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Admiral

Definitions: Admiral

Admiral

Noun

1. The supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral.

2. Any of several brightly colored butterflies.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "admiral" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Admiral

DomainDefinitions

Satire

ADMIRAL, n. That part of a war-ship which does the talking while the figure-head does the thinking. Source: Devil's Dictionary.

Literature

Admiral corruption of Amir-al. Milton, speaking of Satan, says: -
"His spear (to equal which the tallest pine
Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast
Of some tall amiral, were but a wand)
He walked with."
Paradise Lost, i. 292.
The word was introduced by the Turks or Genoese in the twelfth century, and is the Arabic Amir with the article al (lord or commander); as Amir-al-ma (commander of the water), Amir-al-Omra (commander of the forces), Amir-al-Muminim (commander of the faithful).
English admirals used to be of three classes, according to the colour of their flag -
Admiral of the Red, used to hold the centre in an engagement.
Admiral of the White, used to hold the van.
Admiral of the Blue, used to hold the rear.
The distinction was abolished in 1864; now all admirals carry the white flag.
Admirals are called Flag Officers. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Public Administration

General Officer, category OF-9, Royal Navy, UK. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Admiral

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The word admiral comes from the Arabic term amir-al-bahr meaning "commander of the seas." Crusaders learned the term during their encounters with the Arabs, perhaps as early as the 11th century. The Sicilians and later Genoese took the first two parts of the term and used them as one word, amiral. The French and Spanish gave their sea commanders similar titles. As the word was used by people speaking Latin or Latin-based languages it gained the "d" and endured a series of different endings and spellings leading to the English spelling "admyrall" in the 14th century and to "admiral" by the 16th century.

Royal Navy

King Edward I of England appointed the first English Admiral in 1297 when he named William de Leyburn "Admiral of the sea of the King of England". The rank of Admiral should not be confused with the office of Admiral of England or Lord High Admiral, which was an office held by the person with overall responsibility for the Navy.

The Royal Navy has had Vice and Rear Admirals since at least the 16th century. When in commanded of the fleet the Admiral would either be in the lead or the middle portion of the fleet. When the Admiral commanded from the middle portion of the fleet his deputy, the Vice Admiral, would be in the leading portion or van. Below him was another admiral at the rear of the fleet, called Rear Admiral.

In Elizabethan times the fleet grew large enough to be organized into squadrons. The admiral's squadron wore a red ensign, the vice admiral's white, and the rear admiral's blue. As the squadrons grew, each was eventually commanded by an Admiral (with Vice Admirals and Rear Admirals commanding sections) and the official titles became Admiral of the White, etc.

The squadrons ranked in order Red, White and Blue, and admirals ranked according to their squadron. Promotion up the ladder was in accordance with seniority in the rank of post captain, and rank was held for life, so the only way to get promoted was for the person above you on the list to die or resign. Another way was to promote unsuccessful admirals to the next rank without distinction of squadron (a practice known as yellowing - the unfortunate became known as a yellow admiral).

  1. Admiral of the Fleet
  2. Admiral of the White
  3. Admiral of the Blue
  4. Vice Admiral of the Red
  5. Vice Admiral of the White
  6. Vice Admiral of the Blue
  7. Rear Admiral of the Red
  8. Rear Admiral of the White
  9. Rear Admiral of the Blue

Lord Nelson when he died was only a Vice Admiral of the White.

In the 18th century the original nine ranks began to be filled by more than one person per rank, althouth the rank of Admiral of the Red was always filled by only one person and was known as Admiral of the Fleet.

In 1864 the organisation of the fleet into coloured squadrons was abandoned. The Red Ensign was allocated to the Merchant Marine, the White Ensign became the flag of the Royal Navy, and the Blue Ensign was allocated to the naval reserve and naval auxiliary vessels.

The current ranks are Rear Admiral, Vice Admiral, Admiral and Admiral of the Fleet, also known as flag ranks because admirals, known as Flag Officers, are entitled to fly a personal flag. An Admiral of the Fleet flies a Union Flag at the masthead, while an Admiral flies a St George's cross (red cross on white). Vice Admirals and Rear Admirals fly a St George's cross differenced with one and two red balls in the hoist respectively.

