# amiral
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English amiral etc., from Anglo-Norman and Old French amiral etc., from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”).

### Noun

amiral (plural amirals)
* Obsolete form of admiral.

### References

* “admiral, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

### Anagrams

* amaril, almira, Almira

## French
### Etymology

From Old French amiral etc., from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.mi.ʁal/
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* Hyphenation: a‧mi‧ral

### Adjective

amiral (feminine amirale, masculine plural amiraux, feminine plural amirales)
* (relational) of an admiral

### Noun

amiral m (plural amiraux, feminine amirale)
* admiral (military officer)
** 1759, Voltaire, Candide‎, page 160:Mais dans ce pays-ci il est bon de tuer de tems en tems un Amiral pour encourager les autres.But in this country it's good from time to time to kill an admiral to encourage the others.

#### Derived terms

* contre-amiral
* vice-amiral
* vice-amiral d’escadre

#### Related terms

* amiraulté

#### Descendants

* → Ottoman Turkish: آمیرال (amiral)
** Turkish: amiral
* → Romanian: amiral
* → Swedish: amiral
** → Finnish: amiraali

### Further reading

* “amiral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* (all): amirel, amirell, amyrelle, amrel, amyrayl, amyrayle, amrayl, ameral, amerale, amerayle, admurel, amirall, ammiral, amerail, amirail, amirayl, amiraile, amyral, amyrall, amerel, admiral, admirall, admiralle, admirail, admyral, admyrall, admyralle
* (Muslim commander): amyraud, amireld, admirad, admyrold, ameraunt, ameravnt, amyrant, amyrawnt

### Etymology

From Anglo-Norman and Old French amiral, from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”). In forms including ad-, via variants derived under influence from admīrārī (“to admire, to respect”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /amiˈraːl/, /ˈamiral/

### Noun

amiral (plural amirales)
* emir (a Muslim military commander, governor, or prince)
* admiral (a high naval officer)

#### Descendants

* English: amiral

#### References

* “amirāl, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* admirail, admiraill, admiral, admirall, admiralle, amirail, amiraill, amirant, amiraunt, amirau, amiraud, amiraude, ammiraille, amerail, ameraille, ameral, amerale, amerall, ameralle, amerayll, amerelle

### Etymology

From Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”).

### Noun

amiral oblique singular, m (oblique plural amiraus or amirax or amirals, nominative singular amiraus or amirax or amirals, nominative plural amiral)
* admiral (military officer)
** (Anglo-Norman, law) naval officer with jurisdiction over maritime legal proceedings
* (Anglo-Norman) emir; commander

#### Descendants

* French: amiral
** → Ottoman Turkish: آمیرال (amiral)
*** Turkish: amiral
** → Romanian: amiral
** → Swedish: amiral
*** → Finnish: amiraali
* → Irish: aimiréal
* → Middle English: amiral
** English: amiral
* → Middle Dutch: ammirael
** Dutch: admiraal
*** Afrikaans: admiraal
*** → Indonesian: admiral
*** → Papiamentu: atmiral
*** → West Frisian: admiraal

### References

* admiral in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022

## Romanian
### Etymology

From French amiral etc., from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”).

### Noun

amiral m (plural amirali)
* admiral

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

From French amiral, from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”).

### Noun

amiral c
* an admiral

#### Descendants

* → Finnish: amiraali

### References

* ↑ Utrikes namnbok (7th ed., 2007) →ISBN

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آمیرال, from French amiral etc., from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”). Doublet of emir and amir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.mi.ɾal/

### Noun

amiral (definite accusative amirali, plural amiraller)
* (military) admiral

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
amiral
amiraller
definite accusative
amirali
amiralleri
dative
amirale
amirallere
locative
amiralde
amirallerde
ablative
amiralden
amirallerden
genitive
amiralin
amirallerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
amiralim
amirallerim
2nd singular
amiralin
amirallerin
3rd singular
amirali
amiralleri
1st plural
amiralimiz
amirallerimiz
2nd plural
amiraliniz
amiralleriniz
3rd plural
amiralleri
amiralleri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
amiralimi
amirallerimi
2nd singular
amiralini
amirallerini
3rd singular
amiralini
amirallerini
1st plural
amiralimizi
amirallerimizi
2nd plural
amiralinizi
amirallerinizi
3rd plural
amirallerini
amirallerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
amiralime
amirallerime
2nd singular
amiraline
amirallerine
3rd singular
amiraline
amirallerine
1st plural
amiralimize
amirallerimize
2nd plural
amiralinize
amirallerinize
3rd plural
amirallerine
amirallerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
amiralimde
amirallerimde
2nd singular
amiralinde
amirallerinde
3rd singular
amiralinde
amirallerinde
1st plural
amiralimizde
amirallerimizde
2nd plural
amiralinizde
amirallerinizde
3rd plural
amirallerinde
amirallerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
amiralimden
amirallerimden
2nd singular
amiralinden
amirallerinden
3rd singular
amiralinden
amirallerinden
1st plural
amiralimizden
amirallerimizden
2nd plural
amiralinizden
amirallerinizden
3rd plural
amirallerinden
amirallerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
amiralimin
amirallerimin
2nd singular
amiralinin
amirallerinin
3rd singular
amiralinin
amirallerinin
1st plural
amiralimizin
amirallerimizin
2nd plural
amiralinizin
amirallerinizin
3rd plural
amirallerinin
amirallerinin :

#### Derived terms

* amirallik

### References

* “amiral”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu