commodore
See also: Commodore
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Dutch kommandeur, from Middle French commandeur. See command, compare commend (a doublet), and mandate.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.mə.doɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒm.ə.dɔː/
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Noun edit
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 edit
The equivalent army rank is brigadier, senior colonel, brigadier general, or lowest ranking general officer grade.
Synonyms edit
- (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)
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Translations edit
a commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral
president of a yacht club
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See also edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Dutch kommandeur, from Middle French commandeur; from Latin commendare, from com- + mandare, from mandō (“to order, command”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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)
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Further reading edit
- “commodore”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.