amiral

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

• “admiral, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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^[1], 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

• contre-amiral
• vice-amiral
• vice-amiral d’escadre

Related terms

• amiraulté

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: آمیرال
  • Turkish: amiral
• → Romanian: amiral
• → Swedish: amiral
  • → Finnish: amiraali

Further reading

• “amiral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• (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

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

• English: amiral

References

• “amirāl, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Alternative forms

• admirail, admiraill, admiral, admirall, admiralle, amirail, amiraill, amirant, amiraunt, amirau, amiraud, amiraude, ammiraille, amerail, ameraille, ameral, amerale, amerall, ameralle, amerayll, amerelle

Etymology

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

Noun

amiral oblique singular, m (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

• French: amiral
  • → Ottoman Turkish: آمیرال
    • Turkish: amiral
  • → Romanian: amiral
  • → Swedish: amiral
    • → Finnish: amiraali
• → Irish: aimiréal
• → Middle English: amiral
  • English: amiral
• Middle Dutch: ammirael
  • Dutch: admiraal
    • Afrikaans: admiraal
    • → Indonesian: admiral
    • → Papiamentu: atmiral
    • → West Frisian: admiraal

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

Declension of amiral

	singular		plural
	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

Etymology

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

Noun

amiral c

1. an admiral

Declension

Declension of amiral
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	amiral	amiralen	amiraler	amiralerna
Genitive	amirals	amiralens	amiralers	amiralernas

Descendants

• → Finnish: amiraali

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

• IPA^(key): /a.mi.ɾal/

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

• amirallik

References

• “amiral”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu