amiral
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
amiral (plural amirals)
References[edit]
- “admiral, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French amiral etc., from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
amiral (feminine amirale, masculine plural amiraux, feminine plural amirales)
- (relational) of an admiral
Noun[edit]
amiral m (plural amiraux, feminine amirale)
- admiral (military officer)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “amiral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (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[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
amiral (plural amirales)
Descendants[edit]
- English: amiral
References[edit]
- “amirāl, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- admirail, admiraill, admiral, admirall, admiralle, amirail, amiraill, amirant, amiraunt, amirau, amiraud, amiraude, ammiraille, amerail, ameraille, ameral, amerale, amerall, ameralle, amerayll, amerelle
Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”).
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- admiral in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French amiral etc., from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”).
Noun[edit]
amiral m (plural amirali)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) amiral | amiralul | (niște) amirali | amiralii |
genitive/dative | (unui) amiral | amiralului | (unor) amirali | amiralilor |
vocative | amiralule | amiralilor |
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French amiral, from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”).
Noun[edit]
amiral c
Declension[edit]
Declension of amiral | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | amiral | amiralen | amiraler | amiralerna |
Genitive | amirals | amiralens | amiralers | amiralernas |
Descendants[edit]
- → Finnish: amiraali
References[edit]
- ^ Utrikes namnbok (7th ed., 2007) →ISBN
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
amiral (definite accusative amirali, plural amiraller)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “amiral”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- English terms inherited from Middle English
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- English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
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- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
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- French terms inherited from Old French
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- fr:Nautical
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- Middle English terms borrowed from Anglo-Norman
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- Middle English nouns
- Old French terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Old French terms derived from Arabic
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- Old French nouns
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- Anglo-Norman
- fro:Law
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- Romanian terms borrowed from French
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- Romanian nouns
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- ro:Military ranks
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- Swedish terms borrowed from French
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- sv:Military ranks
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- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
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- tr:Military
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- tr:Occupations