Captain

//ˈkæp.tən//

Synonyms for "captain" (228 found)

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Translations

287 translations across 70 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • kaptein noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • kaptein noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)

Albanian

2 entries
  • kapiten noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • kapiten noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • λοχαγός noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • πρωρεύς noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Arabic

4 entries
  • رُبَّان noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • طَيَّار noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • طَيَّار noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)
  • طَيَّار noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)

Armenian

3 entries
  • ավագ noun (one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions)
  • կապիտան noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • նավապետ noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • cãpitan noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • капіта́н noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • капіта́н noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • капитан noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • капитан noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)
  • капитан noun (an air force officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • капитан noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ကက်ပတိန် noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • ဗိုလ်ကြီး noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)

Catalan

4 entries
  • capità noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • capità noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)
  • capità noun (one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions)
  • capitanejar verb (to act as a captain)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 上尉 noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • 機長 /机长 noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)
  • 海軍上校 /海军上校 noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)
  • 艦長 /舰长 noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Czech

4 entries
  • kapitán noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • kapitán noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • kapitán noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)
  • kapitán noun (one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions)

Danish

4 entries
  • kaptajn noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • kaptajn noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • kaptajn noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)
  • kommandør noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)

Dutch

4 entries
  • aanvoerder noun (one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions)
  • gezagvoerder noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)
  • gezagvoerder mkapitein noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • kapitein noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • s-x:r-i-i-Y1-A1 noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Erzya

1 entries
  • венчазор noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • kapitano noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • kapitano noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)
  • kapitano noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Faroese

1 entries
  • skipari noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kapteeni noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • kapteeni noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • kapteeni noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)
  • kapteeni noun (one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions)

French

4 entries
  • capitaine noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • capitaine noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • capitaine noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)
  • capitaine noun (one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions)

Galician

3 entries
  • capitán noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • capitanear verb (to act as a captain)
  • capitanear verb (to exercise command)

Georgian

2 entries
  • კაპიტანი noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • კაპიტანი noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)

German

4 entries
  • Flugkapitän noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)
  • Hauptmann noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • Kapitän noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • Kapitän zur See noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)

Greek

4 entries
  • αρχηγός noun (one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions)
  • καπετάνιος noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)
  • καπετάνιος noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • καπετάνιος noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • סֶרֶן noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • קְבַרְנִיט noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • קְבַרְנִיט noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)
  • קֶפְּטֵן noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)

Hindi

1 entries
  • जहाज़रान noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • csapatkapitány noun (one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions)
  • kapitány noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)
  • kapitány noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • kapitány noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • flugstjóri noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)
  • fyrirliði noun (one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions)
  • höfuðsmaður noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • kafteinn noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • kapten noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • kapten noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)
  • kapten noun (an air force officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • kapten noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Irish

4 entries
  • captaen noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • captaen noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)
  • captaen noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • captaen noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)

Italian

4 entries
  • capitano noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • capitano noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • capitano noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)
  • capitano noun (one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions)

Japanese

4 entries
  • キャプテン noun (one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions)
  • 大佐 noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)
  • 大尉 noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • 機長 noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)

Korean

4 entries
  • 기장 noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)
  • 대령 noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)
  • 대위 noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • 상좌 noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)

Latvian

1 entries
  • kapteinis noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries
  • hawptman noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • stotnik noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • капетан noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • капитен noun (one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions)

Malay

2 entries
  • kapten noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • kapten noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • കപ്പിത്താന് noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)

Marathi

4 entries
  • कर्णधार noun (one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions)
  • कॅप्टन noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • कॅप्टन noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)
  • कॅप्टन noun (an air force officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)

Middle English

2 entries
  • mariner noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • schipman noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Māori

2 entries
  • kāpene noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • kāpene noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • nahudha noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Norman

4 entries
  • cap'taine noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • cap'taine noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)
  • cap'taine noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • cap'taine noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)

Northern Ohlone

1 entries
  • wétnés noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • kaptein noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • kaptein noun (an air force officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • kaptein noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • kaptein noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • kaptein noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • kaptein noun (an air force officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • kaptein noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • kaptein noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)

Occitan

1 entries
  • capitani noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • رئیس noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)

Persian

4 entries
  • سروان noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • ناخدا noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)
  • کاپیتان noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • کاپیتان noun (one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Kapitän noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • Kapitän noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Polish

4 entries
  • kapitan noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • kapitan noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)
  • kapitan noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • kapitan noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • capitã noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • capitão noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • capitão noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)
  • capitão noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Romanian

1 entries
  • căpitan noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Russian

4 entries
  • капита́н noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • капита́н noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)
  • капита́н noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • капита́н noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • caiptean noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • caiptean noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)
  • caiptean noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • caiptean noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kapetan bojnog broda noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)
  • kapètān noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • sȁtnica noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • sȁtnīk noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)

Slovak

2 entries
  • kapitán noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • kapitán noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)

Slovene

4 entries
  • kapétan noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • kapétanka noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • stotnica noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • stotnik noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)

Spanish

4 entries
  • capitán noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • capitán noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • capitán noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)
  • capitán noun (one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions)

Swahili

4 entries
  • kapteni noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • kapteni noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)
  • kapteni noun (one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions)
  • nahodha noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Swedish

4 entries
  • kapten noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • kapten noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • kapten noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)
  • kapten noun (one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kapitan noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)

Thai

2 entries
  • กัปตัน noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • ไต้ก๋ง noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Turkish

2 entries
  • Yüzbaşı noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • kaptan noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • капіта́н noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • капіта́н noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • kapitan noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • thuyền trưởng noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • đội trưởng noun (one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions)

Walloon

2 entries
  • captinne noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • captinne noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)

Welsh

4 entries
  • capten noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • capten noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)
  • capten noun (an air force officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • capten noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • קאַפּיטאַן noun (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
  • קאַפּיטאַן noun (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)
  • קאַפּיטאַן noun (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
  • קאַפּיטאַן noun (the person lawfully in command of an airliner)

Sample sentences

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The captain will go to the meteorological office to get a weather briefing.

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We cheered for him and chose him as our captain.

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The first man that succeed in swimming the Channel was Captain Webb.

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We elected Jeffrey captain of our team.

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