transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈad-m(ə-)rəl ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French amiral commander & Medieval Latin admiralis emir, admirallus admiral, from Arabic amīr-al- commander of the (as in amīr-al-baḥr commander of the sea)
Date: 15th century
1. archaic : the commander in chief of a navy
2.
a. : flag officer
b. : a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard who ranks above a vice admiral and whose insignia is four stars — compare general
3. archaic : flagship
4. : any of several brightly colored nymphalid butterflies — compare red admiral