amiral
adjectivecommon noun
Syllable Decomposition
amiralfrom the Arabic أميرالبحر ʾāmyr āl-baḥr (prince of the sea) (composed of أمير, ʾāmyr ("commander, prince") and البحر, āl-baḥr ("the sea")). It seems that it was the Sicilians, at the crossroads of the Muslim and Christian worlds, who shortened the name to amiral. The word first appeared in French in 1249.
Definitions
- militaire
- papillons
- biologie
Feminine
amirale
Plural
amiraux
Translations
german:Admiral
english:admiral
chinese:上将
korean:대장
italian:ammiraglio
japanese:提督
arabic:أمير بحر
danish:admiral
spanish:almirante
finnish:amiraali
greek:ναύαρχος
hebrew:אדמירל
dutch:admiraal
polish:admirał
portuguese:almirante
russian:адмирал
swedish:amiral
turkish:amiral
ukrainian:адмірал
See also
amiral (adj.) amiralat (cn.)