presidente

it-noun

presidente m or f by sense (plural presidenti, feminine presidentessa)

presidenti (plural)
presidentessa (feminine)


re

→ Maltese: re

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs
Proto-Italic *rēks
Latin rēx
Italian re
Inherited from Latin rēx, via the nominative singular, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of rege, which was borrowed from Latin via the accusative rēgem.

inh

(figurative) king, magnate (man who excels in something)


regina

→ Maltese: reġina

Inherited from Latin rēgīna; cognate with Spanish reina.


tenno

Borrowed from Japanese 天皇(てんのう) (tennō), from Middle Chinese 天皇 (tʰen ɦwɑŋ) with the original sense of “heavenly sovereign”.


khan

From Old French chan, from Medieval Latin chanis, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic xān (“Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.


imperatore

it-noun

imperatore m (plural imperatori, feminine imperatrice)

imperatori (plural)
imperatrice (feminine)

→ Franco-Provençal: emperator

→ Ligurian: imperatô

→ Romansch: imperatur, imperataur

From Latin imperātōrem. Documented since the twelfth century. Synchronically derivable from imperare + -tore.


zar

Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ), via Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. Doublet of Cesare.


zarina

Borrowed from German Zarin, feminine form of Zar, from Russian царь (carʹ, “tsar”).


ufficiale

ufficiale m (plural ufficiali, feminine ufficialessa)

ufficiali (plural)
ufficialessa (feminine)

Borrowed from Late Latin officiālis. By surface analysis, ufficio (“office, service”) + -ale (adjective-forming suffix).


maggiore

it-noun

maggiore m or f by sense (plural maggiori)

From Latin maiōrem /majjoːrɛ̃/, accusative case of maior, from Proto-Italic *magjōs, from Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂yós, from *méǵh₂s (“big”, “great”).


sultana

sultana f (plural sultane, masculine sultano)


negus

Borrowed from Amharic ንጉሥ (nəguś, “king”).

bor+

(historical) title of the highest grade in the hierarchy of the Ethiopian Empire; Negus


monarca

Borrowed from Late Latin monarcha, from Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs), variant of μόναρχος (mónarkhos, “sole ruler”).


capitano

it-noun

capitano m (plural capitani, feminine (rare or humorous) capitana)

capitani (plural)
capitana (feminine humorous rare)

From Late Latin capitaneus, from Latin caput.


tenente

From Latin tenentem, present active participle of teneō (“to hold, have, grasp”).


faraone

From Late Latin Pharaōnem (“pharaoh”), from Ancient Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ), from Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (par‘ōh), from Egyptian pr:aA (pr-ꜥꜣ, “palace”, “pharaoh”).

der

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sovrano

it-adj

sovrano (feminine sovrana, masculine plural sovrani, feminine plural sovrane)

sovrana (feminine)
sovrani (masculine plural)
sovrane (feminine plural)

From sovra, modeled after Old French soverain, Vulgar Latin *superānus, from Latin super, whence also soprano. Cognate to French souverain, Spanish and Portuguese soberano. Doublet of soprano.


reggente

From Latin regente, singular ablative of regēns.


reggente

it-noun

reggente m or f by sense (plural reggenti)


sultano

sultano m (plural sultani, feminine sultana)


ammiraglio

Dutch: admiraal

From Medieval Latin amiralis etc., from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”).


colonnello

From colonna + -ello (diminutive suffix).


caporale

caporale m or f by sense (plural caporali)

Probably based on Latin corpus (“body (of troops)”)


contrammiraglio

contrammiraglio m (plural contrammiragli)

rear admiral (upper half)
rear admiral (upper half)

(military, nautical) rear admiral, rear admiral (upper half)


feldmaresciallo

feldmaresciallo m (plural feldmarescialli)

From German Feld (“field”) + maresciallo (“marshall”), partial calque of German Feldmarschall, in turn calqued from Middle French maréchal de camp.

it:feldmaresciallo
it:maresciallo di campo

general field marshal
general field marshal


califfo

From Medieval Latin calipha, from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”, literally “successor, substitute”), from the triliteral root خ ل ف (ḵ l f).

ar-root

خ ل ف (ḵ l f)


caporalmaggiore

it-noun

caporalmaggiore m (plural caporalmaggiori)


scià

From Persian شاه (šâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/).


commodoro

rear admiral (lower half)
rear admiral (lower half)

(military, nautical) commodore, rear admiral (lower half), commodore admiral


sottotenente di vascello

sottotenente di vascello m (plural sottotenenti di vascello)

lieutenant junior grade
lieutenant junior grade


sergente maggiore

sergente maggiore m (plural sergenti maggiore)


brigadiere generale

brigadiere generale m (plural brigadieri generale)


statolder

Borrowed from Dutch stadhouder (literally “city holder”), calqued from Medieval Latin locum tenēns. Compare luogotenente.

bor+

(historical) stadtholder (chief magistrate of the Dutch Republic)


stato maggiore

it-noun

stato maggiore m (plural stati maggiori)


comandante in capo

comandante in capo m (plural comandanti in capo)


tenente colonnello

tenente colonnello m (plural tenenti colonnelli)