commodore

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch kommandeur, from Middle French commandeur. See command, compare commend (a doublet), and mandate. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.mə.dɔɹ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒm.ə.dɔː/ === Noun === commodore (plural commodores) (military, nautical) A naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral. (nautical) A (temporary) commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral. (nautical) The leading ship in a fleet of merchantmen. (nautical) The president of a yacht club. (nautical) A yacht-club president's vessel in a regatta. (military, nautical) Ellipsis of commodore admiral. (US, military, nautical) A rear admiral (lower half). (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Parasarpa. ==== Usage notes ==== The equivalent army rank is brigadier, senior colonel, brigadier general, or lowest ranking general officer grade. ==== Synonyms ==== (non-flag naval rank): senior captain, fleet captain, flag captain (nautical): senior captain, fleet captain, flag captain, shipmaster senior grade (flag naval rank): CDRE, COMO (abbreviation) (naval rank): Cmdre, Cmdre. (abbreviation) ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: commodoro → Portuguese: comodoro → Spanish: comodoro ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch kommandeur, from Middle French commandeur; from Latin commendare, from com- + mandare, from mandō (“to order, command”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ.mɔ.dɔʁ/ === Noun === commodore m or f by sense (plural commodores) (military, nautical) commodore, a naval military rank between captain (capitaine de vaisseau or capitaine de croiseur) and rear admiral (contre-amiral) ==== Synonyms ==== cmdre, cmdre. (abbreviation) === Further reading === “commodore”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012