The 1-star rank of Commodore in the Royal Navy is not considered a flag rank, and Commodores fly swallow-tailed pennants bearing the cross of St George and a single red ball in the upper hoist.

In 1996 the rank of Admiral of the Fleet was put in abeyance in peacetime, except for members of the Royal family. However, Admirals of the Fleet promoted before 1996 continue to hold their rank on the active list for life.

United States Navy

The United States Navy did not have any Admirals until 1862 because many people felt the title too reminiscent of royalty to be used in the republic's navy. Others saw the need for ranks above Captain, among them John Paul Jones, who pointed out that the Navy had to have officers who "ranked" with Army Generals. He also felt there must be ranks above Captain to avoid disputes among senior Captains. The various secretaries of the Navy repeatedly recommended to Congress that Admiral ranks be created because the other navies of the world used them and American senior officers were "often subjected to serious difficulties and embarrassments in the interchange of civilities with those of other nations." Congress finally authorized nine Rear Admirals on July 16, 1862, although that was probably more for the needs of the rapidly expanding Navy during the American Civil War than any international considerations. Two years later Congress authorized the appointment of a Vice Admiral from among the nine Rear Admirals: David Farragut. Another bill allowed the President of the United States to appoint Farragut to full Admiral on July 25, 1866, and David Dixon Porter to Vice Admiral. When Farragut died in 1870 Porter became Admiral and Stephen C. Rowan Vice Admiral. Even after they died, Congress did not allow the promotion of any of the Rear Admirals to succeed them, so there were no more Admirals or Vice Admirals by promotion until 1915 when Congress authorized an Admiral and a Vice Admiral each for the Atlantic, Pacific and Asiatic fleets.

There was one Admiral in the interim, however. In 1899, Congress recognized George Dewey's accomplishments during the Spanish-American War by authorizing the President to appoint him Admiral of the Navy. He held that rank until he died in 1917. Nobody has since held that title. In 1944 Congress approved the five-star Fleet Admiral rank. The first to hold it were Ernest J. King, William D. Leahy, and Chester W. Nimitz. The Senate confirmed their appointments December 15, 1944. The fourth Fleet Admiral, William H. Halsey, got his fifth star in December 1945. None have been appointed since.

The sleeve stripes now used by Admirals and Vice Admirals in the United States date from March 11, 1869, when the Secretary of the Navy's General Order Number 90 specified that for their "undress" uniforms Admirals would wear a two-inch stripe with three half-inch stripes above it and Vice Admirals the two-inch stripe with two half-inch stripes above it. The Rear Admiral got his two-inch stripe and one half-inch stripe in 1866.

The sleeve stripes had been more elaborate. When the Rear Admiral rank started in 1862 the sleeve arrangement was three stripes of three-quarter-inch lace alternating with three stripes of quarter-inch lace. It was some ten inches from top to bottom. The Vice Admiral, of course, had even more stripes and when Farragut became Admiral in 1866 he had so many stripes they reached from his cuffs almost to his elbow. On their dress uniforms the admirals wore bands of gold embroidery of live oak leaves and acorns.

The admirals of the 1860s wore the same number of stars on their shoulders as admirals of corresponding grades do today. In 1899 the Navy's one Admiral (Dewey) and 18 Rear Admirals put on the new shoulder marks, as did the other officers when wearing their white uniforms, but kept their stars instead of repeating the sleeve cuff stripes.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Admiral."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Admiral

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField

ADMIRAL

EnglishAutomatic and Dynamic Monitor with Immediate Relocation,Allocation and Loading(system)N/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Admiral

Synonym: full admiral (n). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: admiralties (military & defense).

