capitain
Middle English
/kap(ə)ˈtɛi̯n(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- The head of a military grouping or force; a general or marshal.
- An officer; one who commands part of a military force or army.
- (rare) The leader of a nation or a political division; a high-ranking politician.
- (rare) One who leads military forces at sea.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French capitaine (leader) derived from Latin capitāneus.
Origin
Latin
capitāneus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bus captain English
- captain English
- captaincy English
- captainess English
- captainish English
- captainless English
- captainlike English
- captainly English
- captainry English
- captainship English
- cocaptain English
- subcaptain English
- vice-captain English
- capita Latin
- capitaneus Latin
- capitāneus Latin
- caput Latin
- Cattaneo Italian
- capitano Italian
- kapitein Dutch, Flemish
- capitaine French
- capitán Spanish, Castilian
- kapten Swedish
- キャプテン Japanese
- capitainerie Middle English
- capitainship Middle English
- captaen Irish
- قبطان Arabic
- قُبْطان Arabic
- capitaine Old French
- chevetaine Old French
- capità Catalan, Valencian
- कप्तान Hindi
- capitein Middle Dutch
- captan Manx
- cap'taine Norman
- kapitān Middle High German
- ကက်ပတိန် Burmese
- capitaine Middle French
- capitainerie Middle French
- kapten Estonian
- 喼頓 Chinese
- kapitein Middle Low German
- kapteni Swahili
- kepten Tok Pisin
- kapten Sranan Tongo
- capitāneus ML