admirał

See also: admiral, Admiral, and admirál

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Borrowed from German Admiral.[1][2] First attested in 1594.[3]

    Pronunciation

     
    • IPA(key): /adˈmi.raw/
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    • Rhymes: -iraw
    • Syllabification: ad‧mi‧rał

    Noun

    admirał m pers (female equivalent (Middle Polish) admirałka)

    1. (military, nautical, military) admiral (the appointed commander of a navy, regardless of formal title)

    Declension

    Noun

    admirał m animal

    1. admiral (any of several species of nymphalid butterflies of the genera Kaniska, Limenitis and Vanessa)

    Declension

    Noun

    admirał m animacy unattested

    1. (Middle Polish, now historical) admiral (flagship; : an admiral's ship in a fleet, the command or largest ship in a naval or commercial fleet)

    Derived terms

    adjective

    Collocations

    References

    1. ^ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “admirał”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
    2. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “admirał”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
    3. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “admirał”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

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