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Synonyms within Context: Admiral

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Master

Admiral, admiralty; rear admiral, vice admiral, port admiral; commodore, captain, commander, lieutenant, ensign, skipper, mate, master, officer of the day, OD; navarch.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Admiral

English words defined with "admiral": Admiral Byrd, Admiral shell, Admiralship, admiralty, AmmiralBlighCaptain Bligh, Captain Horatio Hornblower, Chester Nimitz, Chester William Nimitz, command, commodoreDavid Glasgow Farragut, DrakeFarragut, flag officer, fleet admiral, Fleet captain, Francis Drake, full admiralgenus VanessaHigh admiral, Horatio Hornblower, Horatio Nelson, Hyman George Rickover, Hyman RickoverIsoroku YamamotoLord High AdmiralManila Bay, Matthew Calbraith PerryNelson, NimitzoffensivelyPerry, Prisagerear admiral, red admiral, RickoverSaint George's flag, Scarlet admiral, Sir Francis DrakeTo set forthVanessa, Vice admiral, Vice admiralty, Viscount Nelsonwhite admiral, William BlighYamamoto. (references)
Specialty definitions using "admiral": Admiral of the Blue, ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS, Admiral of the Red, AmandaBlue SquadronCarthagenaDRAKEFlag-officer, Flag-ship, Flamberge, Foul-weather JackGrace Hopper, GuarinosJONESMyronNorfolk StreetPortobello Arms, Public-house SignsRed Button, ROJESVENSKYSailor King, storyVengeur, Venus of Milo, VICE ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Admiral" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (admiral), Danish (admiral), German (admiral), Hawaiian (admiral), Indonesian (admiral), Serbo-Croatian (admiral).

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Modern Usage: Admiral

DomainUsage

Screenplays

You have failed me for the last time, Admiral. Captain Piett? (Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back; writing credit: George Lucas; Leigh Brackett)

Admiral Benson! (Hot Shots!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; Pat Proft)

Asteroids do not concern me, Admiral. I want that ship, not excuses. (The Empire Strikes Back; writing credit: Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan)

Good day, Admiral! (Batman; writing credit: Bob Kane; Lorenzo Semple Jr.)

As an admiral who came up through the ranks more times than you've had hot dinners, I wish to join my husband O.W.A. (Monty Python's Flying Circus; writing credit: Douglas Adams; Graham Chapman)

Lyrics

Admiral Halsey notified me ("Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"; performing artist: Paul McCartney)

Movie/TV Titles

Admiral (1969)

Carry On Admiral (1957)

Admiral Ushakov (1953)

The Admiral Was a Lady (1950)

Admiral Nakhimov (1946)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Admiral

DomainTitle

References

  • Admiral Leisure World Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Admiral Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies (reference)

  • Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus (reference)

  • Nelson Speaks: Admiral Lord Nelson in His Own Words (reference)

  • The French Admiral (The Naval Adventures of Alan Lewrie, No. 2) (reference)

  • The Missing Diary of Admiral Richard E. Byrd (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

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Image Slideshow: Admiral

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Photo Album: Admiral

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Freddie L. Jeffries First African-American C&GS officer Went on to become Rear Admiral.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Don Jones On the OCEANOGRAPHER Went on to become Rear Admiral.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Riding the rickshaws at Shanghai on the way out to the Philippines Future Rear Admiral and Mrs. Paul A. Smith.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Rear Admiral Charles Henry Davis Served on Coast Survey under both Ferdinand Hassler and Alexander Bache Intellectual, helped found National Academy of Sciences Brother-in-law of Benjamin Peirce.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Raymond Stanton Patton (l) 12th Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey First commissioned officer to head C&GS First C&GS Rear Admiral.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The first ground landing at Marble Point air strip and in Antartica. Admiral Dufeck, USN, and Sir Edmund Hillary were on this flight.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Bust of Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd at McMurdo Station.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Map of Antarctica - early Twentieth Century map from the National Geographic Society. Shows track of Admiral Richard Byrd's flight track to the South Pole.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Launch RODGERS - named for Coast Survey Assistant Augustus Rodgers, brother of Civil War hero Admiral John Rodgers. Vessel is outfitted for current observations.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 22. Current indicator designed by Georges Aime in 1845. Top: view of the assembled unit; bottom image, view of the interior workings. Although Aime designed this instrument, it was constructed for use by Admiral Carl Irminger and used to measure currents of the Atlantic from the Danish bark Ornen off Madeira in 1847 at a depth of 632 meters.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Admiral

AuthorQuotation

Admiral Collingwood

Now, gentlemen, let us do something today which the world may talk of hereafter.

