contra-almirante

Portuguese

Etymology

From contra- +‎ almirante.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

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

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃t͡ʃi, -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: con‧tra-al‧mi‧ran‧te

Noun

contra-almirante m (plural contra-almirantes)

1. (military) rear admiral (rank of general officer of the Navy, superior to that of commodore and inferior to that of vice-admiral, and whose insignia consists of parallel stripes, one wide and one narrow)

Noun

contra-almirante m or f by sense (plural contra-almirantes)

1. (military) rear admiral (officer who holds that post)

Further reading

• “contra-almirante”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “contra-almirante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025