almirante

Meaning

1. (masculine) admiral (all senses)
2. (masculine) flag officer
3. (Brazil, colloquial, masculine) A term of address for someone

Concepts

admiral

red admiral

full admiral

Translations

almirante

amiral

Admiral

ammiraglio

admiraal

almirall

amiral

ναύαρχος

oramiral

vlootvoogd

أمير بحر

vulcain

είδος πεταλούδας

amîral

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aw.miˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: almirante

Cognate with French: amiral

Cognate with English: admiral

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese almirante, from Medieval Latin amiratus under influence from -ante and Arabic ال (al-, “the, of the”), from Byzantine Greek ἀμιράς (amirás), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”). See Spanish almirante, French amiral, and English admiral.