Christopher Columbus

"Thanks be to God," says the Admiral; "the air is soft as in April in Sevill, and it is a pleasure to be in it, so fragrant it is."

Rear Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

[A ship is always referred to as "she"] Because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.

Voltaire

In this country it's a good thing to kill an admiral now and then to encourage the others.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Admiral

TitleAuthorQuote

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

I was so curious to know the truth of this story, that I desired Agrippa might be called, who was admiral in that fight.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Admiral

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

The Ultolmok is a historically famous site where Admiral Lee, Sun-shin of Choson dynasty fought against Japanese invaders, overpowering them by utilizing the tidal power of the narrow bay. In addition to Ultolmok, industry sources indicate that there are many other sites suitable for tidal power farms in South and North Korea along the western and southern coastal areas. (references)

Economic History

Philippines

Following Admiral Dewey's defeat of the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay, the United States occupied the Philippines. (references)

Madagascar

A provisional military directorate then ruled until a new government was formed in June 1975, under Admiral Didier Ratsiraka. (references)

Human Rights

Argentina

In November 1999, Garzon indicted the leaders of the military junta, including former military leaders General Leopoldo Galtieri, General Jorge Videla, Admiral Emilio Massera, and 95 other officers, including an active federal judge, on charges of torture, terrorism, and genocide. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes."

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Admiral

"Admiral" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 52.58% of the time. "Admiral" is used about 678 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)52.58%35715,076
Noun (proper)47.42%32216,053
                    Total100.00%678N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Admiral

CountryNameCountryName
South Africa

Admiral Leisure World Limited

United Kingdom

Admiral Plc

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Expressions: Admiral

Expressions using "admiral": admiral Byrd admiral of the fleet Admiral shell admiral ship admiral superintendent fleet admiral full admiral High admiral Lord High Admiral port admiral rear admiral red admiral scarlet admiral vice admiral white admiral. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "admiral": admiral-general.

Ending with "admiral": Rear-admiral, Vice-admiral.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Admiral

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

admiral

288

admiral krag

112

admiral appliance

86

admiral theater

80

admiral refrigerator

62

the milwaukee admiral

55

admiral fell inn

53

admiral war

40

admiral hotel

39

admiral insurance

39

admiral farragut academy

33

admiral quarters

32

admiral tv

30

admiral inn

30

admiral twin

30

admiral club

27

admiral home

27

seaman to admiral

26

admiral yamamoto

24

admiral television

23
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Modern Translations: Admiral

Language Translations for "admiral"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

admiraal. (various references)

   

Albanian

  

admiral. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏العميد البحري, ‏أميرة الفراش, ‏أميرال, ‏أمير البحر. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

фламандски кораб, адмирал (red admiral). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

海軍總司令 , 海军上将, 上將 (air chief marshal, general). (various references)

   

Czech

  

admirál (flag officer). (various references)

   

Danish

  

admiral (Adm., admiralty). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

admiraal (red admiral), vlootvoogd. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

admiralo. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

فرمانده (Chief, Commandant, Commander, Governor, Leader), عالی ترین افسرنیروی دریاءی , امیرالبحر, دریاسالار. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

amiraali. (various references)

   

French

  

amiral. (various references)

   

German

  

Admiral (Adm., admiralty). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ναύαρχος. (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

admiral. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

א"מירל. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tengernagy, admirális, vezérhajó (ace, admiral-ship, Commodore, leading ship), tengernagyi hajó (admiral-ship, flagship). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

admiral, laksamana. (various references)

   

Irish

  

aimiréal. (various references)

   

Italian

  

ammiraglio (Adm., admiralty). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

提督 (commodore), 元帥 (general of the army, marshal), 将官 (general), 大将 (boss, general). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

たいしょう (a caravan, antithesis, big prize, boss, comparison, contrast, crushing victory, first prize, general, great victory, hearty laugh, imperial rescript, loud laughter, object, specific, subject, symmetry, Taisho Era, target), しょうか" (amortization, firm, general, killing time, lull, petty official, recall, redemption, repayment, short break or breather, short interval of leisure, summons, trading company), '"すい (attenuation, damping, decay, general of the army, marshal, subsiding of water), ていとく (commodore, emperor's virtue), いしょう (boss, brigadier general, commodore, compensation, consideration, general, indemnification, reparation, size). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

