almirante
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
almirante m (plural almirantes)
- admiral (all senses)
References[edit]
- “almirante” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “almirante” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “almirante” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “almirante” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: al‧mi‧ran‧te
Noun[edit]
almirante m (plural almirantes)
- admiral (all senses)
- flag officer
Derived terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Spanish amirate reinterpreted as a present participle with the suffix -ante and under influence from Arabic ال (al-, “the, of the”), from Medieval Latin amiratus, from Byzantine Greek ἀμιράς (amirás), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”), particularly Arabic أمير الأمراء (ʔamīr al-umarāʔ, “emir of emirs, commander-in-chief”) as used as a title for important commanders in Norman Sicily in the mid-12th century.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /almiˈɾante/ [al.miˈɾãn̪.t̪e]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: al‧mi‧ran‧te
Noun[edit]
almirante m or f by sense (plural almirantes)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Tagalog: almirante
References[edit]
- “almirante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- David Abulafia (2012), The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean, pp. 321–322.
Further reading[edit]
- “almirante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish almirante, from Old Spanish amirate under influence from -ante and Arabic ال (al-, “the, of the”), from Medieval Latin amiratus, from Byzantine Greek ἀμιράς (amirás), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”), particularly Arabic أمير الأمراء (ʔamīr al-umarāʔ, “emir of emirs, commander-in-chief”) as used as a title for important commanders in Norman Sicily in the mid-12th century. Doublet of emir and admiral.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalmiˈɾante/, [ʔɐl.mɪˈɾan.tɛ]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: al‧mi‧ran‧te
Noun[edit]
almirante (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜋᜒᜇᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)
Further reading[edit]
- “almirante”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Galician terms derived from Arabic
- Galician terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician masculine nouns
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Medieval Latin
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- Portuguese terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
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- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
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- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms derived from Arabic
- Spanish terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Spanish 4-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Spanish/ante
- Rhymes:Spanish/ante/4 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish nouns with multiple genders
- Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense
- es:Military ranks
- Tagalog terms derived from Arabic
- Tagalog terms derived from the Arabic root ء م ر
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Old Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Tagalog terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Tagalog doublets
- Tagalog 4-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ante
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ante/4 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script