almirante
Galician
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /almiˈɾante/ [ɑl.miˈɾan̪.t̪ɪ]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Hyphenation: al‧mi‧ran‧te
References
- “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
Etymology
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
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.miˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.miˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.miˈɾɐ̃.te/ [aʊ̯.miˈɾɐ̃.te]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /al.miˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/ [aɫ.miˈɾɐ̃.tɨ]
- Hyphenation: al‧mi‧ran‧te
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /almiˈɾante/ [al.miˈɾãn̪.t̪e]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: al‧mi‧ran‧te
Derived terms
- almiranta
- almirantazgo
- almirante de Castilla
- almirante de la mar
- almirante general
- almirante mayor de la mar
Descendants
- Tagalog: almirante
References
- “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
- “almirante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalmiˈɾante/ [ʔɐl.mɪˈɾan.tɛ]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: al‧mi‧ran‧te
Further reading
- “almirante”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018