name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
commodore
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈkɑ.mə.dɔɹ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒm.ə.dɔː/
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CMU ARPABET: K AA1 M AH0 D AO2 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A male given name.
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Usage: rare
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noun
Meaning 3
A naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
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noun
Meaning 4
A (temporary) commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 5
The leading ship in a fleet of merchantmen.
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Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 6
The president of a yacht club.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 7
A yacht-club president's vessel in a regatta.
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Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 8
Ellipsis of commodore admiral.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
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noun
Meaning 9
A rear admiral (lower half).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
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noun
Meaning 10
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Parasarpa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 11
a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: commissioned naval officer
Narrower terms: Perry, Oliver Hazard Perry, Commodore Perry
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch kommandeur, from Middle French commandeur. See command, compare commend (a doublet), and mandate.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: kommodoor — a naval officer
- Catalan: comodor — a naval officer
- Czech: komodor — a naval officer
- Estonian: kommodoor — a naval officer
- Finnish: lippueamiraali — a naval officer
- French: commodore — a naval officer
- German: Kommodore — a naval officer
- German: Flottillenadmiral — a naval officer
- Greek: αρχιπλοίαρχος (archiploíarchos) — a naval officer
- Hebrew: קוֹמוֹדוֹר (komodor) — a naval officer
- Hebrew: קברניט (kabarnit) — a naval officer
- Italian: commodoro — a naval officer
- Japanese: 代将 (daishō) — a naval officer
- Malay: komodor — a naval officer
- Manx: ard-chaptan — a naval officer
- Marathi: कॉमोडोर (kŏmoḍor) — a naval officer
- Portuguese: comodoro — a naval officer
- Romanian: comodor — a naval officer
- Russian: коммодо́р (kommodór) — a naval officer
- Spanish: comodoro — a naval officer
- Swedish: kommendör — a naval officer
- Turkish: tuğamiral — a naval officer
- Finnish: kommodori — a commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral
- German: Kommodore — a commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral
- German: Flottekapitän — a commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral
- Hebrew: מש״ט (mashat) — a commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral
- Italian: commodoro — a commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral
- Marathi: कॉमोडोर (kŏmoḍor) — a commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral
- Portuguese: comodoro — a commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral
- Romanian: comodor — a commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral
- Finnish: kommodori — president of a yacht club
- Italian: commodoro — president of a yacht club
- Marathi: कॉमोडोर (kŏmoḍor) — president of a yacht club
- Portuguese: comodoro — president of a yacht club
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