. (various references)

   

Manx

  

ard-marragh. (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

atmiral. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

admiralay

   

Portuguese

  

almirante (flagon). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

amiral (flag captain, flag officer), vas-amiral. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

адмирал (flag officer). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

admiral. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

almirante. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

amiral (flag officer, red admiral). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

amiral (Commodore, flag officer), amíral, oramirâl (admiral of the fleet), bir kelebek türü. (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

admiral (r). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

флагманське судно, метелик-адмірал, адмірал (flag officer). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

đô đốc người chỉ huy hạm đội người chỉ huy đo n t u đánh cá t u r"ng. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

llyngesydd. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Admiral

Derivations

Words beginning with "admiral": admirals, admiralties, admiralty. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Admiral" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aadmiral, Adamiya, admeral, Admical, adminral, admir, Admira, Admiraal, Amakal, Ameral, amial, amiral, Amirali, Amiram, aymaran, Damara, Damerau, Damiri, damiro, Demiral, Radomiro. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Admiral"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "admiral" (pronounced a"dmerul)
4-m er u lephemeral, femoral, humoral, numeral.
3-er u lagricultural, architectural, behavioral, bilateral, collateral, Corporal, countercultural, cultural, doctoral, doggerel, electoral, federal, funeral, Gen, general, guttural, horticultural, inaugural, intercultural, lateral, liberal, literal, littoral, mackerel, mayoral, mineral, multicultural, multilateral, natural, neoliberal, nomenclatural, nonagricultural, pastoral, pectoral, peripheral, pickerel, postdoctoral, prefectural, procedural, scriptural, sculptural, sectoral, structural, supernatural, temporal, trilateral, unilateral, unnatural, visceral.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Admiral

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-i-l-m-r"

-1 letter: aramid, radial.

-2 letters: alarm, damar, drail, drama, laari, laird, lamia, liard, lidar, malar, maria.

-3 letters: alar, alma, amia, amid, amir, aria, arid, aril, dial, dirl, dram, laid, lair, lama, lard, lari, liar, lima, lira, maar, maid, mail, mair, marl, mild, raia, raid, rail, rami, rial.

-4 letters: aal, aid, ail, aim, air, ala, ama, ami, arm, dal, dam, dim, lad, lam, lar, lid, mad, mar, mid, mil, mir, rad, ram, ria, rid, rim.

-5 letters: aa, ad, ai, al, am, ar, id, la, li, ma, mi.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-d-i-l-m-r"
 

+1 letter: admirals, madrigal.

 

+2 letters: admirable, admirably, admiralty, airmailed, armadillo, caldarium, diametral, madrigals, maladroit, pyramidal.

 

+3 letters: acrylamide, aldermanic, armadillos, gradualism, mainlander, mandibular, matricidal, miracidial, myocardial, radicalism.

 

+4 letters: acrylamides, admiralties, aeromedical, ameliorated, bipyramidal, caramelised, caramelized, diametrical, gradualisms, intradermal, lamebrained, liquidambar, madrigalian, madrigalist, mainlanders, maladroitly, mandatorily, maquiladora, milliradian, paramedical, pyramidally, pyramidical, radicalisms.

 

+5 letters: admirability, daydreamlike, diagrammable, dramatically, dramatizable, familiarised, familiarized, holidaymaker, liquidambars, madrigalists, maquiladoras, marginalized, materialised, materialized, matriculated, melodramatic, milliradians, multiwarhead, paramedicals, salamandrine.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Admiral


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 64 6D 69 72 61 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    -..    --    ..    .-.    .-    .-..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01100100 01101101 01101001 01110010 01100001 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#100 &#109 &#105 &#114 &#97 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0064 006D 0069 0072 0061 006C

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35707975846778

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Usage Frequency
12. Names: Company Usage
13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Abbreviations
17. Acronyms
18. Derivations
19. Rhymes
20. Anagrams
21. Orthography
22. Bibliography


  

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