovene: admiral — appointed commander of a navy
• Spanish: almirante — appointed commander of a navy
• Swahili: admirali — appointed commander of a navy
• Swedish: amiral — appointed commander of a navy
• Tagalog: laksamana — appointed commander of a navy
• Tagalog: almirante — appointed commander of a navy
• Tagalog: ádmirál — appointed commander of a navy
• Tajik: адмирал (admiral) — appointed commander of a navy
• Thai: พลเรือเอก (pon-rʉʉa-èek) — appointed commander of a navy
• Turkish: amiral — appointed commander of a navy
• Ottoman Turkish: آمیرال (amiral) — appointed commander of a navy
• Turkmen: admiral — appointed commander of a navy
• Ukrainian: адміра́л (admirál) — appointed commander of a navy
• Urdu: امیر البحر (amīr al-bahr) — appointed commander of a navy
• Urdu: ایڈمرل (aiḍmiral) — appointed commander of a navy
• Uyghur: ئادمىرال (admiral) — appointed commander of a navy
• Uzbek: admiral — appointed commander of a navy
• Vietnamese: đô đốc — appointed commander of a navy
• Welsh: llyngesydd — appointed commander of a navy
• Yiddish: אַדמיראַל (admiral) — appointed commander of a navy
• Afrikaans: admiraal — high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks
• Albanian: admiral — high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks
• Armenian: ծովակալ (covakal) — high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks
• Chinese Mandarin: 海軍上將 /海军上将 (hǎijūn shàngjiàng) — high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks
• Czech: admirál — high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks
• Danish: admiral — high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks
• Finnish: amiraali — high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks
• French: amiral — high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks
• Greek: ναύαρχος (návarchos) — high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks
• Hungarian: tengernagy — high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks
• Hungarian: admirális — high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks
• Irish: aimiréal — high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks
• Japanese: 海軍大将 (kaigun taishō) — high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks
• Manx: ard-marragh — high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks
• Persian: دریاسالار (daryâsâlâr) — high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks
• Portuguese: almirante — high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks
• Russian: адмира́л (admirál) — high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks
• Northern Sami: admirála — high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks
• Spanish: almirante — high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks
• Swedish: amiral — high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks
• Tagalog: almirante — high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks
• Turkish: amiral — high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks
• Urdu: امیر البحر — high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks
• Bulgarian: адмирал (admiral) — butterfly
• Chinese Mandarin: 紅蛺蝶 /红蛱蝶 (hóngjiádié) — butterfly
• Czech: babočka admirál — butterfly
• Danish: admiral — butterfly
• Finnish: amiraali — butterfly
• Irish: aimiréal — butterfly
• Norwegian Bokmål: admiral — butterfly
• Norwegian Bokmål: admiralsommerfugl — butterfly
• Polish: admirał — butterfly
• Portuguese: almirante — butterfly
• Russian: адмира́л (admirál) — butterfly
• Spanish: almirante — butterfly
• Swedish: amiral — butterfly