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English
Etymology
From Middle English amiral etc., from Anglo-Norman and Old French amiral etc., from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”).
Noun
amiral (plural amirals)
- Obsolete form of admiral.
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French
Etymology
From Old French amiral etc., from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
amiral (feminine amirale, masculine plural amiraux, feminine plural amirales)
- (relational) of an admiral
Noun
amiral m (plural amiraux, feminine amirale)
- admiral (military officer)
1759, Voltaire, Candide, page 160:Mais dans ce pays-ci il est bon de tuer de tems en tems un Amiral pour encourager les autres.- But in this country it's good from time to time to kill an admiral to encourage the others.
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Middle English
- (all): amirel, amirell, amyrelle, amrel, amyrayl, amyrayle, amrayl, ameral, amerale, amerayle, admurel, amirall, ammiral, amerail, amirail, amirayl, amiraile, amyral, amyrall, amerel, admiral, admirall, admiralle, admirail, admyral, admyrall, admyralle
- (Muslim commander): amyraud, amireld, admirad, admyrold, ameraunt, ameravnt, amyrant, amyrawnt
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman and Old French amiral, from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”). In forms including ad-, via variants derived under influence from admīrārī (“to admire, to respect”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amiˈraːl/, /ˈamiral/
Noun
amiral (plural amirales)
- emir (a Muslim military commander, governor, or prince)
- admiral (a high naval officer)
Descendants
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Old French
- admirail, admiraill, admiral, admirall, admiralle, amirail, amiraill, amirant, amiraunt, amirau, amiraud, amiraude, ammiraille, amerail, ameraille, ameral, amerale, amerall, ameralle, amerayll, amerelle
Etymology
From Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”).
Noun
amiral oblique singular, m (oblique plural amiraus or amirax or amirals, nominative singular amiraus or amirax or amirals, nominative plural amiral)
- admiral (military officer)
- (Anglo-Norman, law) naval officer with jurisdiction over maritime legal proceedings
- (Anglo-Norman) emir; commander
Descendants
References
- admiral in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022
Romanian
Etymology
From French amiral etc., from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”).
Noun
amiral m (plural amirali)
- admiral
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
From French amiral, from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”).
Noun
amiral c
- an admiral[1]
Declension
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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish آمیرال, from French amiral etc., from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”). Doublet of emir and amir.
Pronunciation
Noun
amiral (definite accusative amirali, plural amiraller)
- (military) admiral
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “amiral”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu