# 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: /almiˈɾante/ [ɑl.miˈɾan̪.t̪ɪ]
* Rhymes: -ante
* Hyphenation: al‧mi‧ran‧te

### Noun

almirante m (plural almirantes)
* 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: /aw.miˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.miˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aw.miˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.miˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aw.miˈɾɐ̃.te/ [aʊ̯.miˈɾɐ̃.te]
* (Portugal) IPA: /al.miˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/ [aɫ.miˈɾɐ̃.tɨ]
* Hyphenation: al‧mi‧ran‧te

### Noun

almirante m (plural almirantes)
* admiral (all senses)
* 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: /almiˈɾante/ [al.miˈɾãn̪.t̪e]
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* Rhymes: -ante
* Syllabification: al‧mi‧ran‧te

### Noun

almirante m or f by sense (plural almirantes)
* 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: /ʔalmiˈɾante/ [ʔɐl.mɪˈɾan̪.t̪ɛ]
* Rhymes: -ante
* Syllabification: al‧mi‧ran‧te

### Noun

almirante (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜋᜒᜇᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)
* admiral
    Synonyms: laksamana, admiral

### Further reading

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