almirante

See also: Almirante

Galician

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /almiˈɾante/ [ɑl.miˈɾan̪.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: al‧mi‧ran‧te

Noun

almirante m (plural almirantes)

1. admiral (all senses)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “almirante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “almirante”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “almirante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “almirante”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.miˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.miˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.miˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.miˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.miˈɾɐ̃.te/ [aʊ̯.miˈɾɐ̃.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.miˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/ [aɫ.miˈɾɐ̃.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: al‧mi‧ran‧te

Noun

almirante m (plural almirantes)

1. admiral (all senses)
2. flag officer

Derived terms

• almirantado

Spanish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /almiˈɾante/ [al.miˈɾãn̪.t̪e]

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• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: al‧mi‧ran‧te

Noun

almirante m or f by sense (plural almirantes)

1. admiral

Derived terms

• almiranta
• almirantazgo
• almirante de Castilla
• almirante de la mar
• almirante general
• almirante mayor de la mar

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: almirante

References

• “almirante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• David Abulafia (2012), The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean, pp. 321–322.

Further reading

• “almirante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish almirante, from Old Spanish amirate. Doublet of emir and admiral.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalmiˈɾante/ [ʔɐl.mɪˈɾan̪.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: al‧mi‧ran‧te

Noun

almirante (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜋᜒᜇᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. admiral

   Synonyms: laksamana, admiral

Further reading

• “almirante”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018