Noun: admiraal
Gender: Feminine
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like admiraal
sepaal,
schaal,
kapperspaal,
beefaal,
internationaal,
stoomgemaal,
krabpaal,
balzaal,
alarmsignaal,
strandpaal,
edelmetaal,
gebarentaal,
streektaal,
hormoonspiraal,
ferrometaal,
broodjeaapverhaal,
verteringskanaal,
portaal,
vergaderzaal,
ziekenzaal, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Variant of Middle Dutch ammirael under influence from cognates of English admiral and Latin admirari (“to admire, to respect”), from Old French amiral etc., from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”). As a naval commander, used as a calque of Italian ammiraglio, q.v. Doublet of emir. See: English Nouns '
admiral', Latin Nouns '
admiror', Italian Nouns '
ammiraglio'.
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