Admiral

== English == === Alternative forms === Adm., Adm === Noun === Admiral (plural Admirals) Alternative letter-case form of admiral in its various senses. === Anagrams === amildar == German == === Etymology === From English admiral, from Middle English, Anglo-Norman, and Old French admiral, from Medieval Latin admiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”) under influence from admīrārī (“to admire, to respect”). Cognate with French amiral, etc. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /admiˈʁaːl/ Rhymes: -aːl === Noun === Admiral m (strong, genitive Admirals, plural Admirale or Admiräle, feminine Admiralin) admiral (male or of unspecified gender) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Flottillenadmiral (“commodore”) Generaladmiral Großadmiral Konteradmiral Vizeadmiral ==== Descendants ==== → Czech: admirál → Hungarian: admirális → Polish: admirał → Slovene: admirȃl → Ukrainian: адміра́л (admirál) === Further reading === “Admiral” in Duden online “Admiral”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)