commodore

Etymology
Borrowed from, from. See command, compare (a doublet), and.

Noun

 * 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)  A rear admiral (lower half).
 * 7)  Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus.
 * 1)  Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus.

Usage notes
The equivalent army rank is brigadier, senior colonel, brigadier general, or lowest ranking general officer grade.

Synonyms

 * ,, , senior grade
 * , COMO
 * , Cmdre.
 * , Cmdre.

Translations

 * Catalan: comodor
 * Czech: komodor
 * Estonian: kommodoor
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Malay: komodor
 * Manx: ard-chaptan
 * Marathi: कॉमोडोर
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: comodoro
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * German:, Flottekapitän
 * Hebrew: מש״ט
 * Italian:
 * Marathi: कॉमोडोर
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:


 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Marathi: कॉमोडोर
 * Portuguese:


 * Ido:

Etymology
, from ; from, from + , from.

Noun

 * , a naval military rank between captain (capitaine de vaisseau or capitaine de croiseur) and rear admiral (contre-amiral)