different between atari vs commodore

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ???.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t????i/

Noun

atari (plural atari or ataris or ataries)

1. (game of Go) A move that threatens the immediate capture of one or more stones. In chess, the closest equivalent words would be check, where a king is under attack from one or more pieces and pawns, or the state of being en prise, when a piece or pawn is undefended and can be taken without recapture.
   • 1990 May 25: Jonathan Buss, Watanabe vs Buss, moves 15-17, rec.games.go, [1]

     In situations like this, beginners often make the mistake of giving an atari, which strengthens only the opponent.

   • 2003: Peter Shotwell, Go! More Than a Game

     ... White responds with an atari of her own ...

   • 2004: John Fairbairn, Invitation to Go

     The important thing to note is that playing the simple atari first fails ...

Anagrams

• Arita, Atira, Taira, aarti, arati, atria, raita, riata, taira, tarai, tiara

Basque

Noun

atari inan

1. gateway, doorway, portal

Finnish

Etymology

Abbreviation of ammatti- ja taparikollisuus.

Noun

atari

1. (chiefly as modifier in compound terms) professional and habitual crime

Declension

Derived terms

• atariyksikkö

Anagrams

• Raita, aarit, atria, itara, raati, raita, ritaa, taari, taira, tiara

Japanese

Romanization

atari

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Latvian

Verb

atari

1. 2nd person singular past indicative form of atart

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kommandeur, from Middle French commandeur. See command, compare commend (a doublet), and mandate..

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?m?d??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?m?d??/

Noun

commodore (plural commodores)

1. (military, nautical) A naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral.
2. (nautical) A (temporary) commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral.
3. (nautical) The leading ship in a fleet of merchantmen.
4. (nautical) The president of a yacht club.
5. (nautical) A yacht-club president's vessel in a regatta.
6. (US, military, nautical) A commodore admiral.
7. (US, military, nautical) A rear admiral (lower half).
8. (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Parasarpa.

Usage notes

The equivalent army rank is brigadier, senior colonel, brigadier general, or lowest ranking general officer grade.

Synonyms

• (non-flag naval rank): senior captain, fleet captain, flag captain
• (nautical): senior captain, fleet captain, flag captain, shipmaster senior grade
• (flag naval rank): CDRE, COMO (abbreviation)
• (naval rank): Cmdre, Cmdre. (abbreviation)

Coordinate terms

• brigadier

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kommandeur, from Middle French commandeur; from Latin commendare, from com- + mandare, from mand? (“I order, command”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.m?.d??/

Noun

commodore m or f (plural commodores)

1. (military, nautical) commodore, a naval military rank between captain (capitaine de vaisseau or capitaine de croiseur) and rear admiral (contre-amiral)

Synonyms

• cmdre, cmdre. (abbreviation)

Further reading

• “commodore” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).