See also: admiral, Admiral, and admirál

Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Admiral.[1][2] First attested in 1863.[3]

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -iraw
  • Syllabification: ad‧mi‧rał

Noun

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

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

Declension

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Noun

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admirał m animal

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

Declension

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Noun

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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

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adjectives
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Collocations

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References

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  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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