captain

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• UK: /ˈkæp.tɪn/
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• UK: /ˈkæp.tən/
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• Australian, US: /ˈkæp.tən/
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• informal: /ˈkæp.ən/
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• informal: [ˈkæpn̩]
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• informal: [ˈkæpm̩]
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• rhymes with (US, General Australian) -æptən
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• homophone: captan (one pronunciation)
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• CMU ARPABET: K AE1 P T AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English capitain, capteyn, from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput (“head”) (English cap). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Doublet of chieftain, also from Old French.

325 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kaptein — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Albanian: kapiten — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Arabic: نَقِيب (naqīb) — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Arabic: قُبْطَان (qubṭān) — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Arabic: قُبْطان (qubṭān, gubṭān) — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Armenian: կապիտան (kapitan) — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Belarusian: капіта́н (kapitán) — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Bulgarian: капита́н (kapitán) — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Catalan: capità — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Chinese Mandarin: 上尉 (shàngwèi) — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Czech: kapitán — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Danish: kaptajn — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Dutch: kapitein — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Esperanto: kapitano — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Finnish: kapteeni — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• French: capitaine — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Galician: capitán — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Georgian: კაპიტანი (ḳaṗiṭani) — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• German: Stabshauptmann — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• German: Hauptmann — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Greek: λοχαγός (lochagós) — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Ancient Greek: λοχαγός (lokhagós) — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Hebrew: סֶרֶן (séren) — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Hungarian: százados — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Icelandic: kafteinn — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Icelandic: höfuðsmaður — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Icelandic: kapteinn — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Indonesian: kapten — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Irish: captaen — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Italian: capitano — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Japanese: 大尉 (taii) — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Korean: 대위 (daewi) — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Macedonian: капетан (kapetan) — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Malay: kapten — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Malayalam: കപ്പിത്താന് (kappittāṉ) — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Māori: kāpene — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Marathi: कॅप्टन (kĕpṭan) — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Mauritian Creole: kapitenn — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Norman: cap'taine — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Norwegian Bokmål: kaptein — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kaptein — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Occitan: capitani — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Northern Ohlone: wétnés — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Iranian Persian: سَرْوان (sarvân) — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Plautdietsch: Kapitän — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Polish: kapitan — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Portuguese: capitão — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Russian: капита́н (kapitán) — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Scottish Gaelic: caiptean — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Serbo-Croatian: са̏тнӣк — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Serbo-Croatian: са̏тница — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Serbo-Croatian: капѐта̄н — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Serbo-Croatian: sȁtnīk — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Serbo-Croatian: sȁtnica — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Serbo-Croatian: kapètān — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Slovak: kapitán — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Slovene: stotnik — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Slovene: stotnica — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Slovene: kapétan — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Slovene: kapétanka — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Lower Sorbian: stotnik — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Lower Sorbian: hawptman — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Spanish: capitán — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Swahili: kapteni — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Swedish: kapten — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Tagalog: kapitan — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Thai: กัปตัน (gàp-dtan) — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Turkish: yüzbaşı — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Ukrainian: капіта́н (kapitán) — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Uzbek: kapitan — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Walloon: captinne — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Welsh: capten — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Yiddish: קאַפּיטאַן (kapitan) — an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Afrikaans: kaptein — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Bulgarian: капита́н (kapitán) — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Catalan: capità — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Chinese Mandarin: 海軍上校 /海军上校 (hǎijūn shàngxiào) — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Czech: námořní kapitán — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Danish: kommandør — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Dutch: kapitein — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Esperanto: kapitano — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Finnish: kommodori — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• French: capitaine de vaisseau — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Georgian: კაპიტანი (ḳaṗiṭani) — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• German: Kapitän zur See — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Greek: πλοίαρχος (ploíarchos) — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Greek: καπετάνιος (kapetánios) — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Greek: κυβερνήτης (kyvernítis) — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Hebrew: קֶפְּטֵן (képten) — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Hungarian: kapitány — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Indonesian: kapten — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Irish: captaen — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Italian: capitano di vascello — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Japanese: 大佐 (taisa) — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Korean: 대령 (daeryeong) — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Korean: 상좌 (sangjwa) — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Māori: kāpene — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Marathi: कॅप्टन (kĕpṭan) — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Norman: cap'taine — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Norwegian Bokmål: kommandør — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kommandør — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Iranian Persian: ناخُدا (nâxodâ) — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Polish: kapitan — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Portuguese: capitão — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Portuguese: capitão de mar e guerra — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Russian: капита́н (kapitán) — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Scottish Gaelic: caiptean — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Serbo-Croatian: kapetan bojnog broda — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Swahili: kapteni — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Swedish: kommendör — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Tajik: нохудо (noxudo) — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Ottoman Turkish: رئیس (reʼis) — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Walloon: captinne — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Welsh: capten — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Yiddish: קאַפּיטאַן (kapitan) — a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
• Bulgarian: капита́н (kapitán) — an air force officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Greek: σμηναγός (sminagós) — an air force officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Indonesian: kapten — an air force officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Marathi: कॅप्टन (kĕpṭan) — an air force officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Norwegian Bokmål: kaptein — an air force officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kaptein — an air force officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Welsh: capten — an air force officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
• Albanian: kapiten — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Arabic: طَيَّار (ṭayyār) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Arabic: قُبْطَان (qubṭān) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Arabic: رُبَّان (rubbān) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Arabic: قُبطان (gubṭān) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Armenian: նավապետ (navapet) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Aromanian: cãpitan — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Azerbaijani: kapitan — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Belarusian: капіта́н (kapitán) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Bengali: ক্যাপ্টেন (kêpṭen) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Bulgarian: капита́н (kapitán) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Burmese: ကက်ပတိန် (kakpa.tin) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Chinese Mandarin: 艦長 /舰长 (jiànzhǎng) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Chinese Mandarin: 船長 /船长 (chuánzhǎng) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Ngazidja Comorian: nahudha — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Czech: kapitán — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Danish: kaptajn — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Dutch: gezagvoerder — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Dutch: kapitein — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Egyptian: s-x:r-i-i-Y1-A1 (sḫry) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Erzya: венчазор (venčazor) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Esperanto: kapitano — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Estonian: kapten — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Faroese: skipari — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Finnish: kapteeni — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• French: capitaine — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Georgian: კაპიტანი (ḳaṗiṭani) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• German: Kapitän — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Greek: πλοίαρχος (ploíarchos) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Greek: καπετάνιος (kapetánios) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Ancient Greek: πρωρεύς (prōreús) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Hebrew: קְבַרְנִיט (kvarnít) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Hebrew: רַב חוֹבֵל (rav khovél) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Hebrew: קֶפְּטֵן (képten) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Hindi: जहाज़रान (jahāzrān) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Hindi: कप्तान (kaptān) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Hungarian: kapitány — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Hungarian: parancsnok — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Icelandic: skipstjóri — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Indonesian: kapten — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Indonesian: nakhoda — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Irish: captaen — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Italian: capitano — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Japanese: 船長 (senchō) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Kazakh: капитан (kapitan) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Khmer: នាវិកនាយក (niəvɨk niəyŭək) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Khmer: នាវិកបតី (niəvikaʼpaʼdəy) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Khmer: នាយសំពៅ (niəy sɑmpɨw) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Khmer: មេកប៉ាល់ (mee kaʼpal) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Korean: 선장 (seonjang) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Kyrgyz: капитан (kapitan) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Lao: ກັບຕັນ (kap tan) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Latvian: kapteinis — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Lithuanian: kapitonas — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Macedonian: капета́н (kapetán) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Macedonian: ка́петан (kápetan) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Malay: kapten — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Malay: nakhoda — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Mauritian Creole: kapitenn — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Middle English: schipman — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Middle English: mariner — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Mongolian: ахмад (axmad) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Mongolian: капитан (kapitan) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Norman: cap'taine — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Norwegian Bokmål: kaptein — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Norwegian Bokmål: skipsfører — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kaptein — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skipsførar — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Iranian Persian: کاپیتان (kâpitân) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Iranian Persian: ناخُدا (nâxodâ) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Plautdietsch: Kapitän — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Polish: kapitan — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Portuguese: capitão — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Portuguese: capitã — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Romanian: căpitan — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Russian: капита́н (kapitán) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Scottish Gaelic: caiptean — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Scottish Gaelic: sgiobair — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Serbo-Croatian: капѐта̄н — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Serbo-Croatian: kapètān — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Slovak: kapitán — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Slovene: kapitan — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Spanish: capitán — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Swahili: nahodha — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Swedish: kapten — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Tajik: капитан (kapitan) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Tajik: нохудо (noxudo) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Thai: ไต้ก๋ง (dtâi-gǒng) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Thai: กัปตัน (gàp-dtan) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Thai: นายเรือ (naai-rʉʉa) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Thai: กปิตัน (gà-bpì-dtan) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Turkish: kaptan — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Turkmen: kapitan — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Ukrainian: капіта́н (kapitán) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Urdu: جَہاز ران (jahāz rān) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Urdu: کَپْتان (kaptān) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Uyghur: كاپىتان (kapitan) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Uzbek: kapitan — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Vietnamese: thuyền trưởng — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Welsh: capten — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Yiddish: קאַפּיטאַן (kapitan) — the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
• Arabic: طَيَّار (ṭayyār) — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Arabic: طَيَّار (ṭayyār) — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Belarusian: капіта́н (kapitán) — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Bulgarian: капита́н (kapitán) — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Burmese: ဗိုလ်ကြီး (builkri:) — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Chinese Mandarin: 機長 /机长 (jīzhǎng) — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Czech: kapitán — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Danish: kaptajn — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Dutch: gezagvoerder — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Finnish: kapteeni — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Finnish: lentokapteeni — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• French: capitaine — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• German: Flugkapitän — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Greek: κυβερνήτης (kyvernítis) — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Greek: καπετάνιος (kapetánios) — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Hebrew: קְבַרְנִיט (kvarnít) — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Hungarian: kapitány — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Hungarian: parancsnok — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Icelandic: flugstjóri — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Indonesian: kapten — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Irish: captaen — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Italian: capitano — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Japanese: 機長 (kichō) — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Korean: 기장 (gijang) — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Norman: cap'taine — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Norwegian Bokmål: kaptein — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kaptein — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Polish: kapitan — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Portuguese: capitão — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Russian: капита́н (kapitán) — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Scottish Gaelic: caiptean — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Slovak: kapitán — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Spanish: capitán — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Swedish: kapten — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Ukrainian: капіта́н (kapitán) — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Yiddish: קאַפּיטאַן (kapitan) — the person lawfully in command of an airliner
• Arabic: قَائِد (qāʔid) — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Arabic: كَبْتِن (kabtin) — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Arabic: كَبْتِن (kabtin) — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Armenian: ավագ (avag) — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Belarusian: капіта́н (kapitán) — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Bulgarian: капита́н (kapitán) — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Catalan: capità — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Chinese Mandarin: 隊長 /队长 (duìzhǎng) — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Czech: kapitán — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Dutch: aanvoerder — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Finnish: kapteeni — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• French: capitaine — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• German: Mannschaftskapitän — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Greek: αρχηγός (archigós) — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Hebrew: קֶפְּטֵן (kepten) — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Hungarian: csapatkapitány — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Icelandic: fyrirliði — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Indonesian: kapten — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Irish: captaen — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Italian: capitano — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Japanese: キャプテン (kyaputen) — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Korean: 캡틴 (kaeptin) — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Macedonian: капитен (kapiten) — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Marathi: संघनायक (saṅghnāyak) — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Marathi: कर्णधार (karṇadhār) — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Marathi: कॅप्टन (kĕpṭan) — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Norman: cap'taine — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Norwegian Bokmål: kaptein — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kaptein — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Iranian Persian: کاپیتان (kâpitân) — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Polish: kapitan — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Portuguese: capitão — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Russian: капита́н (kapitán) — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Scottish Gaelic: caiptean — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Scottish Gaelic: sgiobair — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Spanish: capitán — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Swahili: kapteni — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Swedish: kapten — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Ukrainian: капіта́н (kapitán) — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Vietnamese: đội trưởng — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Yiddish: קאַפּיטאַן (kapitan) — one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
• Catalan: capitanejar — to act as a captain
• Czech: být kapitánem — to act as a captain
• Finnish: olla kapteeni — to act as a captain
• Finnish: toimia kapteenina — to act as a captain
• Galician: capitanear — to act as a captain
• Greek: ηγούμαι (igoúmai) — to act as a captain
• Polish: dowodzić — to act as a captain
• Spanish: capitanear — to act as a captain
• Swahili: unahodha — to act as a captain
• Bulgarian: командвам (komandvam) — to exercise command
• Bulgarian: водя (vodja) — to exercise command
• Catalan: pilotar — to exercise command
• Finnish: komentaa — to exercise command
• Finnish: johtaa — to exercise command
• French: agir en capitaine — to exercise command
• French: piloter — to exercise command
• Galician: capitanear — to exercise command
• Greek: ηγούμαι (igoúmai) — to exercise command
• Greek: κυβερνώ (kyvernó) — to exercise command
• Persian: هدایت کردن (hedâyat kardan) — to exercise command
• Polish: dowodzić — to exercise command
• Portuguese: pilotar — to exercise command
• Spanish: capitanear — to exercise command
• Spanish: pilotar — to exercise command
• Swahili: amrisha — to exercise command