captain

Etymology
From, , from , from , from (English ). Ultimately from. , also from Old French.

Noun

 * 1) A chief or leader.
 * 2) The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
 * 3) An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
 * 4) A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
 * 5) A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
 * 6) One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
 * 7) The leader of a group of workers.
 * 8) The head boy of a school.
 * 9) A maître d', a headwaiter.
 * 10) * 1977, Don Felder, Don Henley, and Glenn Frey, lyricists, "Hotel California",
 * So I called up the Captain, "Please bring me my wine." / He said: "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969."
 * 1) The leader of a group of workers.
 * 2) The head boy of a school.
 * 3) A maître d', a headwaiter.
 * 4) * 1977, Don Felder, Don Henley, and Glenn Frey, lyricists, "Hotel California",
 * So I called up the Captain, "Please bring me my wine." / He said: "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969."
 * 1) The head boy of a school.
 * 2) A maître d', a headwaiter.
 * 3) * 1977, Don Felder, Don Henley, and Glenn Frey, lyricists, "Hotel California",
 * So I called up the Captain, "Please bring me my wine." / He said: "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969."

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:, قُبْطَان
 * Hijazi Arabic: قُبْطان
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: капіта́н
 * Bulgarian: капитан
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kapitano
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: კაპიტანი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: λοχαγός
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, höfuðsmaður
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: captaen
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: капетан
 * Malay: kapten
 * Malayalam: കപ്പിത്താന്‍
 * Maori: kāpene
 * Marathi: कॅप्टन
 * Norman: cap'taine
 * Northern Ohlone: wétnés
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kaptein
 * Nynorsk: kaptein
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Kapitän
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: caiptean
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: са̏тнӣк, са̏тница, капѐта̄н
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovak: kapitán
 * Slovene: stotnik, stotnica,, kapétanka
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: stotnik, hawptman
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: капіта́н
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh: capten, capteniaid
 * Yiddish: קאַפּיטאַן


 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: námořní kapitán
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kapitano
 * Finnish:
 * French: capitaine de vaisseau
 * Georgian: კაპიტანი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: captaen
 * Italian: capitano di vascello
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Maori: kāpene
 * Marathi: कॅप्टन
 * Norman: cap'taine
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kommandør
 * Nynorsk: kommandør
 * Ottoman Turkish: رئیس
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: caiptean
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman: kapetan bojnog broda
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh: capten, capteniaid
 * Yiddish: קאַפּיטאַן


 * Greek:
 * Indonesian:
 * Marathi: कॅप्टन
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kaptein
 * Nynorsk: kaptein
 * Welsh: capten, capteniaid


 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: طَيَّار, قُبْطَان, رُبَّان
 * Hijazi Arabic: قُبطان
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: cãpitan
 * Belarusian: капіта́н
 * Bulgarian: капитан
 * Burmese:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Erzya: венчазор
 * Esperanto: kapitano
 * Faroese: skipari
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: πρωρεύς
 * Hebrew:, ,
 * Hindi: जहाज़रान
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: captaen
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: kapteinis
 * Malay: kapten
 * Middle English: schipman, mariner
 * Ngazidja Comorian: nahudha
 * Norman: cap'taine
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kaptein, skipsfører
 * Nynorsk: kaptein, skipsførar
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Kapitän
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: caiptean, sgiobair
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: капіта́н
 * Welsh: capten, capteniaid
 * Yiddish: קאַפּיטאַן


 * Arabic: طَيَّار
 * Hijazi Arabic: طَيَّار
 * Bulgarian: капитан
 * Burmese:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: flugstjóri
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: captaen
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Norman: cap'taine
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kaptein
 * Nynorsk: kaptein
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: caiptean
 * Slovak: kapitán
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Yiddish: קאַפּיטאַן


 * Arabic: قَائِد, كَبْتِن
 * Hijazi Arabic: كَبْتِن
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: капитан
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: captaen
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: キャプテン
 * Korean: 캡틴
 * Macedonian: капитен
 * Marathi: संघनायक,, कॅप्टन
 * Norman: cap'taine
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kaptein
 * Nynorsk: kaptein
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: caiptean, sgiobair
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Yiddish: קאַפּיטאַן


 * Georgian:
 * Spanish:
 * West Frisian:

Verb

 * 1)  To act as captain
 * 2)  To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: olla kapteeni, toimia kapteenina
 * Galician:
 * Greek:
 * Polish:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: unahodha


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: agir en capitaine,
 * Galician:
 * Greek: ,
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: