Meaning of admiral | Babel Free

Definitions

1. an admiral
   masculine
2. an admiral (a naval officer of the highest rank; the commander of a country's naval forces)
   masculine
3. a commander-in-chief of a collection of ships belonging to an admiralty
   historical, masculine
4. the red admiral (a bright red and black butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) of the family Nymphalidae)
   masculine

Examples

“kommandøren og admiralen”

the commander and the admiral

“admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen har vært norsk forsvarssjef i noe over ett år”

Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen has been Norwegian Chief of Defense for a little over a year

“den iranske marinens nestkommanderende, admiral Mahmoud Moussavi”

the Deputy Commander of the Iranian Navy, Admiral Mahmoud Moussavi

“her om dagen så jeg en admiral på byen, den hadde forvillet seg inn i en bakgård på Grünerløkka”

the other day I saw an admiral in the city, it had strayed into a backyard on Grünerløkka