almirante
Galician edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
almirante m (plural almirantes)
- admiral (all senses)
References edit
- “almirante” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “almirante” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “almirante” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “almirante” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- Hyphenation: al‧mi‧ran‧te
Noun edit
almirante m (plural almirantes)
- admiral (all senses)
- flag officer
Derived terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- IPA(key): /almiˈɾante/ [al.miˈɾãn̪.t̪e]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: al‧mi‧ran‧te
Noun edit
almirante m or f by sense (plural almirantes)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Tagalog: almirante
References edit
- “almirante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- David Abulafia (2012), The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean, pp. 321–322.
Further reading edit
- “almirante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish almirante, from Old Spanish amirate under influence from -ante and 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. Doublet of emir and admiral.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalmiˈɾante/, [ʔɐl.mɪˈɾan.tɛ]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: al‧mi‧ran‧te
Noun edit
almirante (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜋᜒᜇᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)
Further reading edit
- “almirante”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018