admirail

From Middle English admirail, q.v.

admirail (plural admirails)

1. Obsolete form of admiral.

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

From Anglo-Norman and Old French admiral, admirail, etc., from Medieval Latin admiralis, admirallus, and admiralius, from irregular modification of amiralis etc. under the influence of the prefix ad- and particularly admirari (“to admire, to respect”), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”).

admirail (plural admirails)

1. Alternative form of amiral, emir or admiral.

• English: admirail

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

admirail oblique singular, m (oblique plural admirauz or admirailz, nominative singular admirauz or admirailz, nominative plural admirail)

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of amiral

• Middle English: admirail
  • English: admirail

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