admirall

From Middle English admirall, q.v.

admirall (plural admiralls)

1. Obsolete form of admiral.

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

From Anglo-Norman and Old French admiral, admirall, 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”).

admirall (plural admiralls)

1. Alternative form of amiral, emir or admiral.

• English: admirall

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

admirall oblique singular, m (oblique plural admiraus or admirax or admirals, nominative singular admiraus or admirax or admirals, nominative plural admirall)

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of amiral

• Middle English: admirall
  • English: admirall

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