admirante

English

Etymology

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.

Noun

admirante (plural admirantes)

1. Obsolete form of admiral.

References

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

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /admiˈrante/

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• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: ad‧mi‧ran‧te

Adverb

admirante

1. present adverbial active participle of admiri

Latin

Participle

admīrante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of admīrāns