amiral

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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)

  1. Obsolete form of admiral.

References

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Old French amiral etc., from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, commander) + -alis (-al).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.mi.ʁal/
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Adjective

amiral (feminine amirale, masculine plural amiraux, feminine plural amirales)

  1. (relational) of an admiral

Noun

amiral m (plural amiraux, feminine amirale)

  1. 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.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: آمیرال (amiral)
    • Turkish: amiral
  • Romanian: amiral
  • Swedish: amiral

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

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)

  1. emir (a Muslim military commander, governor, or prince)
  2. admiral (a high naval officer)

Descendants

References

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, commander) + -alis (-al).

Noun

amiral oblique singularm (oblique plural amiraus or amirax or amirals, nominative singular amiraus or amirax or amirals, nominative plural amiral)

  1. admiral (military officer)
    1. (Anglo-Norman, law) naval officer with jurisdiction over maritime legal proceedings
  2. (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)

  1. admiral

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative amiral amiralul amirali amiralii
genitive-dative amiral amiralului amirali amiralilor
vocative amiralule amiralilor

Swedish

Etymology

From French amiral, from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, commander) + -alis (-al).

Noun

amiral c

  1. an admiral[1]

Declension

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Utrikes namnbok (7th ed., 2007) →ISBN

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)

  1. (military) admiral

Declension

Inflection
Nominative amiral
Definite accusative amirali
Singular Plural
Nominative amiral amiraller
Definite accusative amirali amiralleri
Dative amirale amirallere
Locative amiralde amirallerde
Ablative amiralden amirallerden
Genitive amiralin amirallerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular amiralim amirallerim
2nd singular amiralin amirallerin
3rd singular amirali amiralleri
1st plural amiralimiz amirallerimiz
2nd plural amiraliniz amiralleriniz
3rd plural amiralleri amiralleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular amiralimi amirallerimi
2nd singular amiralini amirallerini
3rd singular amiralini amirallerini
1st plural amiralimizi amirallerimizi
2nd plural amiralinizi amirallerinizi
3rd plural amirallerini amirallerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular amiralime amirallerime
2nd singular amiraline amirallerine
3rd singular amiraline amirallerine
1st plural amiralimize amirallerimize
2nd plural amiralinize amirallerinize
3rd plural amirallerine amirallerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular amiralimde amirallerimde
2nd singular amiralinde amirallerinde
3rd singular amiralinde amirallerinde
1st plural amiralimizde amirallerimizde
2nd plural amiralinizde amirallerinizde
3rd plural amirallerinde amirallerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular amiralimden amirallerimden
2nd singular amiralinden amirallerinden
3rd singular amiralinden amirallerinden
1st plural amiralimizden amirallerimizden
2nd plural amiralinizden amirallerinizden
3rd plural amirallerinden amirallerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular amiralimin amirallerimin
2nd singular amiralinin amirallerinin
3rd singular amiralinin amirallerinin
1st plural amiralimizin amirallerimizin
2nd plural amiralinizin amirallerinizin
3rd plural amirallerinin amirallerinin

Derived terms

References

  • amiral”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu