admiral
要点司令長官
意味
- (海軍・艦隊の)司令長官
- 海軍将官,提督
- アカタテハチョウ
例文
There is a statue of Admiral Nelson in Trafalgar Square.
トラファルガー広場にはネルソン提督の彫像がある。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English admiral etc., from Anglo-Norman and Old French admiral etc., from Medieval Latin admiralis, admirallus, and admiralius, from irregular modification of amiralis etc. under the influence of the prefix ad- and particularly admiror (“to admire, respect”), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”). The ending is frequently but mistakenly folk etymologized to derive from the article ال (al-), particularly in Arabic أَمِير اَلبَحْر (ʔamīr al-baḥr, “commander of the sea”), first attested as a Fatimid office, or in Arabic أَمِير الْمُؤْمِنِين (ʔamīr al-muʔminīn, “Commander of the Believers, caliph”).