admirant

From Anglo-Norman and Old French amirant etc. under influence of variants with ad-, Latin admirans (“admiring”), or Spanish almirante (“admiral”), from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”). Compare also Medieval Latin admirandus and Anglo-Norman admirand.

admirant (plural admirants)

1. Obsolete form of admiral.

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

admirant

1. gerund of admirar

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admirant

1. present participle of admirer

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