different between rearadmiral vs admiral

English

Etymology

From Middle English amiral, from Old French amirail, amiral (modern French amiral), from a shortening of Arabic ?????? ????????? (?am?r al-ba?r, “commander of the fleet”, literally “sea commander”). Akin to amir, Amir, and emir. The -d- is probably from the influence of the otherwise unconnected admirable (Latin adm?r?bilis).

First recorded in English in September 1300, in a description of Gerard Allard of Winchelsea as “Admiral of the Fleet of the Cinque Ports”.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?æd.m?.??l/

Noun

admiral (plural admirals)

1. A naval officer of the highest rank; the commander of a country's naval forces.
2. A naval officer of high rank, immediately below Admiral of the Fleet; the commander of a fleet or squadron.
3. A flag officer in the United States Navy or Coast Guard of a grade superior to vice admiral and junior to admiral of the fleet (when that grade is used). An admiral is equal in grade or rank to a four-star general.
4. The ship which carries the admiral, the flagship; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet.
5. (obsolete) A prince or Saracen leader under the Sultan.
6. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Kaniska and Vanessa, especially a red admiral or white admiral.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• admiral on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• amildar

Cebuano

Etymology

From English admiral, from Old French amirail, amiral (modern French amiral), from Arabic ??????? ???????? (?am?ru l-ba?r, “commander of the fleet”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ad?mi?ral

Noun

admiral

1. (military) an admiral

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch admiraal, From Middle Dutch ammirael, from Old French amiral, from Latin amiralis, from Arabic ??????? ???????? (?am?ru l-ba?r). Equivalent to amir +? bahar.

Pronunciation

Noun

admiral

1. admiral

Alternative forms

• amberal

Synonyms

• laksamana

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? ????????? (?am?r al-ba?r, “commander of the fleet”), via French amiral

Noun

admiral m (definite singular admiralen, indefinite plural admiraler, definite plural admiralene)

1. (military, nautical) an admiral

References

• “admiral” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? ????????? (?am?r al-ba?r, “commander of the fleet”), via French amiral

Noun

admiral m (definite singular admiralen, indefinite plural admiralar, definite plural admiralane)

1. (military, nautical) an admiral

References

• “admiral” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (am?r, “commander”) + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adm?ra?l/
• Hyphenation: ad?mi?ral

Noun

admìr?l m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. admiral

Declension

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English admiral.

Noun

ádmirál

1. (military) admiral

Synonyms

• almirante
• laksamana

References

• The Tagalog Pinoy Dictionary