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emirate

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɛməɹət/
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  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 M ER0 AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A country ruled by an emir.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The office of an emir.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: emirship

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the office of an emir

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation

4

noun

Meaning 4

the domain controlled by an emir

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: domain, demesne, land

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English emir Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus, -tūs Latin -ātusder. English -ate English emirate From emir + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it).

Across languages

Translations

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: emirat — country ruled by an emir
  • Arabic: إِمَارَات (ʔimārāt) — country ruled by an emir
  • Arabic: إِمَارَة (ʔimāra) — country ruled by an emir
  • Armenian: էմիրություն (ēmirutʻyun) — country ruled by an emir
  • Azerbaijani: əmirlik — country ruled by an emir
  • Bashkir: әмирлек (əmirlek) — country ruled by an emir
  • Belarusian: эміра́т (emirát) — country ruled by an emir
  • Bengali: আমিরাত (amirat) — country ruled by an emir
  • Bulgarian: еми́рство (emírstvo) — country ruled by an emir
  • Bulgarian: емира́т (emirát) — country ruled by an emir
  • Catalan: emirat — country ruled by an emir
  • Chinese Mandarin: 酋長國 /酋长国 (qiúzhǎngguó) — country ruled by an emir
  • Chinese Mandarin: 君主國 /君主国 (jūnzhǔguó) — country ruled by an emir
  • Crimean Tatar: emirlik — country ruled by an emir
  • Czech: emirát — country ruled by an emir
  • Danish: emirat — country ruled by an emir
  • Dutch: emiraat — country ruled by an emir
  • Esperanto: emirlando — country ruled by an emir
  • Estonian: emiraat — country ruled by an emir
  • Finnish: emiraatti — country ruled by an emir
  • French: émirat — country ruled by an emir
  • West-Frisian: emiraat — country ruled by an emir
  • Galician: emirato — country ruled by an emir
  • Georgian: ემირატი (emiraṭi) — country ruled by an emir
  • German: Emirat — country ruled by an emir
  • Greek: εμιράτο (emiráto) — country ruled by an emir
  • Hebrew: אֶמִירוּת (emirát) — country ruled by an emir
  • Hindi: अमीरात (amīrāt) — country ruled by an emir
  • Hindi: इमारत (imārat) — country ruled by an emir
  • Hungarian: emírség — country ruled by an emir
  • Hungarian: emirátus — country ruled by an emir
  • Icelandic: furstadæmi — country ruled by an emir
  • Ido: emirio — country ruled by an emir
  • Indonesian: keamiran — country ruled by an emir
  • Indonesian: emirat — country ruled by an emir
  • Irish: éimíríocht — country ruled by an emir
  • Italian: emirato — country ruled by an emir
  • Japanese: 首長国 (shuchōkoku) — country ruled by an emir
  • Kazakh: әмірлік (ämırlık) — country ruled by an emir
  • Khmer: អេមីរ៉ាត (ʼeemiiraat) — country ruled by an emir
  • Korean: 에미리트 (emiriteu) — country ruled by an emir
  • Korean: 수장국 (sujangguk) — country ruled by an emir
  • Korean: 토후국 (tohuguk) — country ruled by an emir
  • Northern Kurdish: mîrnişîn — country ruled by an emir
  • Kyrgyz: эмирлик (emirlik) — country ruled by an emir
  • Kyrgyz: эмират (emirat) — country ruled by an emir
  • Lao: ເອມິເລດ (ʼē mi lēt) — country ruled by an emir
  • Latvian: emirāts — country ruled by an emir
  • Lithuanian: emyratas — country ruled by an emir
  • Macedonian: емира́т (emirát) — country ruled by an emir
  • Malay: emiriah — country ruled by an emir
  • Norwegian Bokmål: emirat — country ruled by an emir
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: emirat — country ruled by an emir
  • Pashto: امارت (emārát) — country ruled by an emir
  • Dari: اِمَارَت (imārat) — country ruled by an emir
  • Iranian Persian: اِمارَت (emârat) — country ruled by an emir
  • Polish: emirat — country ruled by an emir
  • Portuguese: emirado — country ruled by an emir
  • Romanian: emirat — country ruled by an emir
  • Russian: эмира́т (emirát) — country ruled by an emir
  • Serbo-Croatian: емѝра̄т — country ruled by an emir
  • Serbo-Croatian: emìrāt — country ruled by an emir
  • Slovak: emirát — country ruled by an emir
  • Slovene: emirat — country ruled by an emir
  • Spanish: emirato — country ruled by an emir
  • Swedish: emirat — country ruled by an emir
  • Tagalog: emirato — country ruled by an emir
  • Tajik: иморат (imorat) — country ruled by an emir
  • Tatar: әмирлек (ämirlek) — country ruled by an emir
  • Thai: เอมิเรต (ee-mí-rèet) — country ruled by an emir
  • Turkish: emirlik — country ruled by an emir
  • Turkmen: emirlik — country ruled by an emir
  • Ukrainian: еміра́т (emirát) — country ruled by an emir
  • Urdu: اِمارَت (imārat) — country ruled by an emir
  • Uyghur: ئەمىرلىك (emirlik) — country ruled by an emir
  • Uzbek: amirlik — country ruled by an emir
  • Vietnamese: tiểu vương quốc — country ruled by an emir
  • Volapük: lemirän — country ruled by an emir
  • Welsh: emirad — country ruled by an emir
  • Yiddish: עמיראַט (emirat) — country ruled by an emir
Real reading context

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