almirante

Ultimately from Arabic أَمِير‎ (ʾamīr, “commander, prince”), in particular أَمِير الْبَحْر‎ (ʾamīr al-baḥr, “commander of the fleet”), interpreted as a present participle with the suffix -ante and influenced by the Arabic article ال‎ (al-). Compare Spanish almirante, French amiral.

almirante m (plural almirantes)

1. admiral (all senses)
2. flag officer

From Old Spanish amirate (interpreted as a present participle with the suffix -ante and influenced by the Arabic article ال‎ (al-)), from Medieval Latin amiratus, from Byzantine Greek ἀμιράς, ἀμιράδος (amirás, amirádos), from Arabic أَمِير‎ (ʾamīr, “commander, prince”), in particular أَمِير الْبَحْر‎ (ʾamīr al-baḥr, “commander of the fleet”).

• IPA^(key): /almiˈɾante/, [almiˈɾãn̪t̪e]

almirante m (plural almirantes)

1. admiral

• almiranta
• almirantazgo

• “almirante” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.