"captain" meaning in All languages combined

See captain on Wiktionary

Noun [Engels]

Audio: en-us-captain.ogg
  1. bestuurder, commandant
    Sense id: nl-captain-en-noun-ZBs48nLE
  2. kapitein [1], scheepsgezagvoerder
    Sense id: nl-captain-en-noun-OpUCkxaJ Categories (other): Beroep_in_het_Engels, Scheepvaart_in_het_Engels Topics: shipping
  3. kapitein [2]
    Sense id: nl-captain-en-noun-ViM2RhRV Categories (other): Beroep_in_het_Engels, Militair_in_het_Engels Topics: military
  4. gezagvoerder, captain [2]
    Sense id: nl-captain-en-noun-J401IpHj Categories (other): Luchtvaart_in_het_Engels Topics: aviation
  5. chef
    Sense id: nl-captain-en-noun-9ZrAgoua Categories (other): Horeca_in_het_Engels
  6. aanvoerder, captain [1]
    Sense id: nl-captain-en-noun-t630q-to Categories (other): Sport_in_het_Engels Topics: sports
  7. grauwe poon
    Sense id: nl-captain-en-noun--gXMMqb8 Categories (other): Dierkunde_in_het_Engels Topics: zoology
  8. iemand die vrijgevig is
    Sense id: nl-captain-en-noun-edJ5~qDp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb [Engels]

Audio: en-us-captain.ogg
  1. commanderen, leiden Tags: transitive
    Sense id: nl-captain-en-verb-EerekOXJ Categories (other): Overgankelijk werkwoord in het Engels
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun [Nederlands]

Audio: nl-captain.ogg Forms: captains [plural], captaintje [diminutive, singular], captaintjes [diminutive, plural]
  1. een aanvoerder van een sportploeg
    Sense id: nl-captain-nl-noun-GXXlJF3q
  2. een gezagvoerder in een vliegtuig
    Sense id: nl-captain-nl-noun-qKJBYcg0 Categories (other): Beroep_in_het_Nederlands
  3. captain of industy: directeur
    Sense id: nl-captain-nl-noun-TVDCErY5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: aanvoerder, gezagvoerder Hyponyms: teamcaptain, dancecaptain Derived forms: captain of industry Translations: captain (Engels), capitán [masculine] (Spaans)

Inflected forms

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