Dictionary

commodore en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɒm.ə.dɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈkɑ.mə.dɔɹ/ (General-American)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Proto-Italic *manuðō Latin mandō Latin commendō ▲ Latin mandōinflu. Latin commandāre Old French comander Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eor Old French comandeor Middle French commandeur French commandeurbor. Dutch kommandeurbor. English commodore Borrowed from Dutch kommandeur, from Middle French commandeur. See command, compare commend (a doublet), and mandate.

Meanings

1. A naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral.
2. A (temporary) commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral.
3. The leading ship in a fleet of merchantmen.
4. The president of a yacht club.
5. A yacht-club president's vessel in a regatta.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of commodore admiral.
   alt of commodore admiral
7. (US) A rear admiral (lower half).
8. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Parasarpa.

Forms

Coordinates

fleet captain · brigadier · senior captain

Deriveds

commodora · Commie · commodore admiral · Commodorian · air commodore

Descendants

comodoro · commodoro · comodoro

Relateds

brigadier general · senior colonel

Synonyms

fleet captain (non-flag naval rank) · flag captain · senior captain · senior captain (non-flag naval rank) · CDRE (flag naval rank) · Cmdre (naval rank) · COMO (flag naval rank) · flag captain (non-flag naval rank) · Cmdre. (naval rank) · fleet captain · shipmaster senior grade

Translations (34)

fr commodore (a naval officer) · ru коммодо́р (a naval officer) · et kommodoor (a naval officer) · ms komodor (a naval officer) · pt comodoro (president of a yacht club) · pt comodoro (a naval officer) · he מש״ט (a commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral) · ro comodor (a naval officer) · it commodoro (a commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral) · he קוֹמוֹדוֹר (a naval officer) · fi kommodori (president of a yacht club) · it commodoro (a naval officer) · ro comodor (a commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral) · de Kommodore (a commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral) · sv kommendör (a naval officer) · de Kommodore (a naval officer) · fi kommodori (a commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral) · tr tuğamiral (a naval officer) · he קברניט (a naval officer) · it commodoro (president of a yacht club) · mr कॉमोडोर (a naval officer) · fi lippueamiraali (a naval officer) · de Flottillenadmiral (a naval officer) · ca comodor (a naval officer) · pt comodoro (a commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral) · cs komodor (a naval officer) · af kommodoor (a naval officer) · gv ard-chaptan (a naval officer) · es comodoro (a naval officer) · mr कॉमोडोर (president of a yacht club) · de Flottekapitän (a commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral) · mr कॉमोडोर (a commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral) · el αρχιπλοίαρχος (a naval officer) · ja 代将 (a naval officer)